Kentucky Barn Find Fire Sale

I have decided not to restore the XJ550 Seca I recently got. My county clerk said I could apply for a title but I may not be granted one. I'm out of work and don't have the money to fix it and don't have the room to store it. I am going to keep the motor and some odd and ends. So if any one needs any thing make me a reasonable offer and pay shipping and it's yours. The carbs have been completely rebuilt, all they need are new float bowl gaskets and float valve assy. I am going to order those and run the motor before I dismantle it from the frame.

 

seca or maxim? if seca, im down for the side cover without the key hole

 

Too bad man, that was a really cool looking bike. And you got it for the right price.

 

I know. I'd make you an offer on the whole bike if you were closer....

 

Sent you PM. But you know, for $74.00 you can get a Vermont registration and plate via mail. Don't need to be a resident or physically be there to register it. Plate is good for a year. After that you can use the Vt registration to get a title from your state. I will post a link once I find it.

Here's the link.

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic ... tml#370467

 

there are other costs involved for doing that through Vermont, as far as I have learned.

It would have cost me around $300 or so by the time all the fees were paid to register a frame there. Not gonna happen.

YMMV

Dave F

 

Not sure what your circumstances where, but you can see from the link above I have a photo of the plate and registration. I think I explained the costs in the thread. It cost $44.00 for the plate and registration, the other $30.00 was the tax (total $74.00). Tax is 6% of the sale price. I only paid $275.00 for the bike but you are taxed on a minimum of $500.00 purchase price tax basis. Therefore, that is where the $30.00 tax came in. In trasher's case he got the bike for free. So he would only have to pay on the $500.00 tax basis. Therefore, he only pays the $30.00 tax and the $44.00 registration / plate fee.

I would add that when I transferred the registration to a Fl title, I got reamed for $90.00 with no plates. I should have waited until the Vt registration was ready to expire.

 

mtnbikecrazy55, It had none, no surprise there. I don't want to fool with all the hassle with registration, thanks for the link.

 

Interesting........the Vt. DMV site gave me a whole list of forms that had to be filled out, and a series of charges and fees that I'd have to pay.

Maybe they were giving me a snowjob just to see what I'd pay. So far, they've gotten nothing.

Dav eF

 

How clean are the head pipes?

Do you have any idea how many miles might be on it?

 

13675 miles