Title, Resgistration and licensing

lupine_shadow

Looking through the DMV site the other day, getting the honda on the road once it's finished will be difficult.

Have a few questions regarding the registration:

1- since it's a 1974, can it be registered as "antique" instead of classic, so I can avoid the inspection and pay slightly less?
2- do you need current proof of insurance to register a the bike (don't currently have bike insurance been dealing with non-runners for a while)
3- how many hoops must you jump through to get a bonded title?
4- what documents must you present to get the thing first titled, then registered in your name?

Thanks.

dorT500 · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:53 pm Post subject:

1. No....not unless you are in an endless parade.
2. Proof of current insurance on any other vehicle you own will do...then you go get bike insurance.
3. I dunno....I don't jump through hoops for anybody or anything.
4. You saw this?... http://www.txdmv.gov/vehicles/titles/bonded.htm

lupine_shadow · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:20 pm Post subject:

I don't own any insurance right now... no car and the reason I started this whole mess is to avoid relying on public transport/ other people. Embarassed

Would've just bought a cheap new bike but got the first project free, and the whole thing started etc and now is only about $200 away from completion.

Reading further on the DMV's site, there is a paradox- you need proof of insurance to get a title, to register the vehicle, and even to get a license- but I doubt any insurer will give insurance without all three of those. So in order to get any of the three (though I have a license already), I need insurance, but to get insurance, I need those three. Question

ol55 · Commuter Joined: Feb 09, 2009 Posts: 391 Location: VA

bB2NER · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:23 am Post subject:

To insure a vehicle you only need to give them the year, make and model. I've never had to show ownership first.