An honest question about new bikes on national road runs - what do you think?

[tfburke3]

Who really thinks of a 1991 motorcycle as an antique.
Perhaps the club should just change the name to "The Old motorcycle club",or change the rolling 35 year rule.
Only 9 more years and my twin cam qualifies.Its unrestored,original paint.
Tom

[joe fxs fxr]

Who really thinks of a 1991 motorcycle as an antique.
Perhaps the club should just change the name to "The Old motorcycle club",or change the rolling 35 year rule.
Only 9 more years and my twin cam qualifies.Its unrestored,original paint.
Tom

Yeah, my 98 Dyna in 7. It's all original, should be easy to get 100 points.

[chuckthebeatertruck]

Who really thinks of a 1991 motorcycle as an antique.

Tom

To be frank; most of the public, the Federal and most state gov'ts, and most vintage vehicle clubs.

While we in the AMCA tend to think that anything from the 1960s is "too new" -- John Q Public generally sees anything with a "19" in the start of the year as old whether it is 1989 or 1939. If you ride either bike any appreciable distance - folks will be amazed.

This is why antique plates and antique insurance is generally offered starting at 25 years in the US. Grey market import rules are very lax starting at 25 years.

Our sister club in the UK, the VMCC, has been a 25 year rule club for decades.

The AMCA Exec Director keeps pushing the Antique Automobile Club of America - which has had a 25 year rule since the 1970s.

The AMCA is one of the few large scale clubs I know of where the rule for vehicles is 35 years, not 25 years.

All that said, the SUNBEAM Club in the UK is very clear about their cut off being 1940. It has no rolling rule -- it's a fixed year, period. Many make specific clubs have specific years too.

As has been stated in other threads; what it seems the AMCA needs is a chapter devoted to truly "veteran" motorcycles of the pre-1953 period.

That said, I want to make it clear I am not advocating for limiting nor expanding the cut off for AMCA. I simply like having the conversation and hearing other's perspectives. While I tend to ride mostly 1965-1972 machines on road runs; I've also had 1940s machines on them as well.