Is there legal action to be taken if a private seller sells a vehicle that a dealership has deemed unsafe to ride?

This post makes no sense. You claim you bought a vehicle cash- but then you weren't provided title. Then you say you expect the seller to provide title "because of the amount of work needed" which suggests you did NOT buy the motorcycle - but rather entered into some form of payment plan - and expect some discount where he just gives you the bike, because you claim work needs to be done on the bike. That said - the seller is not ignoring you, he plainly said "NO" if that was your suggestion. Unless there is something fundamentally unsafe about the bike such a cracked frame, if the bilke was sold "as is" and agreed to buy it as such, that does NOT entail you having it inspected after the fact and the expecting to renegotiate the price. You would typically be expected to pay for or make any necessary repairs, such as brakes, light replacement etc, at your expense. Other than that you will have to hire a lawyer to sort out what the terms of the sale were.