Texas motorcycle question

[Grappa]

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!

[carbmon]

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

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

HTH

[IZ]

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

[nickshelby500kr]

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.

[Grappa]

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

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

[IZ]

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

[wasabi]

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