Topic: Totaled Bike!

[theslayedsaint]

Ok,
Got a question for you guys. The bike was totaled and my insurance is going to pay out.. What my question is what I should do with a salvage title. My thought is to get a new frame and move the motor into that frame so after the rebuild I can have full coverage on the new build. Anyone have a better idea. rb550four did you have full coverage after you rebuilt them?

[70CB750]

Will you be able to title it back from salvage title to normal title?

I done just that after my jeep (1986) got rear ended and State Farm gave me $2500 plus the wreck and I was able to fix it for that money, pass inspection and lived happily ever after.

Frame up on a motorcycle will not be as hard and extensive as the jeep was, I think that's your best bet.

[flybox1]

Depends on if your title is to the frame VIN or the engine VIN, and what your ultimate plans are to do with the bike.
If its yours to keep, who cares if it has a salvage title, but then is it insurable?
If you're selling...do what you have to do to get a clean title.

[theslayedsaint]

Yeah I don't really care about a salvageable title but it sounds like I won't be able to get full coverage with a  salvageable title . So that where my thought of a new frame comes in.

[70CB750]

Take the money, buy titled frame and build it up.  That would work in Virginia, but your state may be different.  Titles use frame VINs.

[theslayedsaint]

Yeah that's what I'm thinking! Anyone got frame? Here goes round two.

[theslayedsaint]

I'm in portland OR

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

I agree.  Buy a titled frame and swap all of your components over.