Wow!!! That is alot, I live in AZ, if I wasnt in the military I would be paying compairable rates as you. I only pay about 17 dollars a year for tags. I had one of my vehicles titled in mine and my wifes name(it had currently been running tags from Kentucky)and I decided to put AZ tags on it and it was going to cost $284 which I would only get 1/2 exempt(since my wife was not military) for being military which brought the cost down to 142 dollars. Needless to say we still have Kentucky tags $17 to renew. The states with high rates like that is because they look up the cost of the vehicle when it was new and charge you tax for your tags on that amount and that is why it should go down a little each year because of depreciation. FYI any other military out there: I did not pay sales tax for my bike either (02 Silver/Grey, you know the fastest color)for being military, if you register it in different state than you live you can avoid the 7-9 hundred dollar sales tax, check with the DMV in the state that you want to register in.(You must have some ties with that state though ie. Home of Record or maybe a relative that will let you use their address..........Good Luck
