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historical plates: how to ride them on the reg


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I made the comment that it will be seriously enforced in the next few years and I was attacked

 

Well you didn't really back that up with anything....

 

Examples: I'm a cop, and the lieutenant told me that the chief passed down from on high that it was time to crack down on this!

 

Or, The Guv'ner put out a new initiative to increase revenue from registration & title violations, so this will be included!

 

Stuff like that. Why will it be so seriously enforced now, as opposed to being lightly enforced previously?

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Definitions are usually in the .01 through .04 code sections of the appropriate general heading.

I'm intrigued enough to look into this for 5 mins on Monday. See if there's a y case law. That said, a common sense definition of a "car show" would require at least a handful of vehicles gathered by invitation and/or announcement.

On the flip side of that, you are presumed innocent. I wouldn't lie about where you're coming from or going to - leave it to the state to prove you weren't. It's extremely hard to prove what someone wasn't doing.

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My wife had a '79 Honda Twinstar and we put historicals on it. I think there is also a loophole involving "maintenance." Never checked the details, but got a piece of paper from the BMV, I think, that said something about short rides to test and maintain the bike.

So there you go. You're just out for a ride because you just rebuilt the engine last year and blah, blah, blah...

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My wife had a '79 Honda Twinstar and we put historicals on it. I think there is also a loophole involving "maintenance." Never checked the details, but got a piece of paper from the BMV, I think, that said something about short rides to test and maintain the bike.

So there you go. You're just out for a ride because you just rebuilt the engine last year and blah, blah, blah...

off topic but i ridden said twin star, talk about a gorilla on a moped..:lol:... i accually just seen it the other day, she sits all lonely now

 

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185. That may be the very bike. It was that color and had a windscreen just like that one. We sold it to a guy for his daughter to ride I think. It was a great bike but I didn't like the 6V electrical system. It was also very cold-hearted.

Bought it for $600 and sold it for $580. And, IIRC, those things sold new for just under $1k in the late 70s.

Where does she sit now?

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I have historical plates on my 1982 gs 850. Not my daily driver. But I would use something along the lines of " just a quick shake down ride " because I plan to go to bike at Quaker steak Wednesday night. I have never been pulled over due to having historical plates on my bike.

I did get pulled over and a warning for speeding in the metro park. I was going 40 and the posted speed was 35. This was at the end of River road, ( 40 mph) entering the metro park at Miles road. The historical plate topic never came up, just a friendly reminder to watch my speed.

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185. That may be the very bike. It was that color and had a windscreen just like that one. We sold it to a guy for his daughter to ride I think. It was a great bike but I didn't like the 6V electrical system. It was also very cold-hearted.

Bought it for $600 and sold it for $580. And, IIRC, those things sold new for just under $1k in the late 70s.

Where does she sit now?

 

It is your old bike it is now converted to 12V, I'm friends with him, his daughter now rides a ninja 500 but the twin star still sits in his shed, he was hopeing his youngest daughter would ride it but she has shown no interest.

 

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It is your old bike it is now converted to 12V, I'm friends with him, his daughter now rides a ninja 500 but the twin star still sits in his shed, he was hopeing his youngest daughter would ride it but she has shown no interest.

 

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Good pics. Cool that it got converted to 12V. Great learner bike.

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