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Re-Registering street bike?

Has anyone had any experience re-registering their street bikes after prolonged storage? I left mine stored with the insurance dropped and the registration has expired. Now i'm just wondering if the DOT is going to give me any problems getting a new registration since i've put the bike back on the insurance.

Public Comments

1. No they shouldn't my husband and I did the same thing and had no problems.
2. go to the motor vehicle department and ask them. I don't think you will have a problem.
3. You do not say how long that this bike was out of service. In some states it is required that you file a notice of non-op if you intend to store the vehicle for an extended period of time. If in your state this is required you can expect to be assessed the back registration. They will also have a form in which you will have to indicate the dates and location where the vehicle was stored.
4. No, you will not have any problems. Some states dont even require insurance on motorcycles and the ones that do, dont care if you have it uninsured in storage (even if it's registered). Just as long as your not actually riding an uninsured vehicle. Processes are different depending on the state so check with your local motor vehicle office but I can assure you they will not give you any problems.
5. Different states have different rules, as mentioned above. What I ran into: if the registration was expired for less than 1 year, I had to pay the fees for that year plus the year I was registering it for. Essentially 2 renewals in a row, paid at once. I would then just get a validation sticker and keep my old plates. If the registration was expired for more than 1 year, I would just get a new registration and new plates to go along with it. The previous expired registration serves as proof of ownership. Insurance was not an issue either way.