Montana registration--done!

TheOtherRide · 04-09-2007, 02:55 PM

Just curious what other states charge for registration...check this out:

Montana Motorcycle Registration Fees
Flat fee for street-legal use only: $53.25
Flat fee for both street-legal and off-highway use: $114.50
Motorcycle Safety Fee: $16
Montana Highway Patrol Salary and Retention Fund: $5
New Issue plate: $5
The Motorcycle Safety Fee goes directly into funding motorcycle safety training courses, whereas the Montana Highway Patrol Salary and Retention Fund assists the Highway Patrol in maintaining appropriate manpower numbers.

Plus $12 for the title. Yikes! Hopefully they'll let me skip the off-highway use fee-- $91.25 instead of $152.50.

I'll have to ride the darn thing to make up in gas what I spend on registration!

justjoe · 04-09-2007, 05:56 PM

WOW Paulie that's Steep!

Jersey is $28.50 for Reg and $20 for title one time(and 7% sales tax)

Are those fees annual or one time?

Joe V

TheOtherRide · 04-09-2007, 06:10 PM

Good question, Joe--Whew! It's a one-time fee. Is your $28.50 yearly?

justjoe · 04-09-2007, 06:37 PM

Yep the 28.50 is yearly Registration fee.

Still wait'n for my bike!

Jim · 04-09-2007, 06:39 PM

Wow that is pretty steep, I dont remeber what mine cost to register here in BC, but the year of insurance, new lisence fee, and all that was 370. Should be less next year with no lisence fee and such.

Akonababe · 04-09-2007, 08:54 PM

Here is Hawaii it is $57.50 for a motorcyle each year plus a 5.50 fee for a safety sticker. Which seems fair to me.

madmaximum · 04-09-2007, 10:03 PM

Pa registration for a bike is 18 bucks, no matter what the bike.

TheOtherRide · 04-19-2007, 06:47 PM

Whoo hoo! That's the fastest dealings I've EVER had with the government! Walked into the DMV with my MCO, filled out the Inspection sheet (one page to make sure you have all the street legal goodies--on the honor system, mind you, no actual inspection 8O ), paid $90 for PERMANENT plates (they even let me choose from what plates they had), and was out of there in 10 minutes.

Suave is going to hate me...wish it was this easy for everyone...

mdsuave13 · 04-19-2007, 06:59 PM

arggggghhh haha

i havent been back to the MVA yet (for the 3rd time)

but i think i will be ok for this next trip, i have triple checked all my paperwork to make sure it is correct!

Jim · 04-19-2007, 11:52 PM

Pauli, congrats

Suave, good luck

SamM · 04-20-2007, 10:06 PM

Wow, That's steep! I'll probably not have $100 in mine, with a years worth of insurance tacked on.

Taxes $40
License fee $12
Doc stamp $5

I'm glad you got it taken care of! Good for you! My MCO came today. I'll be going to the DMV on Wednesday.

TheOtherRide · 04-21-2007, 12:11 AM

Hey, Sam--
What plates did you have on that thing, anyway? LOL Looks like you have an annual registration vs. my permanent. I got away without paying the off-road fee (I was 'armed' with bike pics, just in case of...anything, but the gal didn't bat an eyelash). The only place I would consider off-road is my mom's farm anyway...don't see hill-climbing on BLM land in my future.

SamM · 04-21-2007, 01:43 AM

Pauli,
That's the plate off my Yamaha Zuma scooter. I sold it to pumpkin last year just after I renewed the plate. I just stuck it on there to see who would notice my bike was already plated!

We can't get permanent plates here in WV. Yeah, when you add up all the years, I'll be paying! Your's is a better deal, huh! It just seemed expensive to me. Never heard of an off-road fee? Every place here is off-road. They don't care where you ride them here, as long as you pay. Hope they don't get wind of that off-road fee. Next, I'll be paying that!

We pay personal property tax every year on whatever we have licensed too! It can be expensive depending on what you drive. You get a 2 year break then you have to pay! It's not as bad as it sounds. This year, I'll be paying on my 2005 KTM 950 fr the first time. It's only a percentage of the book value. Still a ripoff though. Scumbag politicians! I have an old 1998 Buell S1W that I parted out a few years ago. I never sold the frame, so guess what? Yep, still paying taxes on it! I think it was a whopping $5 last year. My wife pays that crap, because I always freakout at the tax office! I paid something like $600 a year when I had my Dodge Diesel pickup. Scumbag politicians! Did I say that already?!

I'll never own a Porsche! Scumbag poli...

Later,
Sam

PS: Glad you got it all legal! Mine will be soon!

justjoe · 04-21-2007, 08:57 AM

Hey Guys

I confess I did the same thing as Sam,I have the plates from my recently departed'82 Yamaha XJ 750 maxim on my viva just so's I can tool around the neighborhood for test rides

TheOtherRide · 04-21-2007, 12:14 PM

I've just been going commando...er, plateless! I've never seen a cop in our subdivision (which is somewhere between a trailer park and a real subdivision). And if I did see a cop, I'd outrun 'em on my bike...if he was on foot! Then I'd give 'em a CN roundhouse! Hehehehe, it's Saturday!

04-09-2007, 02:55 PM	#1
TheOtherRide Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 403	Montana registration--done! Just curious what other states charge for registration...check this out: Montana Motorcycle Registration Fees Flat fee for street-legal use only: $53.25 Flat fee for both street-legal and off-highway use: $114.50 Motorcycle Safety Fee: $16 Montana Highway Patrol Salary and Retention Fund: $5 New Issue plate: $5 The Motorcycle Safety Fee goes directly into funding motorcycle safety training courses, whereas the Montana Highway Patrol Salary and Retention Fund assists the Highway Patrol in maintaining appropriate manpower numbers. Plus $12 for the title. Yikes! Hopefully they'll let me skip the off-highway use fee-- $91.25 instead of $152.50. I'll have to ride the darn thing to make up in gas what I spend on registration! __________________ ~Pauli~ Former 2006 Viva VX200SX owner
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04-09-2007, 06:10 PM	#3
TheOtherRide Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 403	Good question, Joe--Whew! It's a one-time fee. Is your $28.50 yearly? __________________ ~Pauli~ Former 2006 Viva VX200SX owner
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04-09-2007, 08:54 PM	#6
Akonababe Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Douglas, Arizona Posts: 154	Here is Hawaii it is $57.50 for a motorcyle each year plus a 5.50 fee for a safety sticker. Which seems fair to me. __________________ Ride hard and have FUN!!!!
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04-09-2007, 10:03 PM	#7
madmaximum Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Central PA Posts: 284	Pa registration for a bike is 18 bucks, no matter what the bike. __________________ 2005 RSX-200E 2004 Suzuki Eiger 1999 Arctic Cat 250 1977 Kawasaki KH400, aka Green Ripper
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04-19-2007, 06:47 PM	#8
TheOtherRide Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 403	Whoo hoo! That's the fastest dealings I've EVER had with the government! Walked into the DMV with my MCO, filled out the Inspection sheet (one page to make sure you have all the street legal goodies--on the honor system, mind you, no actual inspection 8O ), paid $90 for PERMANENT plates (they even let me choose from what plates they had), and was out of there in 10 minutes. Suave is going to hate me...wish it was this easy for everyone... __________________ ~Pauli~ Former 2006 Viva VX200SX owner
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04-09-2007, 05:56 PM	#2
justjoe Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 76	WOW Paulie that's Steep! Jersey is $28.50 for Reg and $20 for title one time(and 7% sales tax) Are those fees annual or one time? Joe V
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04-09-2007, 06:37 PM	#4
justjoe Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 76	Yep the 28.50 is yearly Registration fee. Still wait'n for my bike!
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04-09-2007, 06:39 PM	#5
Jim Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Abbotsford, BC, Canada Posts: 4,880	Wow that is pretty steep, I dont remeber what mine cost to register here in BC, but the year of insurance, new lisence fee, and all that was 370. Should be less next year with no lisence fee and such.
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04-19-2007, 06:59 PM	#9
mdsuave13 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ellicott city, Maryland Posts: 857	arggggghhh haha i havent been back to the MVA yet (for the 3rd time) but i think i will be ok for this next trip, i have triple checked all my paperwork to make sure it is correct! __________________ My name is Justin, my friends call me Stix. 2008 Kawasaki KLR650 Candy Lime Green ______________________________ I am the official China bike registration Guru For the State of Maryland..... HA.
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04-19-2007, 11:52 PM	#10
Jim Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Abbotsford, BC, Canada Posts: 4,880	Pauli, congrats Suave, good luck
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04-20-2007, 10:06 PM	#11
SamM Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,194	Wow, That's steep! I'll probably not have $100 in mine, with a years worth of insurance tacked on. Taxes $40 License fee $12 Doc stamp $5 I'm glad you got it taken care of! Good for you! My MCO came today. I'll be going to the DMV on Wednesday. __________________ 2013 Jeep Wrangler Sahara MOAB 2005 BMW E53 X5 2011 Schutt Industries LTT-HC LQG trailer 2017 Coleman CT200U 1978 Yamaha SR500E 1979 Yamaha XS650 Special II
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04-21-2007, 12:11 AM	#12
TheOtherRide Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 403	Hey, Sam-- What plates did you have on that thing, anyway? LOL Looks like you have an annual registration vs. my permanent. I got away without paying the off-road fee (I was 'armed' with bike pics, just in case of...anything, but the gal didn't bat an eyelash). The only place I would consider off-road is my mom's farm anyway...don't see hill-climbing on BLM land in my future. __________________ ~Pauli~ Former 2006 Viva VX200SX owner
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04-21-2007, 01:43 AM	#13
SamM Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,194	Pauli, That's the plate off my Yamaha Zuma scooter. I sold it to pumpkin last year just after I renewed the plate. I just stuck it on there to see who would notice my bike was already plated! We can't get permanent plates here in WV. Yeah, when you add up all the years, I'll be paying! Your's is a better deal, huh! It just seemed expensive to me. Never heard of an off-road fee? Every place here is off-road. They don't care where you ride them here, as long as you pay. Hope they don't get wind of that off-road fee. Next, I'll be paying that! We pay personal property tax every year on whatever we have licensed too! It can be expensive depending on what you drive. You get a 2 year break then you have to pay! It's not as bad as it sounds. This year, I'll be paying on my 2005 KTM 950 fr the first time. It's only a percentage of the book value. Still a ripoff though. Scumbag politicians! I have an old 1998 Buell S1W that I parted out a few years ago. I never sold the frame, so guess what? Yep, still paying taxes on it! I think it was a whopping $5 last year. My wife pays that crap, because I always freakout at the tax office! I paid something like $600 a year when I had my Dodge Diesel pickup. Scumbag politicians! Did I say that already?! I'll never own a Porsche! Scumbag poli... Later, Sam PS: Glad you got it all legal! Mine will be soon! __________________ 2013 Jeep Wrangler Sahara MOAB 2005 BMW E53 X5 2011 Schutt Industries LTT-HC LQG trailer 2017 Coleman CT200U 1978 Yamaha SR500E 1979 Yamaha XS650 Special II
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04-21-2007, 08:57 AM	#14
justjoe Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 76	Hey Guys I confess I did the same thing as Sam,I have the plates from my recently departed'82 Yamaha XJ 750 maxim on my viva just so's I can tool around the neighborhood for test rides
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04-21-2007, 12:14 PM	#15
TheOtherRide Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 403	I've just been going commando...er, plateless! I've never seen a cop in our subdivision (which is somewhere between a trailer park and a real subdivision). And if I did see a cop, I'd outrun 'em on my bike...if he was on foot! Then I'd give 'em a CN roundhouse! Hehehehe, it's Saturday! __________________ ~Pauli~ Former 2006 Viva VX200SX owner
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