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Can a motorcycle be salvaged in the state of Texas, then be given a clean/clear title?

If it has a clean title, would there be a way to check if the title was ever salvaged?

Would a dealer be legally required to disclose any of this info?

May have found dream bike (one of them anyway) , but price seems a little too good to be true.

Thanks in advance for anyone with any input!

Check out this link and the links to 'official' information therein:

http://www.dmv.org/tx-texas/salvaged-vehicles.php (http://www.dmv.org/tx-texas/salvaged-vehicles.php)

HTH

You wouldn't happen to be buying an '03 620, would you?!

a salvage title bike can never be issued a clean blue texas title ever again.

After a salvage titled bike is issued, it can then be rebuilt, then once it passes a texas DMV inspection and a laundry list of forms. It will be issued a "Rebuilt- Salvage title" meaning just that. It was salvaged and rebuilt back to road-worthy status. And they are picky too.

The only way a bike could go from salvage to clean is if all the parts are transfered from the salvage titled frame to a clean titled frame.  And that is highly frowned upon. That usually happens when someone wrecks a bike or the engine blows and they decide to part out. Leaving a clean titled frame and then people will transfer their salvage title bike parts and end up with a clean title bike again.

Nah.  Is it yours?  Or one you are looking at buying?

My 620 is out there somewhere. Totaled it around March here in Austin.

Funny you mention an 03' 620 .. there  is one for sale on Craigslist in San Antonio right now.
http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/mcy/3475894194.html (http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/mcy/3475894194.html)