40 year old bike rego

[rok-the-boat]

If you have a 40 year old bike but it was registered say 5 years ago (re-vinned, whatever), does it count as a 5 year old, or a 40?

[davereid]

Its 40 if the frame is 40, and it was re-vinned as the old machine.

However, if it was re-registered as scratch built, its 5.

If NZTA could not find the old frame in their records and it got re-vinned with a later frame number that they could find, then it is the later frame that counts, even if the number got there via mr angle grinder and mr punch.

[rwh]

I imagine it depends on the context, but most of the laws refer to 'first registered before xxxx' (or possibly 'first registered in NZ')

Richard

[neels]

I had no rego history for my old scooter, but got a authenticity statement from the VCC and it's rego'd as a 1956, so gets cheap rego.