A couple of antiques

[frankenduck]

[Scott_]

Hopefully the state regulations on collector/antique plates are more relaxed than here where I am at.
You put an atique plate on here and you are only allowed to operate it in a parade or special event.

Not allowed for regular day to day driving.

[frankenduck]

The guy from Canada told that there it's based upon the number of vehicles produced.

Here in WA you can't use it as a regular means of transportation so you can get popped if you ride it to work every day.

[Rick G]

Here in Oz we have what is called the Red Plate scheme.  The Number (licence) Plate is white with red numbers.
We have to register them and nominate 2 clubs but not just any Motorcycle club it has to be an historic club or similar.
Then we are permitted to ride them in club organized rides and rallies and to and from those events as well as test rides within 10km of home and to any place to have repairs carried out. So it is fairly open when you can ride them.
If you are caught riding them as everyday transport you will get cancelled and will have a real difficult time getting a club Red Plate again.

So we just make sure a rally is being held somewhere 1500km away and ride to the event.

One club the Ulysses club has 28000 members in Oz so it is not hard to find a club ride somewhere in the country.
I dare say the Gubbermint will put a stop to it one day but it is a good thing.

I have a frame of a 1983 K100 and will build a bike around it soon as the machine has to be more than 30 years old.

I already have a 1979 Z1300 Six Kawasaki on Red Plates.

[frankenduck]

They got rid of it a few years back but there used to be a law here in Washington that you were exempt from the helmet law if your bike was more than 25 years old.

A guy my brother worked with used to ride his old bike without a helmet all of the time.  Got numerous tickets.  Took every single one of them to court and won.

[Rick G]

Probably came about when it was considered by the pollies that a 25 year old bike wouldn't have pulled the skin of a rice pudding but now days it's a little different.

[robleyd]

Here in Oz we have what is called the Red Plate scheme.

That may be in your part of Oz, but the bit where I live has a different scheme; as, I suspect, do all the other bits where people live :-)

Here in South Oz, if the vehicle is over 30 years old, the owner is a member of an affiliated club, the vehicle isn't used commercially and the vehicle is certified as 'original' then you get a reduced registration fee with the limitation that the vehicle can't be used more than 90 days a year and a logbook of usage has to be kept. No restriction on where you drive it, or for what.

[frankenduck]

Probably came about when it was considered by the pollies that a 25 year old bike wouldn't have pulled the skin of a rice pudding but now days it's a little different.

My guess is that some committee chairman with an old bike liked to ride without a helmet.

[scbmwrider]

Hopefully the state regulations on collector/antique plates are more relaxed than here where I am at.
You put an atique plate on here and you are only allowed to operate it in a parade or special event.

Not allowed for regular day to day driving.

Same here in SC here's the quote from the DMV web site

"To obtain an antique license plate, your current title must be surrendered and the department will issue a new title marked Antique. The fee for a new title is $15.00. To qualify for an antique license plate, the automobile or motorcycle must be at least 25 years old. The vehicle is to be used in club activities, exhibits, tours, parades and similar events, but shall not be used for general transportation. When the vehicle is sold, junked, or otherwise disposed of, you must surrender the antique license plate to the department. The fee for the plate is $10.00."