is it illegal? YES… is anyone going to give a shit? NO…
I know plenty of people who have registered cars/bikes that they bought extremely cheap without titles and then bought a wrecked vehicle with the same specs and used the titles to reg and drive the original vehicle… never heard of any of them having a problem and they didnt even swap vins!
Shit I’ve always thought about buying a 1995 Eclipse to use the title to reg so I wouldnt have to inspect mine.