TheGDog
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- Sep 17, 2007
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OK... so I originally purchased this 1990 KDX 200 from some guy I found off Craigslist who wanted $750... I asked for $650 because of the dirty condition.. he came back with $675.
So fuggit... I said ya gotta deal. Then he tells me its registered for the street and was last registered in 2005.
Since he's got all the lighting taken off the thing... and I don't plan on riding this thing anywhere on the street... I figured I'd just goto DMV and tell them to drop the Street part of the registration... explaining that it doesn't even have the proper equipment for that anyway... then I'd just pay back fees on OFF-Highway part of the registration which would no-doubt be way less.
First time I go to DMV with the pink and all that... I explain the situation frontwards and backwards and plead my case about why should I be forced to pay back street registration when that was no fault of my own.... not only that... it would be paying all sorts of money for something which I cannot legally use anyway since the bike doesn't have any of the lighting hardware on it anyway.
So on this 1st visit...the DMV employee.. (we'll call her "Rotunda" for short due to her behemeth size) says I'll have to pay the back penalties on the dirt-registration which I did :pissed: then she had me fill-out and sign a "STATEMENT OF FACTS" in which I eloquently explained that the machine not only liked the hardware... he didn't even have a plate to give me.. nor do I WANT OR NEED to have it street registered.
Fine... they send it to Sacramento...
All the paperwork comes back... :| and there's like this cryptic doc list a buncha fee codes etc... the other side of it stating that basically I'd have to first make the registration current before it can be converted to OFF Highway registration.
Way pissed... I call the 877 number they list... explain to some younger kid who answered from a call center in Irvine. Seemed like he was there with me and understood the dilemma... tells me look like I need to just fill-out a form REG397 ...blah blah blah...
2nd visit to DMV... tell them about the form.... they take a millenium finding this particular form because it's not listed on there on-line electronic index of forms... turns out... looks like it's a form a dealer would fill-out for a brand-new bike.
:bang: :bang: :bang:
By this point it's taking absolutely all my self-control to remain pleasant and try in vain to utilize my powers of logic and reasoning with this new chick... end of talking with her... she's all talking like I'd have to bring the bike in so they could inspect it to verify it's now in a dirt-only condition blah blah blah to allow us to then fill-out a form to convert to dirt only reg.
I'm sitting her trying to get to think about... what does that matter.. I could have a friggin Harley or something for christ sake.. and if I come walkin' in the door sayin I wanna make it dirt-only registration.... fuggit... you should be fine with doing it... because in doing so ... it obviously would make it then illegal to ride it on a street... so what does it matter what kinda equipment it has or not.. right?
I then get passed-up to a supervisor kinda dude.
He explains/shows me that this particular bike was apparently registered ON-HIGHWAY since day one... not like your typical dual-registration that you'd normally see for a plated bike in Cali.
So I further try to logic and reason with them that this must mean the bike was originally purchased/registered in some other state since I know for a fact I couldn't street reg this kinda bike in Cali nowadays.
So anyhoo... I explain to this guy there ain't no way in hell I'm paying an addition $271 on top of the $146 I ALREADY shelled-out towards this bike... especially when I only paid (cough) $500 (cough, cough) for it... and especially since it would be paying for a plate which I couldn't legally use anyway since it lacks the apppropriate hardware!
This guy offers me something at least.... he removed all the previous PENALTY fees... but says I'll still have to pay the reg charges for prior years.. $87. I'm like fine... whatever.. if it'll get me outta here.....
and get this.... when the title and this plate hit my door... I THEN have to GO BACK with the title and plate and apparently pay a freakin conversion charge to go dirt-only.. he said he thinks it's like $45-ish.
Man... this "good deal" bike at $675 is turning into anything but.... but dang it... I'm already commited into it anyway since I've begun the process of restoring her and purchasing needed parts to refurbish her and bring her fire back to life.
This sh!t better run DAMN good by the time I'm finished with her.... that's all I gotta say.
So fuggit... I said ya gotta deal. Then he tells me its registered for the street and was last registered in 2005.
Since he's got all the lighting taken off the thing... and I don't plan on riding this thing anywhere on the street... I figured I'd just goto DMV and tell them to drop the Street part of the registration... explaining that it doesn't even have the proper equipment for that anyway... then I'd just pay back fees on OFF-Highway part of the registration which would no-doubt be way less.
First time I go to DMV with the pink and all that... I explain the situation frontwards and backwards and plead my case about why should I be forced to pay back street registration when that was no fault of my own.... not only that... it would be paying all sorts of money for something which I cannot legally use anyway since the bike doesn't have any of the lighting hardware on it anyway.
So on this 1st visit...the DMV employee.. (we'll call her "Rotunda" for short due to her behemeth size) says I'll have to pay the back penalties on the dirt-registration which I did :pissed: then she had me fill-out and sign a "STATEMENT OF FACTS" in which I eloquently explained that the machine not only liked the hardware... he didn't even have a plate to give me.. nor do I WANT OR NEED to have it street registered.
Fine... they send it to Sacramento...
All the paperwork comes back... :| and there's like this cryptic doc list a buncha fee codes etc... the other side of it stating that basically I'd have to first make the registration current before it can be converted to OFF Highway registration.
Way pissed... I call the 877 number they list... explain to some younger kid who answered from a call center in Irvine. Seemed like he was there with me and understood the dilemma... tells me look like I need to just fill-out a form REG397 ...blah blah blah...
2nd visit to DMV... tell them about the form.... they take a millenium finding this particular form because it's not listed on there on-line electronic index of forms... turns out... looks like it's a form a dealer would fill-out for a brand-new bike.
:bang: :bang: :bang:
By this point it's taking absolutely all my self-control to remain pleasant and try in vain to utilize my powers of logic and reasoning with this new chick... end of talking with her... she's all talking like I'd have to bring the bike in so they could inspect it to verify it's now in a dirt-only condition blah blah blah to allow us to then fill-out a form to convert to dirt only reg.
I'm sitting her trying to get to think about... what does that matter.. I could have a friggin Harley or something for christ sake.. and if I come walkin' in the door sayin I wanna make it dirt-only registration.... fuggit... you should be fine with doing it... because in doing so ... it obviously would make it then illegal to ride it on a street... so what does it matter what kinda equipment it has or not.. right?
I then get passed-up to a supervisor kinda dude.
He explains/shows me that this particular bike was apparently registered ON-HIGHWAY since day one... not like your typical dual-registration that you'd normally see for a plated bike in Cali.
So I further try to logic and reason with them that this must mean the bike was originally purchased/registered in some other state since I know for a fact I couldn't street reg this kinda bike in Cali nowadays.
So anyhoo... I explain to this guy there ain't no way in hell I'm paying an addition $271 on top of the $146 I ALREADY shelled-out towards this bike... especially when I only paid (cough) $500 (cough, cough) for it... and especially since it would be paying for a plate which I couldn't legally use anyway since it lacks the apppropriate hardware!
This guy offers me something at least.... he removed all the previous PENALTY fees... but says I'll still have to pay the reg charges for prior years.. $87. I'm like fine... whatever.. if it'll get me outta here.....
and get this.... when the title and this plate hit my door... I THEN have to GO BACK with the title and plate and apparently pay a freakin conversion charge to go dirt-only.. he said he thinks it's like $45-ish.
Man... this "good deal" bike at $675 is turning into anything but.... but dang it... I'm already commited into it anyway since I've begun the process of restoring her and purchasing needed parts to refurbish her and bring her fire back to life.
This sh!t better run DAMN good by the time I'm finished with her.... that's all I gotta say.
