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I agree.
I have a 1983 I bought with 11,000! miles on it.
In showroom condition, but even if it sat in a showroom for over 40 years every single piece of rubber has to replaced to begin with.
Even with historical plates it has 17,000 now.
Highly recommend historical plates.
Low cost, low insurance, one time install and cool looking period appropriate.
Here in Michigan there are two ways, historical plates and authentic historical plates. Both for over 25 years old. Historical plates are $35 a year.
Authentic historical plates are forever, one time $30 cost.
You find a real plate from that year and register it at the Secretary of State.
Your insurance cost is especially low.
I hear some insurance companies will want a photo of your odometer occasionally to see that you're not putting a lot of miles on it, mine has never asked for that.
You're really supposed to be going to a car show or swap me or something like that. But there are all kinds of exceptions.
One is going to an auto parts store or hardware.
Another is that you just worked on it and are testing it.
And 95% of the time those are true for me.
No I don't use it as a daily driver but I probably put more miles on it than they expect. I've never been bothered.
I like the look.
Last edited by Robertbc3141; Jan 17, 2026 at 08:54 PM.
How do people own beautiful classic bikes like that and only ride them 2 or 300 miles A YEAR?
Really, what are they doing? Just staring at them in the garage each day or not concerning themselfs at all with them for years at a time?
Working on them, improving but never really appreciating it as a motorcycle, more like a painting.
Glad it happens, they are my source for purchasing but
always wondred about garage queens.
Some of us own more than one bike, like six. I have yet to figure out how to ride more than one at a time, and since I retired do not ride every single day = Low Miles.
Some of us own more than one bike, like six. I have yet to figure out how to ride more than one at a time, and since I retired do not ride every single day = Low Miles.
Understand that.
I think I see that on Facebook marketplace after the patriarch dies one of the kids or grandkids that was gifted the bike that has no interest in motorcycles advertises it as
"a blue motorcycle".
Last edited by Robertbc3141; Jan 18, 2026 at 09:35 AM.
