Introductions, with titles

So I have already learned a few lessons with this purchase, but it seems I lucked out. First of all, the guy I bought the bike from was very upfront about the fact that he did not have a title for the bike. He had owned it for years, traded it with some guy, and then gotten it back. He told me the whole story, which seemed like a good sign. Where I went wrong, was when I forgot to ask for a bill of sale. But thanks to the fact that I work in very close proximity to the Police Department, I have made some good friends with badges who walked me through what I needed to do (and shook me, too, for not getting a bill of sale, hehe). The Indiana BMV has changed their procedures when it comes to titles, and it is now much easier to get a replacement title. All you need is a Affidavit from a police officer (I got that), this includes a VIN check to make sure it's not stolen, which it wasn't (sigh of relief), and, yep, a bill of sale. Once you have those two pieces of documentation, you pay $9 at the license branch and they no longer send a notice to the last title holder. That could have been a mess. I contacted the seller, and he was more than happy to oblige. Nice guy, it turns out.