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Odometer question

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jpaul said:
Personally, I would just install the new one and write a note in the shop manual with the date and mileage of both odometers at the time. Unless you're planning on selling the bike soon, the number on the odometer doesn't really mean that much.
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I did something similar to that with a car once and sold it about six months after. The person that bought it from me had no clue what I was trying to explain to them 8O

The car itself had about 135,000 miles on it. I replaced the engine at about 127,000 miles with an engine that had 22,000 on it at the time I put it in. So, when I sold it the engine had only about 30,000 miles on it.

You would have thought I was trying to explain Einstein's theory of general reletivity to to the guy that bought it :?
 
JROBERTS said:
You would have thought I was trying to explain Einstein's theory of general reletivity to to the guy that bought it :?
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Try explaining why the words "odometer discrepency may exist" does not appear on a 1986 Ohio title, to the KY dmv.

"Ma'am there is no odometer discrepency so what does it matter?"

"It's a federal law! That must be an option on the title."

"Ma'am that title is from 1986! When did this become a law?"

"Those words MUST appear on the title."

Almost a week of dicking around over a thousand dollar car the state refused to issue me title/registration too...Ahhh, my somewhat belligerant attitude may have had something to do with it tho" :oops: :oops:
 
If it means anything...in PA the title is marked "EXEMPT" for the odometer disclosure after the vehicle is 10 years old. The bike my friend has theat I'm helping him with (see Waking up an old GS450) has 12000 on the clock and I have a speedo that has 30000 on it. When the bike is that old I think the condition would matter more than the miles.
 
snark said:
If it means anything...in PA the title is marked "EXEMPT" for the odometer disclosure after the vehicle is 10 years old. The bike my friend has theat I'm helping him with (see Waking up an old GS450) has 12000 on the clock and I have a speedo that has 30000 on it. When the bike is that old I think the condition would matter more than the miles.
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Well, if that is true, then why was it such a pain in the you know what, when I purchased the 650 and the milage on the old title was scratched out and written in in pen?

Oh, well.

I got the speedo, unfortunately the needle was extreemly fragile and broke.(no, not while running it backwards either) So.. Now I'm in the market for a needle, which means I should have plenty of time to ride a bunch of miles and back this one off a few.

Amos
 
The reason it would be a pain with the milage scratched out with a pen is because if you read the bottom line on the front of the title it says "ANY ALTERATION OT ERASURE VOIDS THIS TITLE". When the DOT does it, its OK.
 
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