I live in SoCal and purchased a 00 R6 from a guy that was living in Cali for 6 months because he is a travel nurse. Well I purchased the bike from him before he left, (everything was legit with the sale) and from there I tried to register it. Well first of all they wouldnt let me register it because it is only a 49 state legal bike because it doesnt have the emission stuff that cali requires. (the bike is from Florida). Then they would have still registered it for me if it had more than 7500 miles on it at the time of purchase (only had 4400 miles). I did not know either of this. So they denied me regestration because it had less than 7500 miles on it and then because it wasnt a 50 state legal bike for cali. How do I go about getting this bike registered in cali? Is there a way to make it emission legal in cali (maybe a kit I can put on it for the emissions in cali). Please help. I have insurance and a license but no registration on it. Thanks.

 

I don't believe you need to "add" anything to make it smog-legal. My bike is a 49er, and they didn't give me $hit about it. It's true you need to have 7500 miles. Someone suggested that you could tell DMV the odometer was disconnected, but the previous owner used it on the track a lot, so the mileage should really be about (insert # larger than 7500 here) miles.

How did the previous owner have it registered here?

 

or....i have a cluster with 20k that you can use

 

haha, that's a new one. Odo fraud to GAIN mileage

 

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lol, thats pretty funny

 

Lend it to me and I'll ride on the necessary mileage for ya.........free of charge.

 

Damn, Cali is all sorts of backwards. Good luck.

 

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What? You saw the governor-debacle, too??

 

Now my bike has 17,000 miles on it. I got the bike last May and tried to register it in June, so I have been riding without registration since then. But when I ride, I ride with my buddy who is a cop and if I got stopped for no license plate, he could possibly bail me out of a ticket. Damn, I need some help with getting this done. Someone previously told me that I could try registering it again now that I have 17,000 miles on it, but he said it may be possible that they will see that I tried to register it already and red flag it and say no again, then Im screwed. Is that true. Should I try again in a different city. I tried to register it the first time in Redlands.

 

I will try to call Yamaha headquarters and see if they can help me out too. Because if you look in the manual on the bikes, there is a emission canister type thing that is with the exhaust for the fuel to keep in clean burning or something. My friends F4i has this black canister in the bottom of his bike and I dont have one, is that thing related to the emissions stuff.

 

I just dont understand why you would have to have a minimum number of mileage to get it registered? Someone fill me in.

Sorry I cant help im just confused over Calis policies.

 

tell them you sent it out of country to a relative and they put the miles on it, they can't contest it.

 

I got a 49 state bike too a few weeks ago. I live in San Diego and had no trouble registering it. The bike only has 1500 miles on it as well. I didnt know you had to have 7500 miles on it before it can get registered. All they looked for was the emissions sticker that is on the swingarm. The DMV did take the old plate from me though. But then again no trouble. I wonder what it is.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .xcalibur. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I got a 49 state bike too a few weeks ago. I live in San Diego and had no trouble registering it. The bike only has 1500 miles on it as well. I didnt know you had to have 7500 miles on it before it can get registered. All they looked for was the emissions sticker that is on the swingarm. The DMV did take the old plate from me though. But then again no trouble. I wonder what it is. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup, the emission sticky is the first thing they look for. Just as long as you have that, milage doesn't matter.

I suggest finding the part that has the sticker on it, and replace it with a used one from a CA bike. My 954 has it placed on the inside of the trunk tray. The dealer might even be able to order the sticker from the factory. Make up an excuse why you need another one. Another option you have is to register it in another state, wait a year, and transfer it to CA. I know a couple peeps who have done that with some imported bikes.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by OnlyNod &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just dont understand why you would have to have a minimum number of mileage to get it registered? Someone fill me in.

Sorry I cant help im just confused over Calis policies.</TD></TR></TABLE>

From my understanding, alot of people have been making out-of-state purchases on new vehicles to avoid various fees and/or taxes (such as luxury or gas guzzler). This can save people buying $100k-200k motorhomes some serious cash. CA considers anything under 7500 miles "new." So basically, CA is hating on people trying to save some dough. They want to tax that ***!!!

 

i bought an out of state bike and had no problem registering it in ca, it had more than 7500 miles though. just try going back there again or have a friend or relative register it in a different state and then do it in ca.

 

The emission sticker on my R6 is located in the trunk, but got cut in half when the guy put the fender eliminator kit on. Is there another location on the bike that I can find this sticker or where can I get another one.

 

Anymore info?

 

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i'd ride it and get the 7500 miles on it.

 

I may try to register it in Nevada, I have family out there, so we'll see what happens.