Making a shee legal

[Joshtruction]

well, I had to sell my old shee. I only had it for a few months and ran into some bill situations and had to let it go. I really really want another but I am going to be a daddy soon (hence my bill situation) so I got to thinking....

 

Right now I can not afford to buy a complete shee. I was thinking buy a frame, and try to peice together cheap or free parts to build a roller. I know in the long run this route might cost more than buying a complete bike, but like this it will do 2 things; keep my motivation up, and not have that one bulk save/spending thing. If I come across 50 bucks try to pick up a stock swing arm etc etc until I am done. On a bright side (and what got me thinking this) is my friend just threw me a free set of YFZ shocks

 

Now, if I do something like this how would I go about making this thing legal so I can register it when I am done? Could I go to my registry and tell them I built it from scratch like a hotrod and get a new title, or do I need a frame with a clean title? Over here if the bike is not registerd and we get caught riding we get in big trouble.

[dawarriorman]

Well its going to depend on your state first off, so where are you?

 

Generally though, you can get a salvage title for it.

[baddsheee]

In CA, the Hi-way Patrol says the frame needs a VIN, if it is a custom built frame then they would like a reciept from the manufacturer. Bringing along any reciepts from purchased items would be a bonus. When it is built it goes into inspection. I'm not sure if it has to be running, maybe just a frame with an engine.

[Joshtruction]

I'm in massachusetts.

[BlackBeast]

You're best bet is to get a frame with a clean title. It will save you a lot of headache in the long run, and you can find them on Ebay all the time.

 

If they guy you're getting the frame from actually had a title and lost it, all he has to do is apply for a duplicate title through the DMV. It's usually only about $20.

 

Otherwise, get a notorized bill of sale for the frame. You'll have to contact your DMV and have them run a title search to make sure it's not stolen (probably a good idea to do this before you buy it, or at least before you start building it). If you buy it from someone out-of-state, you'll probably have to do a title search in that state as well.

 

Contact your state DMV, or go online and look up the procedures on how to "Bond for a title" in your state. You'll basically have to pay to get a bond for the title, which is sort of like buying insurance that guarantees the DMV that it isn't stolen. It'll probably run about $100 to get it bonded, and the DMV will give you a thick stack of paperwork that you'll have to fill out to go along with it.

 

Like I said, your best bet is just to get a frame with a clean title.

[Kwietshee]

In CA, the Hi-way Patrol says the frame needs a VIN, if it is a custom built frame then they would like a reciept from the manufacturer. Bringing along any reciepts from purchased items would be a bonus. When it is built it goes into inspection. I'm not sure if it has to be running, maybe just a frame with an engine.

 

Im going trough this with my bike cause I replaced a broken engine case and bent frame ( along with a few other minor parts) I pretty much have to take it to CHP and have them inspect the bike-in complete running order, no partial bike- show them bills of sale for all parts,and approximate value of finished bike, then CHP will assign a VIN to my frame( it had no vin when I got it) then I should be able to register my bike.