I was wondering if you guys could help me out there. I'm trying to figure out how much it's gonna cost to get a bike with a blank frame registered in the state of california.any info is muchly appreciated

 

You must show receipts that you bought it from a bike manufactor, insurance company, etc. If not, good luck or find someone that can stamp that frame for you .

 

yeah, when you buy replacements from the manufacturer, or other companies online or something they give you a bill of sale, and a reciept. You just need to take the entire bike (after it's finished being built) to the MVA/DMV and give them paperwork for all the parts that you have paperwork for, and they register you for 2004, or whatever year it happens to be. I got a frame from suzuki brand new for $1500 that was blank. I built the bike and registered it with no problem ..... florida though, I don't know about cali. Im sure it's a similar process though. good luck!

 

what if you buy a frame from someone. do they re-stamp the frame with your vin or do you just use the vin thats on the frame??

 

if "they" already got it registered previously, then they will have a new vin plate (no stamp) and they will be issued a title ... which they would sign to you if you bought it ..... BUT if the one you get does not have numbers, then you must go through the process yourself ....

 

in cali, if you have reciepts, take it to chp and they will issue you a vin and rivet it to the frame. Then you can register it as "special construction" title for the current year (2004 now).

 

in mass we have to cut the neck off old frame send it to suzuki ,and we get a new frame with the numbers from the old neck stamped on the new one.good luck