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Bob Z. · Feb 24, 2017

Missouri is nice also.
Just $25 for new historic tag. An age related tag option costs more if you wanted to have say a vintage 1972 MO tag on a 1972 bike.

My insurance guy wanted to make sure the insurance coverage was adequate for potential payoff. For example perhaps is a high-value antique bike that would get wrecked and the insurance would not want to pay big money.

ando · Feb 25, 2017

MFB
Actually “backwards” NSW Australia is quite good for Historic Registration if you are a member of an approved club. The historic registration must be signed off by the club vehicle inspector. The cost is $46 per year which includes $22 admin fee and $24 compulsory third party insurance. The restrictions are that the bike can only be used for club events (must carry paperwork for club event) and with certain RMS approved clubs there is an additional 60 days per year that the bike can be used for any purpose. It is however necessary to fill out a log book and carry that with you. Failure to carry the log book carries a heavy fine and demerit point off the licence.
Last weekend I went for a run to Robertson and had a bag on the carrier that contained my wet weathers and paperwork. Someone lifted the bag while my bike was unattended which left me without the necessary paperwork. I fronted at a Service NSW centre on monday to advise of the missing paperwork and thought they are not going to believe this storey. However after parting out with $24 I was issued a new logbook and conditions of operations certificate with another 60 days available for use.
A current restriction on historic vehicles is that the bike must be as original as possible although safety upgrades are permitted. The RMS has however just sanctioned a new system that permits modified historic vehicles to be registered under a similar scheme. While I do not know many of the details, the last Council of Motor Clubs meeting advised that there are now 60 vehicles registered in NSW under this new scheme.
I have 3 bikes on historic registration which means I can attend as many club events as I like and I have a further 180 days per annum that I can use one of my bikes, all for about $140 per annum. My club does like attendance at some club runs and as they are a good bunch of blokes I try to attend each months run. I could not be happier with our Historic Vehicle registration scheme.
Ando

SteveA · Feb 25, 2017

ando said:
MFB
Actually “backwards” NSW Australia is quite good for Historic Registration if you are a member of an approved club. The historic registration must be signed off by the club vehicle inspector. The cost is $46 per year which includes $22 admin fee and $24 compulsory third party insurance. The restrictions are that the bike can only be used for club events (must carry paperwork for club event) and with certain RMS approved clubs there is an additional 60 days per year that the bike can be used for any purpose. It is however necessary to fill out a log book and carry that with you. Failure to carry the log book carries a heavy fine and demerit point off the licence.
Last weekend I went for a run to Robertson and had a bag on the carrier that contained my wet weathers and paperwork. Someone lifted the bag while my bike was unattended which left me without the necessary paperwork. I fronted at a Service NSW centre on monday to advise of the missing paperwork and thought they are not going to believe this storey. However after parting out with $24 I was issued a new logbook and conditions of operations certificate with another 60 days available for use.
A current restriction on historic vehicles is that the bike must be as original as possible although safety upgrades are permitted. The RMS has however just sanctioned a new system that permits modified historic vehicles to be registered under a similar scheme. While I do not know many of the details, the last Council of Motor Clubs meeting advised that there are now 60 vehicles registered in NSW under this new scheme.
I have 3 bikes on historic registration which means I can attend as many club events as I like and I have a further 180 days per annum that I can use one of my bikes, all for about $140 per annum. My club does like attendance at some club runs and as they are a good bunch of blokes I try to attend each months run. I could not be happier with our Historic Vehicle registration scheme.
Ando

Ando,

If it makes you happy, fine. But the thread was started by a UK resident, whilst the starting date for 'Historic' category registration is a bit of a pain, if you have a historic and it is registered as such this is free, and the annual fee is £0.00, and you can use the vehicle as much as you want up to the limit of your insurance cover, which may or may not include a mileage limit.

So to me, your local system, whilst inexpensive, seems to involve you in a lot of administrative overhead for you and has probably created at least one offical post for issuing and checking documents!

RoadScholar · Feb 25, 2017

I looked into "Antique" and year-of-manufacture (YOM) plates in Massachusetts, but found operating restrictions which limit operation and expenses for YOM plates; I suspect that you could still get a lot of mileage out of those, but 4K miles/year/vehicle seems to be the limit. If you can live with these restrictions, and high initial expenses then the taxes, fees and insurance costs are lower. If you purchase YOM plates the restrictions don't apply, but the YOM plate comes with extra fees. I gather that the bottom line, for Antique plates is that the insurance and registration don't want to see you commute or head to Wal-Mart on a regular basis. The kicker in all this is if you have an accident, whether at fault or just plain victim and can't establish that you were operating within the restrictions of the plates you, effectively, have no insurance.

In this state regular plates/registration/insurance are dirt cheap and have no restrictions outside of physics.

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Bob Z.

ando

SteveA

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