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Is my SFC 750 still registrable in Cal Dave?
Last registered in 89 according to my # Plate. Actually you last registered for me. Rode it in West Oz for a couple of years on that Cal plate. Every year you would sent me the new rego sticker for the plate.
 
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Difference between VIN and engine-no. could be a typo. Hope this doesn’t cause trouble further down the road. Well, the authorities are always right, aren't they?

Reminds me of the old paper registration process (Fahrzeugbrief) in germany. They bullied you for transcription errors / typos they'd originally inserted themselves. On the other hand, a mate's bevel 900 ss was registered with a displacement of just 364cc – he was happy of the tax relieve this resulted in …
 
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Difference between VIN and engine-no. could be a typo. Hope this doesn’t cause trouble further down the road. Well, the authorities are always right, aren't they?

Reminds me of the old paper registration process (Fahrzeugbrief) in germany. They bullied you for transcription errors / typos they'd originally inserted themselves. On the other hand, a mate's bevel 900 ss was registered with a displacement of just 364cc – he was happy of the tax relieve this resulted in …
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My 3C was originally first "registered" 30th. February 1974! This was only noticed when the vehicle registration procedure became computerised around 1995 and I needed new registration due to moving to another shire/county/Stadtkreis... all hand-typed before that.

The bike was actually tax-exempt for a while due to the registration no. being issued twice, the other owner being disabled and therefore eligible for tax exemption. 'Pooters now make sure wierd things like that can't happen...

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motoddrob said:
Is my SFC 750 still registrable in Cal Dave?
Last registered in 89 according to my # Plate. Actually you last registered for me. Rode it in West Oz for a couple of years on that Cal plate. Every year you would sent me the new rego sticker for the plate.
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Rob, if you tried to register it in California, and you could, you would owe the California DMV Registration fees back to 1989, 27 years of Rego plus the maximum late Penalty for every friggin year. You could easily register it in another state and avoid all the California penalties. Idaho is only $30+ per year, my 78 Bikes cost $174 per year each in California for Rego only, insurance not included in Rego fees.
 
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Does the bike have a California Certificate of Non-Operation, and is the CNO current? California is brutal in collecting fees for vehicles that have been sitting with expired registration and no CNO. I know from experience.
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The bike is registered and stickered for a year. The personalized plate is not the current one and it will be coming with me.
 
Sounds like it has current California registration? Or current non-op status in California which would also be fine.

Re Montana - the state of California is now using cameras installed on every traffic light plus image recognition software to record the movement of Montana registered vehicles and document that they are in the state of California and being driven. The reason for this is because Montana has no sales tax so if you buy a fancy $500K car and register it in Montana you save about $50K in tax plus fees. Of course they won’t catch a huge number of people but the intent is to scare people into giving them large sums of money, so there’s a lot of publicity and drama. They don’t care so much about old Laverdas worth a fraction as much but it’s not a situation I’d care to get caught up in right now.

This bike was officially sold in the US when new and is already titled in California, so no inspection for stickers. If there are no prior year registration fees due, those are good things for an in state buyer even if the engine number is incorrect on the title.
 
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No flies on the politicos in Sacramento...that Big Brother further idea to raise tax dollars is real sneaky.
Just noticed that L.A. county has the highest rate of emigration in the country. GO GAVIN !!!
 
I'm flabbered at these crazy regs in Ca - for a bike built 40 or 50 years ago!! So if a bike comes off the road and sits in a barn for 20 years, re-registering it involves paying the rego for the 20 years it was sitting idle, getting pissed on by possums and rats?!

In Australia I registered my custom twin as a 1974 750 SF. It has non-matching frame and engine numbers, I have no idea who owned either in previous lives, presented no document relating to ownership, purchase or sale, and was done and dusted at the rego place in about 5 minutes flat. I left with a new number plate, a rego label and a log book (for club permit). As long as I could present a certificate of roadworthiness and it didn't bring up a red light as having been stolen, there were no obstacles.
 
Actually 37 years Dave!! Would it be $174 for each year or the actual cost of rego of each year? Still cheap in caparison to Oz.
In West Oz my bikes cost $500 each which includes 3rd party injury insurance. Cheaper than NSW as compolsary3rd party insurance is more than that plus the rego cost. I'm about to put the Motodd on club rego, ~80bucks for 30 days a year. Thinking I might also get the SFC regoed so I can ride it on the road again. It's running so well shame it's not getting used. Too long between track days.
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Club rego is fantastic. I think my annual fee in Vic for 45 days is about $90, an extra $35 if I run out of days and want 45 more. Most I've used is 43 in a year so far. May as well have the SFC roadable, Rob. What's not to like - be awesome on those dirt roads instead of the GS :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
@piranha-bro2 for about 20 years you’ve had to declare the bike non-operational and pay a small one time fee in order to store a motorcycle off the road in California. That’s why it’s so important that a bike like this central California RGS have a current registration record, assuming the buyer is keeping the bike in state. Other states couldn’t care less as long as the bike has a title so the importance depends on who’s buying the bike. On the other hand if the title doesn’t match the e.g engine number, or if the VIN on the California title isn’t in standard 17-digit US format this is a bigger consideration for an out of state buyer who may need to have the bike and paperwork inspected to get a new out of state title.

Of course the intent of the California back-registration policy is to catch the people who neglect to file ‘non-op’ and extract $$$, and after 20 years the fees can indeed be astronomical. The best thing to do in that case is register the bike in a more friendly state for a year, maybe Montana, and then transfer registration to California. If it’s a restoration project you can do that while the work is in process and then you might never even ride the bike on the out of state registration.

The other trick is to know that Department of Motor Vehicle records only go back so far. I had a 1974 bike that was previously registered in California, but many years ago. The solution was to forget about the existing California title, as they had, declare that the bike had no title and had never been registered in California and start over. There’s a process that allows that, including police inspection and records search etc - which is free if time consuming.

Registration charges in California for older vehicles have tripled in the last few years. I have nine motorcycles and the total used to be about $450 per year for all of them. Now it’s more like $1400, and in case you think I’m going on about ancient history this increase has occurred over the last 5 years or so.

The good news is that while I carry liability insurance only on my bikes, the total cost is under $400 annually for all combined. Adding a new bike mid-year might cost $20 for the balance of the year. Of course this is nothing to do with the state, it’s a commercial Allstate policy and I haven’t made a claim since 1988 when the policy was initiated.
 
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Trouble is Q to get club rego in WA the bike has to be registered. So I'd have to put it over the pits first before applying from club rego.
I'd have to fit indicators and swap exhausts. Not really a problem as it being a US spec it is wired for them and I do have the 2/2 exhaust.
Just got too much other shit going on with my house building so the SFC is on the back burner. Recommissioning it was an effort in itself.
Everything else was put on hold while doing that. My misses went to Thailand for 2 months so I indulged.
As for dirt roads, my SFC has probably seen more dirt than the average GS!!! My 100GS sees 90% dirt so gets used for what it was designed for and it looks like it does too.
 
I’m just returned from our weekly British and European car guy breakfast and the local Alfisti expressed strong interest in the RGS at $2000, but didn’t commit. So if anyone can match or improve on that price they can have it.

What other pictures would be helpful?
 
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I would be interested in a straightforward no BS transaction. I have friends in Santa Barbara and Palm Springs plus
of course in Los Angeles. Get a message off to me (however that is done computer-wise) and we can get a deal.
Grazie.

Greg
 
Alzero said:
I’m just returned from our weekly British and European car guy breakfast and the local Alfisti expressed strong interest in the RGS at $2000, but didn’t commit. So if anyone can match or improve on that price they can have it.

What other pictures would be helpful?
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Pic of the decal under the seat on rear fender would be nice. I'll commit to $2500. BTW, any offer/bid I make is binding- which means I'll send a wire or overnight a check & pick up when you're confident funds have cleared. I'm in NW Indiana.
 
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