MTO

So I have interesting news on the bike, I haven't been working on it lately, instead I've been working on getting an ownership since the bike came without.

I went to the MTO and they told me to bring in the VIN and whatever else I had. I brought them in the VIN, a license plate and a receipt from the seller. The license plate was useless and illegal since it was registered for a different bike (kept it anyway) and the VIN had results! Last "registered" owner was in 1985 from someone very close to where I live (which is great because the owner before him was a 4 hour drive away.

I was instructed by the MTO to get a hold of the last registered owner and have him sign a few papers. If this was possible I could get the ownership easily. Otherwise I would have to show I took necessary steps to get a hold of him, get an affidavit done and then maybe I could get a new ownership made.

I went home hoping he would be easy to get a hold a hold of, looked him up on Canada 411. First name that came up matched his address. I called it and a woman answered after two rings. I asked to speak with "David". "David" answered the phone and explained to me he bought the bike in the early 80s in Chapleau. When he get it he had the engine rebuilt and it never did run "all that great". The last time he ran it was in Oshawa in the 80s. He said he would be more than happy to meet up with me and that he still might have the original ownership.

So, I'm meeting up with him tomorrow and now getting the ownership for a 39 year old bike will be a breeze. At least one thing is going smoothly!