title/frame help? my bike doesnt exist?

[aaronmact]

Well everyone Ive had a slight break through. I called suzuki international  and gave them my vin, and I was informed my bike was shipped to highland springs Virginia. Unfortunately they say they might not keep their records that long.

[Blueknyt]

i realize you have this urge to finnish this path that you have been on.  on one hand i applaud your tenacity, on the other things could still turn poorly as the full history of this bike is so monkey *#$%ed you could be left holding a very empty bag and no legal ground to stand on.   you paid 100$ for the bike, put another 600$ into it, another 1-300$ for a titled frame is not unreasonable.   you would have in effect, bought and built a nice clean bike from the ground up, learning valuable things along the way all for around $1000 considering the work you have put into it and all the new parts. you would probly have a 2000$ bike on your hands that you personaly put every nut and bolt together. being able to register,insure and ride the bike would be the payoff making that $1000 you spent well worth it.

[aaronmact]

exactly. Part Of me just wants the pay off fro chasing it so long. I just got in touch with the original dealer. Unsurprisingly he didnt wanna root through his paper work. He told me to apply for a storage lien ( abandoned vehicle). He said that's what they would do.

[adidasguy]

You can do the AV procedure on-line per my post a couple days ago.
No paper trail probably means no one would ever show up to claim it.

[Blueknyt]

Its going to come down to what else are you willing to go through while the bike sits useless.  money and time spent with more paper trails and hoops to jump, or time and money spent getting that titled frame and transfering parts?  all the grief you went through already, isnt it time to make some headway with a known desired ending?  Get the titled frame, get to wrenching, and when the last bolt is tightend it will be the one holding the plate on the rear ready for a ride.

[ohgood]

Its going to come down to what else are you willing to go through while the bike sits useless.  money and time spent with more paper trails and hoops to jump, or time and money spent getting that titled frame and transfering parts?  all the grief you went through already, isnt it time to make some headway with a known desired ending?  Get the titled frame, get to wrenching, and when the last bolt is tightend it will be the one holding the plate on the rear ready for a ride.

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