Yep, it has a "Clean" title alright....

Its only a clean title AFTER it has been soaked in slick50!

 

I can't imagine anyone being less than honest when trying to sell snakes....er bikes

 

It's gotten to the point where you need to be smart about these sorts of things. Treat anyone selling you a big ticket item like they are trying to offload it rather than sell it. They will tell you whatever you want to hear.

I find it refreshing when I come across an honest person willing to disclose everything about a vehicle, but have to admit that it's not the norm.

Whenever I see "fresh paint", I usually turn around and run the other direction, usually this is trying to hide something. I assume when a seller says "clean title" this means that something has happened to the vehicle, but never got reported.

This is exactly why CarFax is worthless.

 

I look for a clean title and oil changed everytime with slick50..:bootyshake2:

 

"Clean" Title

The only thing clean title means is that the bike has never been through a formal insurance adjustment and loss declaration either due to an accident or theft recovery. Example: A rider wads his bike up and either chooses to fix the damage itself to avoid insurance points or has no collision coverage and must fix it himself. A bike with new paint or bodywork that has scrapes on the exhaust, footpegs, frame, bar ends, levers, or engine covers has been down at least once. It is a safe assumption that if a bike with an aluminum frame has been down, it is out of alignment and would need at least $1,000 worth of Computrack time to be safe. I have even seen bikes with cracked motor mounts that had "clean" titles. Be careful also of bikes that have had "low speed" or "driveway" drops that look like an angle grinder has been taken to them. If a stationary bike is "dropped" on either side, by the time the bar end hits the ground it is moving at 30 MPH!

 

I also take the "clean title" as it has no lean holder, meaning its free from any debt and it is in the owners hands.

 

I sold one of my former race bikes, converted back to street to a guy.
It had a clean 'free of encumbrances' title. At almost every question I had to answer 'it was a race bike'. The guy was told it had been lowsided several times, the engine had 1 season of racing on it but new timing belts, the suspension was fresh, the bike frame had been checked and aligned. I offered no warranty, it was as is.
He eventually bought it and is still riding it hard everyweek with no troubles. You don't get a Ducati cheap unless it has been wrecked or raced!