abandoned bike

Hi everyone,

So next to where I park my bike at night in my apartment complex (special motorcycle parking) there is a ex500 that according to my neighbor has been sitting there abandoned for 2 years. My neighbor and I took the cover off of it, and its in pretty good condition. there was a bunch of leaves/dirt under it that got caught in the cover.

anyway, does anyone here know how I would go about trying to buy or get the title transfered to my name (as long as I register it? would it be free?)

-Nepix

 

im worried if I go to the apartment manager they will tow it. I have a witness to say that it has been there for at least 2 years. Ill go to the dmv and see what they have to say thanks reg

 

If you tell the mngr that you are going to take care of it, they shouldn't tow it.

 

yea, all of the above is true. Drewl I will ask the complex about it. From what ive heard derstuka the guy just moved away but you never know right?

 

your right, ill leave the bike alone

 

a truck was abandoned in the road out front of our airport hangar. After a month or two, one of my coworkers went to DMV got the abandoned title and just hauled it off. Was not a hassle at all.
I guess it depends on the previous owner. They may contact him and find out he still wants it.
Good luck.

 

check on the vin number. You don't know if the bike still has a lien.

 

This is how I got my first bike, was abandoned at a local strip mall for over a year and the DMV said the property owner 'owned' it. Someone, , moved it across the street to a gas station where I knew the owner. After a few weeks sitting there I offered to get rid of it for him, since he 'owned' it at that point and could dispose of as he wanted.

Never did put that old Yami back together though.

 

You can take care of that through the DMV. They will try to contact the owner via last registered address and if they get no reply within a few weeks they will give you a new title to the bike. No need to even involve the apt. - I would think. What they don't know won't hurt 'em.

 

I have 1000F and 1000R project bikes I just happened to go to the CA DMV today to try to get titles on. They both were bought with bill of sales. The R wasn't in their system anymore and was a little easier. I started to explain the previous owner picked it up through an abandoned storage locker auction which lead to 'ok, you need to bring in the lien sale paperwork from the auction buyer'. So my story became, the previous owner had the bike for many years sitting in his backyard and lost the title and license, but it was always his. 'Ok, we can create a new title, $64 and bring the bike in to verify the VIN when it's running'.

The F unfortunately was still in the system under someone other than the guy I bought it from so his bill of sale was worthless. They want a signed release from the previous registered owner, so we'll see on that. She would not officially provide me the registered owner's name and address, just a 'note' she wrote herself with his vitals and accidently slipped in my paperwork that she handed back to me. :wink:

Not sure that helps your situation but if the bike isn't in the DMV system anymore, make sure you get your story "right". That was the advice I was given. :biggrin:

 

Buddy of mine lived in an apartment not far from me. He told me about an R6 that had been there for a year, chained to the building. When he asked the apartment manager about it, the manager offered to sell it to him, cheap. I had my buddy write down the vin number, and I called the police, asking if it was stolen. It was stolen, of course. The police picked it up a week or so later. At least I'm not out any cash to the apartment manager.