Hi all, first post. Hopefully it isn’t a dumb question. I live in Rhode Island.

Anyways, my brother crashed his 05 R6 after a lady turned into him. Her insurance deemed it a loss, but he bought the bike back from them. I’ve been thinking about getting it repaired and keeping it for myself. Needs new fairings and levers at least, but it still starts up. Doesn’t seem too bad.

He still has the original title and the DMV never sent us anything in the mail. I researched it a bit, and I’m wondering what would happen if I tried to register it in my name with the original title. Do they know it was wrecked just by the Vin? Accident was a few months ago and we never got the salvaged title, so I’m wondering if I need to.

Thanks