Is It Stolen? I Bought This Motorcycle Without Paperwork.......

[@tommink2577]

Jake, you need to contact a registration service to see if they can get those back fees waived. It may cost you $100 for their services, but if it saves you $800 it's worth it. I have gone this route with old cars in CA several times. Greetings from Sac!

[@duskycotw8404]

what registration service specifically?

[@eddiediederich7244]

Unfortunately, you still showed the VIN. I dont think its a huge issue, just comical. Love the back to back videos!

[@billgates7859]

At 4:39-4:44 so you can easily find it

[@454Burban]

Yep, lol. I always laugh at all the online sellers who waste their time redacting or obscuring their license plate number. Hey brainiacs, it's on your vehicle for everyone in public to see... why do you think you need to cover it in a photo?? 😂

[@Nevir202]

@@454Burban Well, that kind of stuff can be run back to find out where it is registered. Ya, someone who wants to steal it might see it at random, but something listed online is literally part of a buffet for someone who may be looking to steal something particular.

[@mrclean6796]

I was a police officer for 26 years and running a VIN or registration check was a courtesy that we'd do for local residents. After retiring ten years ago, I got back into off-road dirt bike riding again like when I was a teenager. Two years after retiring, l called two different friends from my department and wanted them to do a VIN check on a Honda XR650R that didn’t have any paperwork. Surprisingly, each guy was "afraid" to run a check on it since it wasn't part of an official investigation. (That’s a problem when guys can't make a simple decision that would be common sense that nothing was being done improperly). Anyway, l had my brother (who's a police officer in another state) run the VIN and it came back clean. Long story short, South Dakota DMV issued me a street legal title which is what my goal was.

[@454Burban]

No sir, despite what some online sellers claim about "Out of the DMV system", Commiefornia "remembers" far longer than just 10 years. The greedy bastards won't let go of a PENNY. Also, I myself was given a motorcycle that had zero paperwork. It took me about three years, multiple visits to three different DMV offices (who all provided me different information), two different CHP stations, and over 300 dollars... but I did eventually get a clear Title to the bike. I did not have any info on the original owner, so I had to fill out a Form REG 227, and a Statement of Facts, explaining in a much detail as possible, how I came to be in possession of the bike. In your case, the whole acquisition has been well documented on video, so that works in your favor. But there's no way around the stupid fees, except selling to someone who lives in a Free state.

[@Maxdubi]

Stop bullshitting, I’ve registered vehicles/jetskies that were out of the system. It all depends on the clerk. Most are asshoels for no reason, you just need to find that one person.

[@nathananttila2560]

Hello Jennies Garage! I rarely comment on anything, but decided I wanted to tell you all I support these videos and enjoy them just as much if not more than your previous. It is a great mix of information, personality, and just hanging out. As I grow older, I love hearing others opinions that I respect, and you are no different. So filling blank space, even though it was only 14 seconds of silence, with whatever comes across your mind is welcomed. Not filling that space is also welcomed. You have amassed an audience that doesn’t feed off of short form content and constant stimulation. So, leaving blank space is perfectly A-okay!

[@cnt369]

I agree!

[@dglongx]

If my bike was stolen and the police failed to run the VIN when prompted I would be upset

[@jenniesgarage]

Good point! I didn't think about it from that point of view.

[@454Burban]

@dglongx I think we all need to remember what State we're talking about here. CA doesn't merely do things "wrong", we seem to do a lot of diligence in determining the best way to do things, and then we do it the exact OPPOSITE. I've literally had the DMV, the CHP, and Sacramento going around in circles with each other for three days, just trying to get an OHV sticker for a couple of Razor dirt bikes, to ride on BLM land. Sac says all off-highway vehicles require a sticker. DMV says no OHV sticker without a VIN verification. CHP says they can't verify the VIN of a vehicle that doesn't have one. CHP also explained to Sac that they consider it a "toy", not a motor vehicle. Sac responds that they don't have an Exemption for "toys". This idiot State is like a Laurel & Hardy routine. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@metallitech]

The police deal with crimes.

[@timflemming4christ]

​@@454Burbansometimes I think pa is bad with the way they do things but then I remember ca exists

[@TheProCut17]

I don't understand why anyone stays in Cali, those fees are robbery

[@corporalclegg914]

we completely Love you Two & everyone in your orbits. thanks for making it easy, Rascals

[@Iseekoutthetruth]

I Enjoy The Videos, But I Am Feeling A Sense Of Stress. I Have been A Very Long Time Watcher And Your Energy In The Past Has Always Been Positive. Honestly, You Seem To Be Coming Across Frustrated. Just What I Am Noticing. As For The Bike, I Would never Worry About Paper Work, I Am 60 Years Old, I Rode My Whole Life Without A Motorcycle License, When I Finally Went And Got 1, I Seem To Not Want To Ride Anymore, So I Sold My Bikes And Have Not Gotten Another 1 Since. Motorcycles Are About Being Free And I Felt Trapped By The System. Rice Krispies Looked Good, I Love Homemade Soap.

[@StrawDragon]

You know I feel the same.. The energy in these one take videos are not the same as other edited videos. I have been watching your videos for years and if they started out like this then, I would of likely not subscribed.. TBH.

[@vaibhavdlv]

I try to stay out of government way as much as possible since most of the time the government things seem to be designed and operated by re-tar-ded people - no offense to the actual simple-minded people. I use online services wherever possible, and avoid any in-person things since the public facing gov people are just corrupt - both morally and financially. Wherever I can, I hire an agent to take care of these things - costs a bit but saves on so much hassle, and I can spend my time on better and peaceful things.

[@mrshaneyt43]

So I’m in the uk and have often thought I should look up how vehicles with no paperwork works in the USA . Seem it’s different state by state from the comments and a massive pain to try to get sorted . Here it’s pretty simple and costs about $25. They check previous owner and make sure it’s not stolen and if no problems you get the logbook in your name . Also thanks for the fast update even if you was forced into the editors seat 👍

[@dglongx]

In Montana, part of the process for registering a vehicle without a title is having a police officer check and verify the VIN

[@ShaunHensley]

Used to be the process here too.

[@rfields997]

A lot of the things highlighted in this video is why i liquidated my assets and fled California, everything about that state is a racket.

[@DunnMotors]

I did the same thing

[@StrawDragon]

That is why the People of California are known to the state of California to cause cancer.

[@duskycotw8404]

where did you move i also want to get out of here

[@duskycotw8404]

@@DunnMotors where did you move i also want to get out of here

[@DunnMotors]

@duskycotw8404 Idaho! Twin falls, Kimberly, buhl, Filer, area. It's a blessing here. Only complaint is the weather but, that's because we get spoiled over in California 😁👍 I'd recommend it. Also lots of hunting, fishing, dirtbike riding and no smog requirements for vehicles! Dmv is fast and easy as well.

[@HazeyAuto]

I hope Camera Girl kept her end of the agreement after finding out it wasn’t stolen!

[@gwilliammaggs]

You beat me to it, a great catch.

[@Moocow8]

im just starting the process in NJ of trying to get a title for an old bike that didnt run for years that someone had parked in a shed in MN, im like 80% sure its not stolen. Theres a lot of legal mumbo jumbo and nonsense that doesnt make any sense to a simpleton like myself and there's no real explanation or example of the correct process to do or explain what each form is in an entire packet of them is (mainly because each state is different i imagine?) but this is helpful to see as i dive into the entire process. you guys are doing great, i like this new format

[@volvogt21]

Wow. Your system is an absolute nightmare.

[@secretharbour5733]

Did Robert give you a call after your 50-50 assessment for casting aspersions on his good self.hahahaha

[@dalehall2993]

Sounds too me like you need too move out of California😂

[@talon0863]

I dont mind some intermittent pauses in the dialog. Thanks for the video

[@TomsTinkeringandAdventures]

That DR has a lot of aftermarket goodies on it. Fork brace, White E series exhaust, looks like an upgraded upper triple clamp, Corbin seat, skid plate, bigger tank (even though it's ugly), ASV levers, foot pegs. Might be more that I am not seeing, but someone with a stock bike could use all those parts. Also DR350 parts are easy to sell on eBay. The TM33 pumper carb is worth $200 or so. Cylinder head is worth $300. Easy to make $1000 quickly, but you' will be stuck with a bunch of stuff that won't sell for a long time.

[@cnt369]

Happy Halloween to you two and the kid!

[@codyrichards6125]

More consistent Videos, I'm loving it. You guys will make more money and get more followers without too much editing. Consistency is key for growing viewership! Although I'm biased because I love you two! 😁😁 Once you get to a million followers and have even more disposable income just reevaluate and maybe hire a editor if you want to scale up the production quality. But anyways @Jennies Garage I'm happy to see the extra uploads!!!!

[@ProlificInvention]

In the State of Michigan you just bring a VIN# to the Secretary Of State office (DMV) and do whats called a "VIN Search"...If it comes back clean you can register it immediately

[@TravisDoesFirewood]

Bummer of a situation and story. Love to have you on the firewood addicts podcast series on my channel, chatting about small gas engines/chainsaws. Just an idea. Keep cuttin' brother!

[@sparkingdogg]

NCIB has a trap door, BEWARE! If a VIN comes back as stolen, the Feds trace the IP address, call the local police, who show up at your door. I bought a junk wrecked parts bike, and ran it thru NCIB as I did with every bike I ever bought, the bike got confiscated and I damned near went to jail. It doesn't matter who stole it, I sure didn't but you lose the bike immediately and if it's a total wreck (like the one I bought) it goes to police auction and you have to try and buy it again (which I didn't even try). Believe me, NCIB is NOT "there to help you". And even if you run it thru NCIB and don't buy the bike, you are gonna have the police at your door asking a WHOLE lot of questions!

[@TheHomePros6221]

Man that’s good to know!!

[@rabinkunwar]

Ur the best KZbin bike mechanic period

[@vaibhavdlv]

Jake, just sell it for parts if its too much hassle. I know the system sucks and sometimes you can just write it off, and save on so much mental hassle. Trust me when you put a price on peace of mind, it won't seem like a bad tradeoff.

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

I had a feeling that the carb got junk in it from the gas sloshing around during the trip. But it makes cleaning out the tank a breeze. With the rebuilt carb I say four kicks and it's a runner.

[@Not_Ferrari]

I'm enjoying the new one long take format

[@AugustBonds]

We should start a gofundme to pay for those fees! 😃I want to see it on the road...

[@DuggleBogey]

LOL that someone would think the cops are actually useful for something people need.

[@mallockracer]

The more I look at the bike , the more trick parts I see... Swing arm, carbon exhaust cover, tank, Forks, I think it was converted into an adventure bike.. hence the road legality..

[@BladeRicsi]

Hey Jake, no license plate? This could be a very nice flat track bike project. If someone have knowledge to build a flat track bike from this, than you have. This may have been an interesting project for everyone.Maybe if its ready you can sell it to a flat track scool, without license plate.

[@Free_Ranger_CT110]

That's crazy, how can you be liable for reg fees that occured before you owned the bike? Hastily applied paint is usually a sign of a hot bike. Hit it with some acetone & bring the yellow back!

[@keithyinger3326]

That's crazy that they charge you for any fees that any previous owner may have had. I needed my opinion that's like letting your greed condemned lots of perfectly good vehicles just because people don't really want to pay $700 worth of other people's fees in order to register a vehicle. That just seems utterly ridiculous that they would settle new owners with fees that any previous owner may have accrued. Go get them from the previous owner. As far as I'm concerned, any new owner, starts a new cycle.

[@notajp]

I’d love to have that DR, but you’re a little to far from Indiana.. I know how you feel on this. Many, many years ago I bought a 66 Chevelle SS that had a mechanics lien and was sold for charges. After I gathered all the required paperwork and went to the BMV, I found out there was a loan owed on the car. I went to the loan company and explained the circumstances to the manager. They refused to release the lien on the title unless I would pay the loan off. And unfortunately the loan amount was for more than the car was worth at that time, so I pulled the motor and trans and anything else I could and junked the rest. Sucked, but I wasn’t paying off someone else’s loan for more than the car was worth, plus what I was already into it for.

[@SlightlyOverripeAvocado]

Hooray for green checkmarks! I love the combined censorship of thumb and blurring to keep that vin hidden.

[@twocvbloke]

Those accumulated fees are a joke, applying them to a new owner is pretty unfair when it was a former registered owner who was responsible for them! Here in the UK, about the only "fees" that a vehicle can carry over is debt if it was bought on finance & is sold on without paying off the owed debt, usually resulting in repossession of said vehicle, everything else like tax, insurance, MOT test fees etc., they're all on the previous keeper, even if the logbook (officially known as the V5c, basically the equivalent of your "title") is missing, if the VIN is clean, you can just get a new one and off you go, and previous owner issues are usually left with them...

[@ShaunHensley]

If you get it plated, you don’t have to worry about red/green stickers, to the best of my understanding.

[@luxurydrone982]

Hahaha got that joke. Don’t mind the new format, 🎥 🎞️ ✂️ appreciate the transparency. Keep it fun. Always great to “see y’all”💯🤙🏻

[@luxurydrone982]

“You didn’t hear me this morning but I changed my mind” gold I’m using that on my wife 💯🤣🤣

[@rayworx]

Well... it seems that the DMV still has a long memory. Back in '77 I bought a used Hardly Startable from a guy getting a divorce. He didn't want the wife to get the bike so he was selling it. But he didn't have any current paperwork and what he did have was from a previous owners. But the price was right so I bought it... put some gas in it and jumped the battery. Two minutes later it fired up and I drove it home. Being in San Diego then.... going to the DMV was an all day ordeal. Seems that I couldn't just pay the penalty... NO>>>>> I had to contact all THREE of the previous owners and get SIGNED slips that they did indeed sell the bike and did NOT put a lien on it. If anyone said YES then I was screwed! Well I got lucky and ended up reselling it and made a tidy profit! Some times ya get lucky!

[@bigcountrysgarage3051]

every time i buy or inquire a motorcycle i just call the local licensing company and tell them I'm getting ready to buy a bike and want to know if you can run the vin and they due every time without hesitation

[@noidle22]

You missed blurring one of the vins on that screenshot.

[@jenniesgarage]

ya somebody just told me. I'm leaving it though!

[@user-un8yt9gd1t]

Some states don't require vin#/title/registration if it is for off road only.. Just street bikes.. California is a different world..

[@fonzer22]

To ease your mind a bit: the "silent" part didnt bother me one bit!

[@JonnieComp]

Come to Texas and you won't have to do any paperwork unless that thing is ready for the road

[@thorloki5449]

The vin is still visible

[@Karthor.]

4:41 you forgot to blur the vin in the middle

[@jenniesgarage]

lol oops! oh well

[@harrynut3044]

@@jenniesgarage FYI, the VIN is public record, hiding it is just silly and does absolute nothing.

[@Ebacherville]

One more reason to never ever ever ever live in Cammiefornia.. They charge you and the next comrade for not using a vehicle on the roadways.

[@Mike-vk3ke]

You just don't seem as happy go lucky as you use to be. Why so drum chum.

[@paulg492]

You're right. The enthusiasm and quick wit is lacking.

[@clarkwilson2670]

Probably because hes been dealing with unhelpful idiots all day. I know a trip to CHP and DMV would not have me in the best mood either.

[@omgwow1]

liking all of your videos until you guys are youtube gazillionaires

[@duskycotw8404]

I'm also in California in the sac region, I see a lot of good deals but the bike is missing the title, is it possible to get a title or not, and how do I know if the motorcycle owes fees.

[@rodeovin]

I've heard the best thing to do in California is to leave!

[@SuperHurdman]

So Jake to fill in the awkward silence like during the spark plug thingee could you maybe you know int he future you and her Jake and Jen talk about Jen's Tattoo behind here neck? I am not into them but am currious to know why people get them! Love to hear the story behind that!

[@jmudd5449]

Fix it up. You can make several videos of you making awesome. Maybe a partial restore?

[@Bolandcustoms]

Give us young guys some life advice during the silence

[@AvengedAggressively]

California's back registration fees are a load of manure. Why on Earth should anyone pay an annual registration for any year they didn't use a vehicle. There was no wear and tear caused to the roads, what are their grounds for this other than they just want to take more of your money. So unjust!

[@Scooter30FTW]

Why would you have to pay registration fees if the bike isn't being driven on the street? Is that a California thing? I never paid registration on a car that wasn't being driven for a year or more. I did get a thing in the mail asking why I didn't have insurance on it. Just wrote that the car wasn't being driven. Sent it back and never heard another word about it.

[@malcolmdown9170]

Buy the dr 250 and rebuild it on that platform.

[@rezkidgamingyt4725]

The bike could still be stolen possibly the person didn’t have insurance on it. It’s more than likely 99.9% not stolen. And the registration fee penalties are not right that’s the government for you

[@laurensa.1803]

For me a motorcycle without paper doesn't exist and is just a lump of metal... 😂 But I'm European. 😅

[@hugeinjapan4635]

So... I'm a 55yo guy, and my dad stopped riding when I was 12 (after an unfortunate incident at Pismo on his Honda 250) and ready to learn. I've been wanting to get a bike and ride for a bit, and the DR350 is on my short list. Would you recommend it for a first time rider? And an old fucker like myself? I'm a short fucker, too, at 5'7" if that makes a difference

[@Alexander_l322]

Let’s find out! I hope it’s not

[@JB-iw7sx]

Spark, no pop? Starter fluid!!!! One little pshhhttt, and you eliminate ten variables. Pop pp pop, spark, timing, valves, compression, kill switch, low oil, all of that... eliminated. Now you KNOW it is a fuel issue. Air filter and clean the carburetor, and you are riding the thing down the street. You did not mention it, but I saw you smell the spark plug. I know why you did that. I do it too. Care to explain what you were checking for?

[@Je_luna]

Well it didn't start 😂

[@quantumbuddhist]

Your certainly allowed to have ideas and opinions You should explain to us not from California how you arrive at 750 in charges for a 100 dollar bike As far as being stolen....that ugly if it was stolen it was a payed inside job😂

[@Coolrunning-d5q]

Why do people live in ca?

[@kriswright1022]

Why do you ask?😅

[@ebutuoyebutouy]

It's a nice place.

[@andrewroberts8993]

Plug wrench is 13/16

[@openmind654]

❤❤❤

[@powchainsamaniego6744]

Just pay it and go back on the road

[@mxrx3786]

make it run well and sell the engine, walk away

[@garyketola9101]

i had to look .but according to what i found your petcocck is in the off position.every bike i have ever had is the same way.just saying

[@phillippearce9680]

👍

[@Pato-ARG]

you missed a blur !!

[@jonathanodell9507]

Commiefornia, imagine that. You are a good man Jake

[@jinkerGM]

CHiPs :)

[@RGD-Audio-Repairs]

second :)

[@zippySquirrelface]

275th!

[@RGD-Audio-Repairs]

@@zippySquirrelface 2nd to comment... not view

[@johnredcorn5570]

First

[@rabinkunwar]

Cool guy 😂

[@harrynut3044]

6:35.....Nobody is obligated to "Register" their private property with any State. < This is the Law they do not want anyone to know about. Learn the Laws that govern the State. Knowledge = Freedom.