bob trips on the bike 
hope i can join up with you guys a bit four your tour of michigan. love that state, just no the gas prices
Gas, yeah, but howabout motorcycle insurance? I currently license and insure 3 bikes and it costs me almost $700. I can only ride one at a time...so why is PLPD insurance charged per machine anyway? You can only drive one vehicle at at time and you still pay to have the other two sitting in the garage, harming no one.
My actual insurance rate for 3 bikes is $288--not bad really and not much more than it used to be 20 years ago. But our beloved State of Michigan gets $374 for something called "MCCA Assessment Recoupment". That, my friends is punitive and unfair taxation. 
Okay, I'm done. Thanks for indulging my rant.
I knew I saw a post in this forum about MCCA (Michigan Catastrophic Claims Assessment) which is currently $143 per vehicle. I also registered 3 bikes this year, and flipped out at the cost. Not sure this is the best spot for this post, but there is good news to share. You can save 80% of that assessment if you register your bike with an Authentic or Historic Plate in Michigan.
The only requirements are that the bike is 26 or more years old, and that it is not for routine transportation. What is routine transportation? I’ll let you know when I get pulled over, but in my opinion there is nothing about riding a 40 year old motorcycle that is routine.
An Authentic Plate Registration costs $35 and is good for the life of the bike (No more checks to SOS), and the Historic Plate is $30 and lasts 10 years. Either one makes you eligible for the 80% MCCA discount. I tried to attach the form from the Secretary of State, but it is 1.4MB so you will have to check this website
http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1585_11459---,00.html#3 and scroll down to the Historical Plate form.
This is by no means an advertisement and I am not associated with this website, but Authentic Plates can be found at
www.MadMaxsAuthenticPlates.com (somewhere near Hell, MI). I got two plates from him for about $50 total and then paid the $70 to Authentic Plate Register 2 bikes with the State.
No more registration renewals and 80% off the MCCA for the rest of their lives, works for me. Hope this is helpful to some of you. You’ll also need to inform your insurance agent of this change to get the insurance discounted.
BTW, I have an extra 1974 MI cycle plate that came on my 1972 Triumph Daytona that was rescued from a barn in Ann Arbor. If anyone is interested in it send me a PM. I too would be interested in a ’66 or another ’72 plate as well.
Ammunition for all who feel over taxed. See ya soon
