My cousin and all his buddies have their 450's plated also. They went to some dmv in Newark IIRC...How did you get the 450 plated in nj? I thought MX bikes only came with a bill of sale and nj required a title?
Ok then 8 out of 8 plated their crx 450's so they did something to get it done. Just asked cuz and he said none of my business, lol...I doesn't matter what DMV you go to , there is a digit on the title that turns up not street legal .
Or purchase the bike from ohioI do not know how to tag on a dirt bike in NJ, but if I ever need to plate a bike here, I will get a South Dakota registration.
What do you want it to look like when you're done with it? How far are you going to go with it? Just small details, like low bars, lower existing suspension, strip excess BS, shine it up, loud pipes, jet the carbs, nicer tires? or more extensive like - upgraded front end with newer style crotch rocket inverted forks, cafe style tank and tail + everything I listed in the smaller list?
My friend just cleaned and fixed a '74 Yamaha tank. He used a tank rust remover that a friend recommended to him. It took all the loose stuff off. Even tho the inside still looked a little rusty, nothing came off to the touch. He drained the liquid out to the point where it was only wet, no standing liquid, and topped it off with gas. As far as future rust, he added a standard clear inline fuel filter in addition to the stock filter screen. That can be monitored easily and cleaned if needed.
@clarkenstein it was called metal rescue. It worked really well. The bike was sitting since the 80s.