Fastoyz on Trademe, anyone got experience with them?

[yevjenko]

Some refuse to buy second hand helmets regardless or their condition ... yet ... get bent bits straightened ... ???

And some people are deliberately obtuse

[FJRider]

And some people are deliberately obtuse

Less risk of death by bring Obtuse ... than there is by getting bent bits straightened ...

Hint ... Google Metallurgy ...

[yevjenko]

If the rego is still live when the bike is sold from being crashed, does it have to be recerted to get back on the road? Would this be a way around getting a dodgy bike (vehicle) back on the road?

Correct, however if the rego is still live the vehicle hasn't been statutorily written off and therefore the bike can't be dodgy from an insurance / crash damage point of view.

Don't forget that in this case the vehicle is still liable for wof checks and it is always a good idea to get any vehicle you are thinking of buying checked out by somebody who knows what they are doing

[yevjenko]

Less risk of death by bring Obtuse ... than there is by getting bent bits straightened ...

Hint ... Google Metallurgy ...

Also Google structural engineer and one time use helmets while you're at it

[FJRider]

Correct, however if the rego is still live the vehicle hasn't been statutorily written off and therefore the bike can't be dodgy from an insurance / crash damage point of view.

To be "Written off" ... the bike/vehicle needs to be insured (and and a claim made for repairs) at the time ...

No claim ... NOT possible to get it written off.

Thus ... a vehicle then just needs to pass a Warrant of Fitness check to obtain a Registration label. Totally legal ...

Don't forget that in this case the vehicle is still liable for wof checks and it is always a good idea to get any vehicle you are thinking of buying checked out by somebody who knows what they are doing

WOF checks are seldom to the standard of Re-certification ... what you don't know wont hurt you ... right ..

[Akzle]

Thus ... a vehicle then just needs to pass a Warrant of Fitness check to obtain a Registration label.

i'll just let that one sink in.

[yevjenko]

To be "Written off" ... the bike/vehicle needs to be insured (and and a claim made for repairs) at the time ...

No claim ... NOT possible to get it written off.

Thus ... a vehicle then just needs to pass a Warrant of Fitness check to obtain a Registration label. Totally legal ...



WOF checks are seldom to the standard of Re-certification ... what you don't know wont hurt you ... right ..

Wof checks are definitely not to the standard of a re-cert. No where near

[NightRaven]

In addition, from what I heard some WOF places are easy to pass than the other... Can always bring it to one that has their own "price" I guess?

[FJRider]

In addition, from what I heard some WOF places are easy to pass than the other... Can always bring it to one that has their own "price" I guess?

Authority to issue a Warrant of Fitness is given to individuals ... not a business. To lose that authority would amount to a loss of income for the business employing such individuals. (and possibly loss of employment to said individuals)

They check all things on the list ... but some are more stringent on their interpretation of regulations ... as they are written.

The WOF label only shows it was deemed safe by the tester at the time it was tested.

[yevjenko]

In addition, from what I heard some WOF places are easy to pass than the other... Can always bring it to one that has their own "price" I guess?

That's why you take it to someone who knows what they are doing to inspect it or take it for a warrant yourself

[Jizah]

I couldn't agree with this more.

2 a write off is purely based on the cost to repair, so if your plastic fairings are expensive then that could write off the bike - there may not be any chassis or mechanical damage at all

Yeah something similar happened to me when I crashed my bike. I basically just parked my bike against a roadside barrier, breaking fairing and scratching up lots of stuff. It was suggested that I leave a tiny scratch on my tank that could barely be seen as the cost of repairing that on top would most likely have had my bike written off.

[GrayWolf]

Yeah something similar happened to me when I crashed my bike. I basically just parked my bike against a roadside barrier, breaking fairing and scratching up lots of stuff. It was suggested that I leave a tiny scratch on my tank that could barely be seen as the cost of repairing that on top would most likely have had my bike written off.

So true,
I had an 'off' at 25kph almost 2 yrs ago, and slid into a muddy ditch... 'minimal' damage to bike, bar end, scratches on two downpipes, muffler cover (plastic) End rings, etc, etc.... ended up with over 8k in cost. If the bike had been a couple of years older, it probably would have been written off.
The slide didnt even bend the bars.

[biketimus_prime]

This guy's listings crack me up

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Lis...member=4882176

[yevjenko]

One of the salvage auctions in Auckland always has good value descriptions in his auctions. I'll dig out his listings

[imdying]

This guy's listings crack me up

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Lis...member=4882176

Ayieee... I thought you were supposed to use good looking birds to make people come and look at your auctions... I can only wonder what this guys intentions were?!?