Is my trike stolen ?

[haggard 2hundie]

Can someone post a link or direct me in the right direction, i have ran the vin but cant find a sight that says whether or not it has ever been reported stolen , i want to get this thing registered and i know i can go to the police station and have them check it but i would rather know if it not stolen before i go to the boys in blue thanks alot

[Thorpe]

Call the police dept, have them run the vin, just tell them its a trike you are interested in. Remember, the less info you give them, the better off you are.

[pantera1975]

The WI state patoral said they cant do that any more you gotta do it yourself online and pay. Thats all he could tell me others than the stolen RV data base is state to state and if its reported stolen in IL you can bring it to WI and register it.

[Thorpe]

Here in MN, when they hit the 25 year old mark, we cant register them anymore...

[haggard 2hundie]

thanks guys and i think i need to move to mn !! im just nervous because im afraid if it was stolen at some point the coppers will want to know where i seen it , then what ? just give them my ex girlfriends address lol

[pantera1975]

Here in MN, when they hit the 25 year old mark, we cant register them anymore...

So can you register them and ride them as atv or are they exempt?

[Shorty]

Call the police dept, have them run the vin, just tell them its a trike you are interested in. Remember, the less info you give them, the better off you are.

^^^^^^^^^^^

What he said.

[dksix]

Locally they will run the vin for free BUT you have to take the vehicle in for them to do it, no call ins unless you know someone.

[Thorpe]

So can you register them and ride them as atv or are they exempt?

Exempt... Can go anywhere I want on MN trails, no issue at all....

[Yamaha_Rules69]

Its not that we cant register them here in MN, you CAN, and people still do. But the off road law books say that if it has 3 or more low pressure tires, and is an ATV, it dosnt need to be registered if it is 25 years old or older. Many of the cops dont even believe this law, and I have actually been pulled over and cited a ticket for no registration, which I fought all the way through court, and won! I wiped the jerky smile of a couple different cops faces, when they seen for their own eyes that it says plain as daylight - 25 YEARS OLD OR OLDER, NO REGRISTRATION NEEDED. The 3 wheelers can be ridden anywhere a 4 wheeler can, not on main streets obviously, but on trails and ditches. Some people still buy tabs for theis 3 wheelers, I have seen a couple with 2010 tabs, just because the person who bought them didnt know it didnt need to be registered, and the liscense place just wanted to make another quick buck.

[harryredtrike]

Can someone post a link or direct me in the right direction, i have ran the vin but cant find a sight that says whether or not it has ever been reported stolen , i want to get this thing registered and i know i can go to the police station and have them check it but i would rather know if it not stolen before i go to the boys in blue thanks alot

buy a different frame with known good numbers and swap everything over.or run it legit and see.if it is stolen the real owner probably would like it back

[Thorpe]

Its not that we cant register them here in MN, you CAN, and people still do. But the off road law books say that if it has 3 or more low pressure tires, and is an ATV, it dosnt need to be registered if it is 25 years old or older. Many of the cops dont even believe this law, and I have actually been pulled over and cited a ticket for no registration, which I fought all the way through court, and won! I wiped the jerky smile of a couple different cops faces, when they seen for their own eyes that it says plain as daylight - 25 YEARS OLD OR OLDER, NO REGRISTRATION NEEDED. The 3 wheelers can be ridden anywhere a 4 wheeler can, not on main streets obviously, but on trails and ditches. Some people still buy tabs for theis 3 wheelers, I have seen a couple with 2010 tabs, just because the person who bought them didnt know it didnt need to be registered, and the liscense place just wanted to make another quick buck.

I tried to register mine, and the DMV told me that there was a hold on my machine, and that they wouldnt sell me a registration. Then I called the DNR (worried) and they told me they wouldnt sell it to me due to its age...

[seadoo650]

run it legit and see.if it is stolen the real owner probably would like it back

DING DING DING..........We have a winner!!!!!!!! This in my opinion is the only way. How would you guys like to have people here help someone register your stolen trike or get around the system. I'm really suprized at some of the answers I read to this question.

[dcreel]

I'm in the same boat. I need to get my 3 wheelers titled before the trip to Glamis in March. I emailed the blm at Glamis from their website with no answer about bringing non titled 3 wheelers into Glamis. I know they have out of state permits, but do the trikes need to be titled in their home state? I'd like to come home with every one I take with me. Not to mention if they ever get stolen you'd have a hard time proving ownership with a bill of sale.

[Frankencelery]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but Thorpe do you know about this new out of state trail sticker people are supposed to buy? I had the awesome privilege of spending a week up north recently, and I was told by someone that there was a new MN law that out-of-staters need to pay for a "trail sticker", and that people were getting cited for not having one. I went to the local gas station in Akeley and they'd never heard of it. Then one clerk said she knew about it but their DNR machine wouldn't do that particular tag, so they hadn't issued any until that was fixed. I went to another place and they pointed me to the first gas station! So I just said forget it, and didn't bother. I didn't get stopped....

[Motorious]

Try this link hundie: http://www.motoverse.com/tools/vinDecoder.asp

[portland250r]

if they do find out do it DEA style find out what year it was stolen then ask the seller who he bought it from go to them and ask them when they got it then who they bought it from and then you could catch a theif years in the making!
it most likely would not work.

from now on when i get more toys im going to run the vin before i buy, if they say no then im still going to run it then get them busted!

[haggard 2hundie]

thanks guys its just a scary sitiation im all for people getting their stolen property back , just not at the expence of losing my baby (200X)

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Am I the only one here who is going to give the honest advice? Do the right thing man. Take it to the police dept. and let them run it. If it's stolen it can go back to it's rightful owner then you can go after the person who sold it to you for your money back. Yeah, it may not be easy but it's the right thing to do. I would hope someone would do that for me if my trike was stolen. I'm sure everyone else would too.

[haggard 2hundie]

right on man im not exactly a criminal, and the person who sold it to me is a good friend and would have told me if it was hot as far as he knows

[leviblue]

just got off the phone with my cuz an Iowa State Trooper out of Ft Dodge (I'm an Iowa boy myself) and he said just go to your local PD with the vin#. If it comes up hot then it's up to you to do the right thing before the wrong thing chatches up with you. If you trust the person who sold it to you then whats the worry?

[haggard 2hundie]

just worried cuz who knows if the person he bought it from stole it or the person before.......who knows how many diffferent homes my 2 hundie has seen

[seadoo650]

Am I the only one here who is going to give the honest advice? Do the right thing man. Take it to the police dept. and let them run it. If it's stolen it can go back to it's rightful owner then you can go after the person who sold it to you for your money back. Yeah, it may not be easy but it's the right thing to do. I would hope someone would do that for me if my trike was stolen. I'm sure everyone else would too.

You're not the only one!

[oldtoys72]

Yamaha_rules69: come north, here you can ride right down main street with no worries, totally legit!

Freakencelery:
Did you see the Tecate for sale in hackensack on your way to akely? How were the trails when you were there? Last time I was there it was a muddy blast!

[haggard 2hundie]

good news for me ! i took the vin to the police station and its squeeky clean . now i just need the dnr officer to come back and inspect my ride and around 40 bucks after that ill have a titled and licenced ride, life is good.

[harryredtrike]

good for you,now you know.life is good.

[bobotech]

What is DNR?

[atc007]

DING DING DING..........We have a winner!!!!!!!! This in my opinion is the only way. How would you guys like to have people here help someone register your stolen trike or get around the system. I'm really suprized at some of the answers I read to this question.

Well said!! As someone who had 5 { FIVE !!} stolen to the tune of $12000 that I sweat blood and worked my trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro off to buy... Wouldn't it fell REALLY GOOD to ,,,,,on the total OFF chance it IS stolen,,,say,,heres your bike back man!! Just MHO.

[harryredtrike]

What is DNR?

department of natural resources

[mike1979]

Glad your in the clear man.
The whole situation is a catch 22, If I buy a trike with just a bill of sale (or nothing at all) and I spend my hard earned money, am I just supposed to walk away from that if it turns out it's stolen? I would propose a deal of some sort with the previous owner (that it was stolen from) especially if it was years and years ago. Maybe throw him a couple hundred bux or something and maybe everyone is happy. Who knows. It truely is a double edged sword.

[EvilkNeal]

I ran into the same thing. I only had the vin # to go register it. motorsports store registers it no questions asked, but goes into dnr database and i'm sure they search the #'s

[haggard 2hundie]

thanks i am stoked ! i could have a police officer come and check the machine but id rather not invite jonny law to my place, cops are like vampires...once you invite them in, it renders you powerless.(lost boys)
on a side note : when the dnr officer first stopped by my youngest seen his badge and gun and ran inside yelling to her mother that i was being arrested for riding wheelies ! kids are great, turns out i needed to clean the vin up becasue he couldnt see it clearly, hes coming back monday then i get my stickers, that im not crazy about having to put it in my machine