Subject: Re: (MGCL) Antique license plate
Author: Roberto Munoz
Date: May 25, 2003, 4:34 PM
Post ID: 1713132290
Danny, do they stipulate that the Motorcycle can not be ridden an X amount
of miles a year ???
Roberto.
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From: "DannyR" <rawi-@bellsouth.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Cc: <MG-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 11:30 PM
Subject: (MGCL) Antique license plate
Here in Louisiana a motorcycle is considered an antique if it is 25 years or
older. I went to the Department of Public Safety, Office of Motor Vehicles,
Specialty plate office in 1996 and got an antique plate for my 1971
Ambassador.
The cost is $25.00 for a specialty plate and $3.50 for registration and it
does
not expire or need to be renewed, ever. The plate stays with the bike even
if
you sell it. The requirements are a photograph of the bike, the title and
current registration, a membership in an antique bike club, MGNOC will do,
or
an affidavit stating that the bike is really an antique, and fully original
in
looks. If the bike is modified but still looks like an original, that is OK.
But is the bike is a chopper or what ever then it can be registered as a
"street rod". The color does not have to be an original Guzzi color, and
bags
and windshields are not considered modifications of the original bike.
I went back today and changed my 1977 850 T-3 to an antique plate. I got
plate
number 325. In 1996 the plate number I got for the Ambassador was 244. That
means from 1996 until 2003 only 81 antique bike owners requested antique
plates. I know there must be lots of older bikes running around, but the
lady
who issued the plate told me she was surprised at the low number of requests
for antique plates herself.
So, depending on which state you are in and what the laws are there, owners
of
25 year old and older Guzzis should apply to get an antique plate and let
them
know we are a large crowd with lots of older bikes. If your state does like
Louisiana, you might not ever have to renew the plate again.
Let me know how your state handles antique bikes!
Now just to see if I can get an antique drivers license for myself, I am
after
all an antique twice over. B-)
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