I owned a 1998 Skorpion that I recently sold to a friend. When I had trouble trying to transfer the current 1997 model, I went over and looked at the 1998, which had both the Federal compliance sticker, and a California emissions compliance sticker. The 1997 does not have the California compliance sticker, and there is no evidence of one having been removed, so I concluded it was a 49 state model. The DMV here (Ventura, CA) concluded the same thing, and would not transfer on a bill of sale. They said if it had the Calfiornia compliance sticker, they could transfer it with just the bill of sale. I realize that different DMV offices may not always read the rules the same, but this was my experience. When I bought the bike, the previous owner told me he had been unable to get it transferred at his local DMV office (Monterey, CA), for the same reason. He said he had bought the bike from New York on eBay, and the seller could not provide a title, only a bill of sale. On the good side, because of his problems, I got it for a really good price,
Ken