Subject: RE: Antique license plate
Author: Ambo-@netscape.net
Date: May 26, 2003, 3:30 PM
Post ID: 1713142417
In Maryland the "Historic" registration is $13.50 per year and the vehicle doesn't have to be inspected. You're not supposed to ride the vehicle for everyday usage, only to and from shows, etc. However, I've had Historic plates on the '69 Ambo for 6 years now and ride it whenever I want and have yet to be "hassled by the man." :-) My insurance company (State Farm) doesn't stipulate how I use it either. Cheers,
Charlie
DannyR <rawi-@bellsouth.net> wrote:
| 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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