2010 New York Code
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 4 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Article 15 - (410 - 412) REGISTRATION OF MOTORCYCLES
411-B - Registration fee schedule for historical motorcycles.

§ 411-b. Registration  fee  schedule  for  historical motorcycles. For
  each motorcycle which is owned and operated as an  exhibition  piece  or
  collectors  item,  and  is  used  for  participation in club activities,
  exhibit, tours, parades, occasional transportation and similar uses, but
  not used for general daily transportation, an annual fee of  twenty-five
  dollars.  For  purposes  of  this section, a historical motorcycle shall
  mean any motorcycle manufactured more than twenty-five  years  prior  to
  the current calendar year, and any other model, year and type motorcycle
  which  has  unique  characteristics  and  which  is  determined  by  the
  commissioner  to  be  of  historical,  classic  or   exhibition   value.
  Registration  plates  for such motorcycles shall be of a type and design
  approved by the commissioner, but shall  be  of  a  distinctive  nature,
  except that, with the approval of the commissioner, an owner of any such
  motorcycle  may  utilize registration plates of this state with the date
  of year corresponding to the  model  year  date  when  the  vehicle  was
  manufactured,  if  the model year date registration plate is legible and
  serviceable,  as  determined  by  the  department,  in   lieu   of   the
  registration  plates  otherwise  required  by  this chapter. Such plates
  shall be used only for the operation of the  motorcycle  listed  on  the
  registration  application  and  on other motorcycles which would qualify
  for registration under this schedule owned by  persons  other  than  the
  registrant  for  the  purpose  of  test driving by the registrant or his
  agent in anticipation of possible purchase. No such registration will be
  issued unless evidence of financial security, in a  form  prescribed  by
  the   commissioner,   is  submitted  which  provides  coverage  for  the
  motorcycle listed on the  registration  application  and  for  non-owned
  motorcycles   being  operated  with  such  plates.  Notwithstanding  any
  inconsistent provision of this section, the difference collected between
  the fees set forth in this section in  effect  on  and  after  September
  first,  two  thousand  nine  and  the  fees set forth in this section in
  effect prior to such date shall  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the
  dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.