Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Sounds eerily similar to what @uphlifted went through when he bought his bike. All these automated systems and it’s been horrible for most people I know.

My own experience with DMV is that I can’t renew my license online. The online system asks for the last 4 of your ssn along with your DL#. Apparently my SSN isn’t correct in their system. And when I speak to them, all the copies of my forms dating back to my original drivers license application from when I was 18 has the SSN redacted- something about a law change some years back where they aren’t allowed to access SSN info anymore. So nobody can tell me what’s wrong with my SSN and they can’t update it in their system either even if I show proof of my correct number. I only learned all this because I personally know people that work at the DMV. So now I have to mail a check and cross my fingers or go there in person and wait in line just so they could tell me, “you know you could do this online.”




Ah, bureaucracy….

 

CA DMV and their archaic policies are obnoxious as fuck. I was stationed in WA and they demanded I drive to CA to get my then 5yo car smogged. I had the title transferred to WA and said fuck you to my home state.

Fast forward 7 years and I buy a Jeep DJ5 off ebay in the Bay Area, and try to transfer it while I’m there on leave, since it’s my home of record and I’m OCONUS. There is a flag on my file with CA and they inform me that I owe nearly $5k in back registration and fees because my car was never put on a non-op, and I had late fees and back registration to pay. TF you say?!? They tried to get me for 7 years of shit on a car titled and registered in another state. It took me 2yrs to get those bastards unfucked.

My suggestion is to get your shit transferred out of CA.

 

Haha, that blows. I called the DMV in Alaska to try to track down the title/registration I mailed in that USPS says they lost. Nice lady tells me they received it on the 7th while USPS says they lost it on the 6th. Nice to know I'm not screwed without the title to the Honda I bought. I asked about my BMW I bought from a dealer in early June and she was able to tell me that they didn't receive the title application until August 19th. Hopefully by the end of the year I'll get my titles, plates and registration for both of them.

 

Well ok then!

 

These look awesome

https://kriega.com/adventure/os-base-honda-crf1100l-africa-twin

 

I had a similar issue, my last duty station before getting sent over seas was in CA,
So I parked my truck in a friends backyard and non oped it.

Three years later I go to the DMV to get the paperwork to transfer to AZ,
CA DMV wanted 3 or 4 grand for an 89 Ford Ranger that was maybe worth 2k.

I told them to their face I wasnt paying it and trailered the truck to AZ,
Titled, plated and insured no problem

 

Lol. I got a tax bill from CA in 2011 for unpaid taxes. They tried the same shit with me. I changed my state of residence in 2008 at ETS... got IOUs from 2001-2008 for my non-resident period.

 

Do you need to pay?

 

Love that color

 

Nope, was not a resident for the period they billed me for. When the state is in their financial death throws, they go for anything they can.

 

They sent me the same letters in 2011 when I got out of the Marine Corps. I’m a South Dakota resident. I ain’t paying Cali a dime haha.

 

I like their red/white/blue much better

 

How could I have missed this thread?!

My bike:

 

Honda 599/919?

 

@LocoLocal david can TW express this back for you: https://longisland.craigslist.org/mcy/d/huntington-klr/7387672892.html

 

Haha