I have a title of a motorcycle with title, but the title is signed in the...

Your Dept of Motor Vehicles will not know that the title skipped a person (your friend) and will think you are purchasing the bike from the person who signed the title. Take it to them and ask to have the title transferred into your name. This will correct things from here forward.

You could have been difficult with your friend and asked him to straighten it out before you purchased the bike. I wouldn't have given him the money until he produced a clean title in his name. That's just business, man.

Your Dept of Motor Vehicles will not know that the title skipped a person (your friend) and will think you are purchasing the bike from the person who signed the title. Take it to them and ask to have the title transferred into your name. This will correct things from here forward.

You could have been difficult with your friend and asked him to straighten it out before you purchased the bike. I wouldn't have given him the money until he produced a clean title in his name. That's just business, man.

Take the signed title to a department of licensing office and transfer the title like normal. The seller doesn't have to be there so it really doesn't matter who the previous owner was, as long as they signed the title.