Scary
Well-known member
Hey I apologize in advance if this turns out to be kinda long and convoluted.
I bought a new bike (new to me) just over a month ago. It was kind of a hidden find on kijiji and I jumped on it. The bike is ten years old and was in the possession of an old (65+) man who was holding onto it as kind of a memento of his son (original owner); his son passed away in 2009. Long story short, the old man realized it wasn't doing him any good sitting there and he decided to sell the bike. I showed up with my gf, looked at the bike, and put a deposit on it. The next day I returned to get it as it had to be trailered home.
Upon writing the bill of sale, exchanging monies, trailering the bike, he pointed out that he would like some more time to get the ownership straightened out before giving it to me; it was still in his son's name and he just wanted to do things completely legal, get into his name first, etc. I can understand that... I'm the same way and would be very reluctant to sell something were it not in my name as I've had it come back on me before. I said okay, no problem, the bike needed some work anyway and worse case, my gf's family lived in the area and I could send her back there to pick up the ownership once it's all changed over. That was a month ago.
Since then, he's been to the ministry probably between 5-10 times with varying legal documents that they've requested from him and no luck. To complicate situations, his english isn't the greatest so i'm sure some things are getting lost in translation and making matters worse. Anyway, I'm reaching the end of my rope here. Up until now, I've had my ninja 750 to ride but I sold that to a friend and have been putting off the delivery of the ninja to him for a while, waiting for this ownership problem to resolve. I can't put it off any longer. At the end of this week, I have to deliver the ninja to my buddy, he's psyched to have it and I can't blame him, he's been waiting a few weeks. Which means that at the end of this week, I'm also out a set of wheels (I have a car but it's costly on insurance and currently sittting in my driveway, where it will sit for the summer unless it sells.. if anyone is interested in a 2007 saab 9-3 aero, send me a PM it's for sale!!!).
I mentioned that the bike needed some work, I've put roughly $500 into it - I had to rebuild the rear master cylinder, replace the exhaust, replace foot shifter, replace ram air duct, add a steering damper, replace the front rim, and troubleshoot and fix a fault code that was recurring. I did everything myself so there's no money in labour but still. I'm really hesitant to ask to give the bike back because it runs awesome now and has very little in the way of flaws; but it's still a little pricey to be considered a track bike.
So what are my options? There HAS to be a way for me to get the ownership in my name.... right now I'm waiting on him again.... he retained a lawyer who is trying to work on his behalf to get it done but the guy quoted him approx 1 month!! This sucks royally. If there's anyone out on gtam that knows the steps that I need to take to get this done and done, please feel free to PM me or post here. I'm getting very frustrated and starting to think that this will never happen.
I bought a new bike (new to me) just over a month ago. It was kind of a hidden find on kijiji and I jumped on it. The bike is ten years old and was in the possession of an old (65+) man who was holding onto it as kind of a memento of his son (original owner); his son passed away in 2009. Long story short, the old man realized it wasn't doing him any good sitting there and he decided to sell the bike. I showed up with my gf, looked at the bike, and put a deposit on it. The next day I returned to get it as it had to be trailered home.
Upon writing the bill of sale, exchanging monies, trailering the bike, he pointed out that he would like some more time to get the ownership straightened out before giving it to me; it was still in his son's name and he just wanted to do things completely legal, get into his name first, etc. I can understand that... I'm the same way and would be very reluctant to sell something were it not in my name as I've had it come back on me before. I said okay, no problem, the bike needed some work anyway and worse case, my gf's family lived in the area and I could send her back there to pick up the ownership once it's all changed over. That was a month ago.
Since then, he's been to the ministry probably between 5-10 times with varying legal documents that they've requested from him and no luck. To complicate situations, his english isn't the greatest so i'm sure some things are getting lost in translation and making matters worse. Anyway, I'm reaching the end of my rope here. Up until now, I've had my ninja 750 to ride but I sold that to a friend and have been putting off the delivery of the ninja to him for a while, waiting for this ownership problem to resolve. I can't put it off any longer. At the end of this week, I have to deliver the ninja to my buddy, he's psyched to have it and I can't blame him, he's been waiting a few weeks. Which means that at the end of this week, I'm also out a set of wheels (I have a car but it's costly on insurance and currently sittting in my driveway, where it will sit for the summer unless it sells.. if anyone is interested in a 2007 saab 9-3 aero, send me a PM it's for sale!!!).
I mentioned that the bike needed some work, I've put roughly $500 into it - I had to rebuild the rear master cylinder, replace the exhaust, replace foot shifter, replace ram air duct, add a steering damper, replace the front rim, and troubleshoot and fix a fault code that was recurring. I did everything myself so there's no money in labour but still. I'm really hesitant to ask to give the bike back because it runs awesome now and has very little in the way of flaws; but it's still a little pricey to be considered a track bike.
So what are my options? There HAS to be a way for me to get the ownership in my name.... right now I'm waiting on him again.... he retained a lawyer who is trying to work on his behalf to get it done but the guy quoted him approx 1 month!! This sucks royally. If there's anyone out on gtam that knows the steps that I need to take to get this done and done, please feel free to PM me or post here. I'm getting very frustrated and starting to think that this will never happen.
