So I'm taking a bit of a gamble and buying a yz250 to run hodges dam area with. The bike is in New Jersey and the seller is trust worthy but has zero paperwork for the nearly 30 year old bike which I don't think is a big deal. It has however struck me as a potential issue when I go to try and get an ohv Sticker for it. I believe I can use the vin off it but I can't get a copy of the vin number to check if it's stolen until.i am down there dragging it out of the shed it is literally buried in. Normally I could care less about dirty bike vins but since I'm getting this to specifically operate in an ohv area I need to do this on the up.and up.
How often has and one had issues using just the vin number? I'm mostly worried about it not being excepted or worse, it's turns up to be stolen back in the 90s or something. The guy I'm getting it from was paralyzed in an accident a few months ago so he can't physically get to the bike to get the vin and his wife couldn't find it in the mess of his garage so I'm doing this on faith.

