Surely your state has a procedure to obtain a title. It might take a while. It would be a shame to dismantle a nice-looking bike.

Now a public service announcement:

My procedure is to always get title work completed ASAP. You never know what might happen in the future. Don't just have the PO sign the title, give it to you and then just sit on it. You don't own the vehicle. The PO could submit a request for a duplicate title and he would be the owner again.  If it is going to be a while before you put the vehicle on the road, get a proper off-road title.

Looks like the most valuable part is the frame...(which is the part that needs a title)...
25 year old parts for a bike still in production, ain't worth much...

I'd keep looking... ...

Ya I fed up but here in ohio you have to pay tax on it at title time
I didn't want to pay tax on it till I know it would run ok, also here you have to have a cort order to get a title that wasn't in your name
and then has to have a state inspection and prove where the parts came from and the get a rebuilt title ohio title laws suck bad, :'(

Yea most stated offer Bonded title options, they aren't too expensive but can take a while to get and sometimes have a lot of red tape to cut through, you can also check out title service companies like  MotoRecycle.

http://www.motorecyclenow.com/title-service.html

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It's not that difficult Dirty Dog,  you have confused two different procedures and combined them together.  In Ohio the county BMV office and personnel work under the county judge.  If you can convince the judge you lawfully own the vehicle and he issues a court order for a title then that order supersedes everything else.  You pick up the court order from the Clerk of Courts Office, hand it to the county BMV people and they give you a title. Done.  

The build title is completely different.  If you have built a bike out of various components you must submit receipts etc. showing that you bought the various pieces and then schedule an inspection.  They will look for operating headlight, turn signals, at least one brake, a seat, etc.  If you pass you are issued a title.

To get a court ordered title you first talk to one of the ladies at the Clerk of Courts office.  They will talk to you about what you have and don't have and will tell you exactly what you should do.  Follow what they say carefully and very politely submit the documents they want and they present it to the judge and he or she almost always follows the clerk's recommendation.  They do it often to assist people trying to settle estates or people who are bringing in vehicles from states like NY which have different laws concerning titles.