When is a bike a classic for registration?

[jmk]

Have heard few different ideas on this, I thought 30 years but someone reckons 25

[Ixion]

Sadly, it is 40 years.

[jmk]

cheers for that, few years go go then for us

[Bonez]

cheers for that, few years go go then for us

Welcome to the old bike appreciation society.

[98tls]

Sadly, it is 40 years.

Sadly ive been a classic awhile then.

[PrincessBandit]

Sadly ive been a classic awhile then.

I'm only a young classic then.....

[98tls]

I'm only a young classic then.....

Show off...........

[Bren]

Well, I am two years shy of a classic.....but I do do classic farts now and then

[98tls]

As an afterthought on a personal level depends on what you define as classic,take a late 70s bevel drive Ducati which without doubt achieves classic status but then compare it to say Triumphs parallel twin from the same era and its not even in the same stadium.I chuckled when reading a thread on here the other day of the impending release of a reminder of those dark days.WHY?Next thing we will all be awaiting a new XS650 special.

[wickle]

Have heard few different ideas on this, I thought 30 years but someone reckons 25

Hawkes Bay Classic Motorcycle Club , accepts 1980 as Classic

[Bonez]

As an afterthought on a personal level depends on what you define as classic,take a late 70s bevel drive Ducati which without doubt achieves classic status but then compare it to say Triumphs parallel twin from the same era and its not even in the same stadium.I chuckled when reading a thread on here the other day of the impending release of a reminder of those dark days.WHY?Next thing we will all be awaiting a new XS650 special.

Retro is in man.

[Pedrostt500]

As an afterthought on a personal level depends on what you define as classic,take a late 70s bevel drive Ducati which without doubt achieves classic status but then compare it to say Triumphs parallel twin from the same era and its not even in the same stadium.I chuckled when reading a thread on here the other day of the impending release of a reminder of those dark days.WHY?Next thing we will all be awaiting a new XS650 special.

Or maybe the CB 650 Custom, wont that be exciting

[toycollector10]

I'm going to stir it up here.

A PT Cruiser isn't a classic car.

A Ducati Sport Classic 1000 or whatever the f*uck it's called isn't a classic bike.

A DOHC 2006 Triumph twin isn't a classic.

They are all the old look in the new style!

It sort of works, but it doesn't work, it just looks sort of right, but it's all wrong.

Am I making sense?

And yes, I'm a purist cnut, but at least I'm sure of where I stand on this!

[Motu]

I'd be pretty happy to get half rego on a 2006 Triumph if the powers that be went on looks alone.Unfortunatly as Ixion says - 40 years for the cheap rego.

[Voltaire]

I'm going to stir it up here.

A PT Cruiser isn't a classic car.

A Ducati Sport Classic 1000 or whatever the f*uck it's called isn't a classic bike.

A DOHC 2006 Triumph twin isn't a classic.

They are all the old look in the new style!

It sort of works, but it doesn't work, it just looks sort of right, but it's all wrong.

Am I making sense?


And yes, I'm a purist cnut, but at least I'm sure of where I stand on this!

Yes, everything is just a product now, including motorcycles.
Strange times, Neil Young heading the big day out, the Who on tour, Iron Maiden coming next year, Germans making Minis, VW making Beetles,
Tata buying Jaguar...and so on.
Bloody baby boomers...its all their fault.