The_Veg
D'OH!
A few weeks ago a friend of mine bought a very gently used F650CS from a guy in Oklahoma City. She made the first mistake right up front, by agreeing to purchase a bike with a lien on the title. The seller seemed very up-front about it and said that the bike needed to be paid off but once sold that would happen and my friend would receive the title within ten business days. The seller agreed to half up front and half when the title cleared.
I went to help pick up the bike. My friend rented a cargo-van and we went up on a Saturday.
The seller seemed a bit young and hip-hop for a BMW guy, but he had an R1200C and a K1200R in his garage too. He and a friend were very helpful getting the bike loaded and we went home happy.
Now the title is still out there and the seller is not answering calls, emails, etc. My friend has found that the bike is not titled in OK, that it was originally sold in IN (friend has the first owner's name), and that Carfax has no data for that VIN (which doesn't surprise me- I doubt that they handle data on semi-obscure motorcycles).
My friend is going to give the motor-vehicle dept in IN a call on Monday and see if anything useful can be had from them.
The up-side is that my friend has the bike in possession and it is in excellent gently-used condition (2003 w/ 1600 miles on it!) and runs properly.
Anybody have any advice on what legal recourse my friend may have available?
I went to help pick up the bike. My friend rented a cargo-van and we went up on a Saturday.
The seller seemed a bit young and hip-hop for a BMW guy, but he had an R1200C and a K1200R in his garage too. He and a friend were very helpful getting the bike loaded and we went home happy.
Now the title is still out there and the seller is not answering calls, emails, etc. My friend has found that the bike is not titled in OK, that it was originally sold in IN (friend has the first owner's name), and that Carfax has no data for that VIN (which doesn't surprise me- I doubt that they handle data on semi-obscure motorcycles).
My friend is going to give the motor-vehicle dept in IN a call on Monday and see if anything useful can be had from them.
The up-side is that my friend has the bike in possession and it is in excellent gently-used condition (2003 w/ 1600 miles on it!) and runs properly.
Anybody have any advice on what legal recourse my friend may have available?