Also I'd go to the cops and if you know where he lives and can get the cops to look over the fence and see the bike then you'll get them on your side etc.
Thanks for the links. I will have a busy night reading.
The cops actually came to my house one day
because he did some criminal activity with the bike. They got the plate number on the photo. I explained the situation and they understood. That's also how I got my plate back as I came to his work place and demanded my plate. Still, it seems strange to me that the police couldn't arrest him. Police also helped me to finally cancel the rego.
Now I explained this whole situation to civil compliance for review, including giving them the police names. But they simply sent me this stupid letter saying "not enough information, your review is rejected"
Thanks all for the advise in getting a lawyer involved. At the moment I just feel that the law doesn't see common sense. It's like the whole thing is deaf.
He'res something I learnt along the way, perhaps could avoid future situation.
Let's say you sell a bike to someone. If he doesn't intent to transfer the vehicle you can go to VicRoads to do force transfer. No problems. BUT if his licence is interstate then VicRoads can't do force transfer due to a simple reason that the person himself needs to go to VicRoads to create a 'victorian ID'. Hence you're stuck. You can't also cancel the rego as the next time the guy runs a red light you'd get a fine AND another fine for riding unregistered vehicle.
In other states there is something called "notice of disposal" which VIC doesn't have.
Oh, and I can confirm that the guy is in hospital getting operation done and the bike is destroyed. So karma prevails it seems. But I still don't wanna pay $600 I did not commit.