So I finally decide to resister both motorcycles today and needed to go in person because I let one lapse by 6 months and the other a couple of years because I dumped it and it took some time and money to get it ready again.

 

It turns out that NJ increased motorcycle registrations from $28.50 to $65.00 a mere 228% increase. And then for the salty thumb in the eye, I have to the pay the new registration fees for the years I didn't register the motorcycles because I didn't surrender the plates. I asked why I couldn't pay the $28.50 for those years and the $65 for this year? She was kind and smiled at me and said, "it because this is NJ and you know how it is, this state loves to stick-it to our residents". First time a government employee told it straight. I wasn't mad at her and I thanked her for the laugh. But come on in this frigging state already.

 

I really am developing a deep hatred for this state. A couple of more years and at some point I'll donate my house for the deduction instead of trying to sell it.Gee, and the government can't figure out why people are leaving in droves.

Unless it has changed you can surrender your plates and wait a period of time and reregister for new plates. If you are trying to reregister old plates than that it the way NJ has always been, nothing new there. This happened to me when I came home form the Corps and wanted to get my old car on the road. Turned in the plates and waited 7 days, went down and got new plates.

 

We can thank Jim and John for the increases in registration fees. My utility trailer use to be $7.

As I was driving there it dawned on me about the past years and was ready to take my medicine at $28.50 a year, but come on. I still have plates for my Triumph which has been off the road since I got my Harley for almost 10 years...I will be surrendering them real quick. Just a shame because those are the original plates on it since 1981, but for $650+ dollars the state can have them...with my DNA smeared all over them.

wojo if they try and stick it to you even with turning in the plates and waiting the 7 days. You could always "sell" the motorcycle to your wife, and then "buy" the motorcycle back from your wife, you would have to pay for a new title, but at least your not getting hoses for several hundreds of dollars in registration fees. Just another idea to beat the stupid system.

My beloved Bonneville will not be hitting the road this year so surrendering the plates and waiting isn't a problem. I have to go back in the summer to renew the driver's license and will drop them off then. I wish I could renew my Alaskan tags for it.

My beloved Bonneville will not be hitting the road this year so

 

Why not? What's wrong with it? Is it an 81 Silver Jubilee/Wedding version?

I had the same issue once but it was before they jacked up the rate. The lady (for once) was really cool and she let me surrender the plate right there and reregistered it on the spot for me. Only cost me 28 vs 4 years worth of registration. I vote turn in the plate and get a new one. Or ask if they can do it the same day. Can't hurt to ask.

Why not? What's wrong with it? Is it an 81 Silver Jubilee/Wedding version?

 

78 Bonneville which I bought in 81 with only 3k miles on it. The Prince of Darkness hit hard on my electrical system. Lord Lucas had my alternator do a power surge as it died and fried everything from my headlight to my tail light and all the goodies in between. Naturally this occurred a year after I installed a brand new factory wiring harness and replaced the old points with a pricey electronic ignition system. The beauty is my 'mother' decided to clean out the garage where I grew up and had all my original parts thrown out in the dumpster without giving me a heads up before she did it. I had asked NUMEROUS times to give me a heads up if she even was going to clean out the garage if she ever decided to move.Of course I wasn't told and only found out after driving by the house and saw a For Sale sign. Let's just say that this stunt didn't help an already poor relationship. So until I have a significant amount of cash on hand, she waits.

 

Because I think you might be curious...totally worked motor, Mega-cycle 1060 cams (almost full race), twin Mikuni carbs, bored 40 over, bottom end blue printed and balanced, close ratio transmission gears installed, HD clutch, Bub Enterprises exhaust system and now a char-broiled Broyer Bronson electronic ignition. Now primer, but was Black Rainbow Metallic with about 10 coats of clear on it. Weighing slightly over 300 lbs, this beyotch hauls a**. It is like riding a 750+cc dirt bike on the street.

78 Bonneville which I bought in 81 with only 3k miles on it. The Prince of Darkness hit hard on my electrical system. Lord Lucas had my alternator do a power surge as it died and fried everything from my headlight to my tail light and all the goodies in between. Naturally this occurred a year after I installed a brand new factory wiring harness and replaced the old points with a pricey electronic ignition system. The beauty is my 'mother' decided to clean out the garage where I grew up and had all my original parts thrown out in the dumpster without giving me a heads up before she did it. I had asked NUMEROUS times to give me a heads up if she even was going to clean out the garage if she ever decided to move.Of course I wasn't told and only found out after driving by the house and saw a For Sale sign. Let's just say that this stunt didn't help an already poor relationship. So until I have a significant amount of cash on hand, she waits.

 

Because I think you might be curious...totally worked motor, Mega-cycle 1060 cams (almost full race), twin Mikuni carbs, bored 40 over, bottom end blue printed and balanced, close ration transmission gears installed, HD clutch, Bub Enterprises exhaust system and now a char-broiled Broyer Bronson electronic ignition. Now primer, but was Black Rainbow Metallic with about 10 coats of clear on it. Weighing slightly over 300 lbs, this beyotch hauls a**. It is like riding a 750+cc dirt bike on the street.

 

Sorry to hear about your electrical system. Just curious... are there fuses on this bike, or was it some kind of freak power surge that happened so quick the fuse was too slow? Never heard of that before.

more NJDMV BS- When I gave up my business I owned a truck titled under the company name which I was sole proprieter of. I had to put it in my name so they made me sell it to myself for a dollar but had to pay for new title and registration fees! Suprised they didnt make me sell it to myself for book value to collect the tax.

Sorry to hear about your electrical system. Just curious... are there fuses on this bike, or was it some kind of freak power surge that happened so quick the fuse was too slow? Never heard of that before.

 

It is fused, positive ground, yes positive ground and it was a true surge / high in-rush current and the old style fuse just didn't melt quick enough.

I had an old RV that was off the road for a couple of years and they tried to charge me back registrations. I just went down with the bill of sale and got new plates. This was a few years back so I am not sure if you could still do that to get around paying for time you didn't use it?

Wojo,

 

I had a 68 and 70 Trumpets chopped and in ridged frames back in the mid 80's, I just loved having to stop at a light in the middle of the night and sit and wait in a dark intersection with a bike with no battery, I think if I flicked my BIC it would have had more light than my headlight.

 

You know Lucas made refrigerators, and you do know how they serve their beer over there.

 

Harry

Ha! Mines a 78 T140v also. Have had it since 1991. Used to ride it all over the place, but now just sometimes. I has it down to bare metal an split cases about 8 years ago, powdercooated frame new cams, crank BAL, Boyer + mitymax, new amal concentrics, valves and guides discs brake cylinders, exhaust. And a completely new wiring harness as well. Latest buy is a silver and blue tank I will probably put on this weekend

Add some sundries from bcs that are showing up today---gotta love that nj warehouse of theirs---

And I will be back to commuting a few data aweek with it. Since the rebuild have about 10k miles, so stuff is breaking again. I still have most all of my old parts, pm me if you have a specific. But my old loom is as bad as yours was im sure. No time for old.bike stuff now, sadly, kids take up all my time

Yea I got four kids running around and the three oldest love riding on the Harley. I like to take short trips with them for lunch and some one on one time.

 

So who has these parts in NJ? It has been years since I bought anything. Last time I bought stuff was from MAP in Florida and I got my wiring harness from a place in Queens. Any reputable Triumph connections would be appreciated.

 

I was so hard core Triumph, I actually have the logo tattooed on my right arm. I got more tail on that bike, some legal and some not so much when I was 18 to 21 before joining the CG. Nothing like taking a 16 y/o ( I swear she built like she was 18 and banged like a college freshman) minor across state lines to do some camping and drinking on a Bonneville. Ah, the good old days. Then again that was 1981...I'd be a registered sex offender if you did that at 18 now a days.

wojo if they try and stick it to you even with turning in the plates and waiting the 7 days. You could always "sell" the motorcycle to your wife, and then "buy" the motorcycle back from your wife, you would have to pay for a new title, but at least your not getting hoses for several hundreds of dollars in registration fees. Just another idea to beat the stupid system.

You would get hosed for several hundred dollars in taxes instead.. This state blows hard

Ken

Matty, I have two old time friends that also bought Bonneville's. One now lives up on Prince Edward Island and the other now lives in the Outer Banks of NC. Neither will give them up.

 

I need to throw up some pictures when I get a chance. Used to be long hair, leather pants and I'd tap it if it could fog a mirror life style. Now it is buzzed or a clean shaven head, 5.11's and thankfully have a beautiful wife while I mentally stroll down mammary lane. I even drove it to my various duty stations which was a challenge...I brought from NJ to Portsmouth, VA to Baltimore back down to Norfolk Naval Base while I was getting trained for Panama, stored it while I was deployed and in AK and then had it when I was TDY in Air Station Brooklyn. The front forks used to have a bunch of military access stickers on it.

No idea on Trumpet parts these days, I got rid of my last one I think back in 87, but there were a few shops around the San Bernadio area that I went to back then, never knew any places in the NJ area.

 

I'll check with a few friends, one in PA, and another one in MO and see if they have any info, let you know if I hear anything.

 

Also for Harley's and BSing and real knowledgeable folks that can just about solve any problem over the Internet is my main hang out, here is the URL that will link you to the forum if you want.

 

Over there you can post question on parts for Trumpets even though it's a Harley forum and they will help you out in no time, It's not a PC kind-a place, more like sitting around wrenching in you buddies garage as you shoot the S***

 

Hawg's

 

Harry

Yea I got four kids running around and the three oldest love riding on the Harley. I like to take short trips with them for lunch and some one on one time.

 

So who has these parts in NJ? It has been years since I bought anything. Last time I bought stuff was from MAP in Florida and I got my wiring harness from a place in Queens. Any reputable Triumph connections would be appreciated.

 

I was so hard core Triumph, I actually have the logo tattooed on my right arm. I got more tail on that bike, some legal and some not so much when I was 18 to 21 before joining the CG. Nothing like taking a 16 y/o ( I swear she built like she was 18 and banged like a college freshman) minor across state lines to do some camping and drinking on a Bonneville. Ah, the good old days. Then again that was 1981...I'd be a registered sex offender if you did that at 18 now a days.

 

Live shops with people in them, none that I know of anymore. Used to be C&C cycles in Bound Brook & Bill Farber in Edison. That was pre-internet. C&C is long gone, the owner died, I beleive Farber is gone too, or moved. There also used to be an old junkyard shop on Rt. 46 in Saddle Brook, but that was in the late 70s.

I usually use British Cycle Supply, they are based in Nova Scotia, and have a US warehouse in Hackensack. I can get stuff from them next day by normal UPS, if I call in an order before noon.

Others I use are British Only, MAP, and Walridge. There were a number of smaller ones here & there out of state, but I normally deal with those couple.

 

I got my Bonneville just as I met my 1st wife. She never did like her, used to blow fuses (the bike!) when I would ride two up.

Funny you say that about your wife and your 'girl'. My electronics blew the first and last time my wife was on it! How funny is that? Never had that happen with all my college / military tail that sat on back. Too friggin funny.

 

I've dealt with Bill Farber at Classic many, many years ago. I'll have to check out BCP...Hackensack is about 30 minutes away.