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Hey guys,

Just got a collector plate for my KZ. It took about 3 months to get.

Just wondering how many others have these plates?

A BC question,have one on my 78 GS1000. Hoping to get one for the GPz when it's done ,the way that's coming together it should be a shew in.Took about 2 months for the 1000.That seems to be normal though one guy seems to get them much faster,not sure how

Got mine last year when I bought a 82 gpz 750. No more fees for tabs with collectors plates in Washington state. Normal process took less than one month to get plates.

NICE!

An old bike always looks sweet with a collectors plate.

I called them and he said they were pretty busy but his boss just approved mine the day before I called.

Cool thing in BC is it's all free. No charge at all apparently. I hear my insurance will be like 1/4 of the rip off amount it is now.
Even WITH my (so called) 42% discount.

I'm glad some can get them. Here in Colorado unless I've not kept up with offerings, they don't care if you ride a 1903 Harley, still $60.00 a year for plates minimum even on a motorcycle only worth $60.00 and must have insurance to get plates even if you never ride. My 7 KZs are no longer registered or insured sadly. Big ripoff I'm not going to support. I was paying $60.00 times 7 so $420.00 for plates, then had a decent insurance blanket pollicy that covered them all for like $300.00 a year. I rode 30 miles one year for the $720.00. On top of that the morons never, ever understand a blanket policy, and I had to fight to obtain plates 7 times a year. The license crap is so frigging messed up here it's rediculous. I go to the DMV and it's probably a good thing they make sure of no guns or bombs. My gosh those people and policys get me angry. Sorry, rant over. No we can't get collector plates, but if you drive a 1975 Ford Pinto you can get them and drive nearly free of BS. Makes sense to me.

Damn Ron,

Sorry to hear about that pain in the ass system.
I think I got lucky too. Some try and they get turned down here in BC.

It's a nice break though.

FYI I paid $1,171 for 6 months for this bike. Runs out mid November.
How's THAT for a rip off!

ICBC is our insurance company and there is only one to choose from. They are a SCAM.

No problems here in Ohio. You can even get a "temp" historical plate while you wait for your permanent historical plate to arrive (about two weeks later). Total cost about $35 IIRC. Still have to have the insurance to ride legally, but just have to sign an affidavit. I pay about $95/bike/year.

Getting a title on the other hand...

I don't know if these are the same as your collector plates.
In Australia we have personalized plates which you buy for $500 to $800 (excluding any rego costs) Once you have these plates they are yours to sell / keep (even when the rego runs out, the plate number/ name is yours).
For vintage / classic bikes if you are in a club you can register the bike for buggerall (last was $27 per year) you then get a small label to add to your number plate BUT you can only use the bike on Club runs.

RonKZ650 wrote: I'm glad some can get them. Here in Colorado unless I've not kept up with offerings, they don't care if you ride a 1903 Harley, still $60.00 a year for plates minimum even on a motorcycle only worth $60.00 and must have insurance to get plates even if you never ride. My 7 KZs are no longer registered or insured sadly. Big ripoff I'm not going to support. I was paying $60.00 times 7 so $420.00 for plates, then had a decent insurance blanket pollicy that covered them all for like $300.00 a year. I rode 30 miles one year for the $720.00. On top of that the morons never, ever understand a blanket policy, and I had to fight to obtain plates 7 times a year. The license crap is so frigging messed up here it's rediculous. I go to the DMV and it's probably a good thing they make sure of no guns or bombs. My gosh those people and policys get me angry. Sorry, rant over. No we can't get collector plates, but if you drive a 1975 Ford Pinto you can get them and drive nearly free of BS. Makes sense to me.

It's pretty much the same over on this side of the Rockies. you can get collectors plates on any heap over 20 yrs old, used to be 30, if it's a car. If it's a motorcycle you're SOL.

My bikes are drivers and I only have 2 so It's not too bad. The only thing is insurance. I haven't had much time to find better insurance besides the regular policy yet. Regular providers will only give you liability because they have little or no "book" value. I tell them, "These are 35-year-old bikes that are in pretty good shape. Try keeping them fixed up and running and tell me they aren't worth anything."

Here in Virginia, the "Commonwealth", we have two types of vintage tags. The first one is historic for which you get a pretty nice ceramic tag that precludes you from having to have the vehicle inspected. The tag is a one time cost and then you pay your tax every year to own the vehicle and drive it on public roads. You can drive the vehicle on the weekends to car shows and the like, but it cannot be a daily driver and you must show proof of ownership of a daily driver vehicle in addition to the vintage vehicle. The other option is antique tags. If you have tags that are considered antique, 20 years or older, you can put them on your car provided they are no longer in use (owned by someone else pretty much), but in this case, the vehicle still has to be inspected yearly and the vehicle can be a daily driver. You pay a one time fee and pay the same tax to drive it every year. In either case, it must be 20 years or older and the government still collects a thievery tax for the "privilege" of owning a vehicle. Bikes here are eligible for both types of vintage tags if I recall.

My CJ3B is registered as historic but still would pass a current inspection. Since I drive it maybe 200 miles a year, I just stick to the historic tags. My bike, however, retains modern tags and is inspected yearly. I ride so much that I need to have it as a daily driver.

GPzMOD750 wrote:

RonKZ650 wrote: The only thing is insurance. I haven't had much time to find better insurance besides the regular policy yet. Regular providers will only give you liability because they have little or no "book" value. I tell them, "These are 35-year-old bikes that are in pretty good shape. Try keeping them fixed up and running and tell me they aren't worth anything."

Look at Hagarty. We have all of our Z-1's with them. Hagarty is a vintage vehicle insurance specialist. They will insure for stated value as long as the owner can support the value stated. They can also assist in establishing value if needed. They will also insure up to $20,000 in parts for a small additional fee.

Good Ridin'
slmjim & Z1BEBE

Inspected every year eh. Seems dumb.

Registration/tittle, and insurance are all handled by one huge company here in BC so it's easy to do all in one location.
About the plates:

We have "collector" plates that mean The bike must be 25 years old,
....Or be at least 15 years old (if there were no more than 1500 ever made)
Either way it must be super clean and mostly original.

And we then also have "vintage" plates, the bike must be at least 30 years old
(but only allowed to drive it to shows and events.) not a daily driver. These might just be for cars though..not sure.
For this it must be a true collector.

And lastly we have "personalized" plates like bozo's in Australia.
Here though these have nothing to do with collector status and are just personalized to whatever you want. as long as no one else has it.
I have one left over from my old Mazda RX2 from over 20 years back.

We also have "Veteran" plates for those that served our country. A very nice idea.