<human>: Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?

I drove down a road commuting from my place to a school that I go to and I noticed a motorcycle sitting on the side of the road. It looked visibly broken in a couple areas but otherwise that in decent condition. A few days pass and I'm down the same road and I noticed that the motorcycle is still there, in the same exact spot. At this point, I'm wondering if maybe it broke down and was abandoned and is now just getting rained on. Would it be legal to take the motorcycle in that case?

So now a bit about me: I've been entertaining the idea of getting a motorcycle for the past 4 months but have been putting it off because of money. On another relevant note, I've always been a parts guy and would love to fix up a secondhand bike and get it registered so I could officially own it.

I don't want to convince myself that it's "okay" if it really isn't so I thought I'd get another (hopefully more informed?) voice on the situation. Would straight up taking an abandoned motorcycle be considered stealing and, if so, is there a proper channel that I can take to make it legal?
<bot>: Is simply taking a motorcycle that appears abandoned considered illegal and, if so, is there some kind of channel/authority that could authorize ownership to me?