Registration exemption applied for today!

[oldrider]

Well, today it finally happened, I have applied for 12 months exemption effective 23/05/2011.

I simply can not afford to licence my bike any more!

My Tiger will remain locked up in my shed until I can find a buyer for it.

Thus prematurely ending a lifetime of motorcycling! (57 years to be exact)

I will always ride with you in spirit but from 22/05/2011 I will be unable to join you on my bike. Cheers, ride safe, oldrider. :wavey:

[sunhuntin]

sucks eh? i finally got around to rego-ing the virago, cost me a weeks wages and thats the cheaper end of the scale.

[hayd3n]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooo:shit::bye:

[racefactory]

'Fuck you on about there dude? Just ride it with rego on hold. That's really a pathetic excuse to stop riding it buddy.

[SMOKEU]

Don't be a pussy. Keep on riding.

[u4ea]

.............................:facepalm:

[Brian d marge]

you are going to see a lot more of this unless you do something ....

just an economic fact , 500 bucks a year is too expensive

Stephen

[The Baron]

Sorry to read this Oldrider. You will not be the only one doing this as this is a sign of the times. I would like to think that maybe you could down size rather than give up. What ever you end up doing I wish you well.
The Baron.

[oneofsix]

Well, today it finally happened, I have applied for 12 months exemption effective 23/05/2011.

I simply can not afford to licence my bike any more!

My Tiger will remain locked up in my shed until I can find a buyer for it.

Thus prematurely ending a lifetime of motorcycling! (57 years to be exact)

I will always ride with you in spirit but from 22/05/2011 I will be unable to join you on my bike. Cheers, ride safe, oldrider. :wavey:

that sucks. Nothing in the 600 size range suitable?

[RobGassit]

Very sad to hear that buddy. You're not alone. Please keep your bike for sunny weekends. If it's any consolation,, there's an election coming up. All the best to you.

[theseekerfinds]

pay monthly.. there's always a way..

[DR650gary]

Very sad to hear that buddy. You're not alone. Please keep your bike for sunny weekends. If it's any consolation,, there's an election coming up. All the best to you.

Not too sure what the relevance of the election is, IF there is a change of government to Labour, all the dole bludgers and beneficiary grabbers that Labour buys to vote for them will need money from somewhere, so I doubt Labour will be giving any back instead they will be looking for more money to pay the lazies.

Sorry to hijack your thread "Oldrider". Maybe you can sell the Tiger and look for a suitable older bike with lower reg, or look for something under 600cc. Some of the classic bikes may keep you on the road a bit longer with their low reg costs.

Cheers

[cruza]

Well, today it finally happened, I have applied for 12 months exemption effective 23/05/2011.

I simply can not afford to licence my bike any more!

My Tiger will remain locked up in my shed until I can find a buyer for it.

Thus prematurely ending a lifetime of motorcycling! (57 years to be exact)

I will always ride with you in spirit but from 22/05/2011 I will be unable to join you on my bike. Cheers, ride safe, oldrider. :wavey:

thought you guys ran farmie reg .......

[oneofsix]

thought you guys ran farmie reg .......

or ambulance, doesn't Otago have the highest number of vehicles registered as ambulances? :innocent:

[RobGassit]

or ambulance, doesn't Otago have the highest number of vehicles registered as ambulances? :innocent:

That's clever.. How do I do that?

[Spearfish]

Sorry to hijack your thread "Oldrider". Maybe you can sell the Tiger and look for a suitable older bike with lower reg, or look for something under 600cc. Some of the classic bikes may keep you on the road a bit longer with their low reg costs.

Cheers

Maybe your onto something it with a classic?
I know they have a price outside of purely money, but its still riding for riding sake.

[aprilia_RS250]

I haven't paid the rego and don't intend to. Although I ride very early in the morning and very late at night. Haven't been pulled up yet, but did do a breathalyzer test and they didn't even check!:woohoo:

[Voltaire]

57 years, thats impressive, bet you have some great memories and stories. Classics are just over a hundred to register....my choice would be a BMW or Honda for 1971 or earlier.

[oneofsix]

Not too sure what the relevance of the election is, IF there is a change of government to Labour, all the dole bludgers and beneficiary grabbers that Labour buys to vote for them will need money from somewhere, so I doubt Labour will be giving any back instead they will be looking for more money to pay the lazies.

Sorry to hijack your thread "Oldrider". Maybe you can sell the Tiger and look for a suitable older bike with lower reg, or look for something under 600cc. Some of the classic bikes may keep you on the road a bit longer with their low reg costs.

Cheers

Still beats given it to the rich IHMO. Best option is for the money to be given to me but shit I'm a middle earn white male so I'm screwed. :facepalm:

But I like your suggestion of the Classic, Oldrider's name would then be doubly appropriate and it would be a shame for him to be forced give up riding.

[Paul in NZ]

Sorry to hear this John, I know things are tough on a fixed income.

Frankly the Guzzi has been on hold for a bit and we use the triumph more (classic reg) but its not quite your cup o tea and far from ideal given the distances you need to travel.

What about swapping it for a trail bike and trailering it to your nearest gravel road? Again, not ideal... I have to say I'm bogging myself wondering WTF we will do upon retirement...

[oldrider]

Your support and sympathy on this has been touching and overwhelming and I thank you all sincerely!

There are however other contributing circumstances involved that influence our decision.

We own three vehicles.

Our private car .. a wee Pajero iO 4x4, this is essential.

Our wee Toyota Townace 2 litre Diesel 4x4 dump truck .. (the most expensive to register @ just under $600.00)

We use the truck in most of our other hobbies and recreational pursuits. (Firewood, growing olive trees and gold prospecting)

Our motorcycle .. 2007 Triumph Tiger 955i .. My preferred first choice vehicle and now Mrs O's second choice as we are getting older.

The tiger is an excellent all round bike but I am shrinking with age and finding it a bit tall mainly when having to stop so I lowered the front forks 18mm to compensate.

This has altered the handling at low speeds so I need to lower the rear suspension to match, more $$$$

Our gear is getting older more $$$$$ to replace!

Trading down to a lesser bike does not appeal to me and will still cost $$$ anyway!

Physical personal deterioration means we have to plan our journey around toilet stops etc and means that motorcycling is becoming less practical for us as a couple.

We have to get a lot of exercise to remain fit enough to be able to ride the bike competently and safely and we get that from walking and shovelling cutting wood etc. (read, hard work)

So you can see the way that our activities have become prioritised and now with the exorbitant ACC charges added onto everything, something had to go!

Reluctantly we have decided that the motorcycle is the one! :facepalm:

Realisticly we or I only have a few years of motorcycling left but I wanted to be able to make that choice myself, not to be falsely dictated to by the likes of ACC and Nick Smith! :brick:

I am possibly guilty of trying to solicit personal sympathy by petulantly posting of my disappointment of this state of affairs and I apologise if it looks like that but I am just so pissed off at the way this has been dishonestly and prematurely forced upon us!

Thank you all again for your concern and support, enjoy your own bikes and ride safely.

Meanwhile there is a very tidy Tiger with lodes of extras and riding gear sitting in the shed waiting for an enthusiast to claim it!

Cheers, John and Pip Oldrider.

[Scuba_Steve]

Hey you said you got olives, so you farm olives sounds like a Tiger "farm bike" is what you need :innocent::yes: No ACC on them things :msn-wink:

[Maha]

''I am possibly guilty of trying to solicit personal sympathy by petulantly posting of my disappointment of this state of affairs and I apologise if it looks like that''

Not at all John, I now know there is alot more to your decision that was first muted but, my offer still stands.

[oldrider]

Thank you Maha and Anne you are a couple of Saints! :love:

Maybe something like this would be handy! http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi2435187481

[Maha]

Thank you Maha and Anne you are a couple of Saints! :love:

Maybe something like this would be handy! http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi2435187481

A night out? a young women? a young man????...oh the lottery win...:corn:

[Little Miss Trouble]

Oldrider,

I sort of know how you're feeling, even though you'd been riding for 32 years before my mummy had me!
You see, I'm currently waiting for diagnosis on a rather painful back problem that has been persisting for some months now, making it too painful to ride my gorgeous bike - I've tried a few times and paid for it for days afterwards!
My rego runs out on the 24th and the hold has already been arranged for the next 3 months (I'm still holding out a little hope that I'll be ready to ride again that soon!)
While I'm sad that I can't ride, I also know that riding in winter is not that fun a lot of the time anyway, doubly so down your way I assume? Perhaps you can become a fair weather rider and only register your bike in the summer?

[DR650gary]

Still beats given it to the rich IHMO.

What money?

Ah, the money that rich people pay in taxes. Where does all this magic money come from?

With a country rate of earning at minus .25 billion per week, we are doing well aren't we :angry:

Perhaps tomorrow may motivate a few to start earning rather than draining. Just my moan. :sick:

It seems Oldrider has more than ACC worries. I suppose it hits us all, but I hope it hits me a lot later. There are some things I can wait for.

[scumdog]

Well, it was nice riding with you John - at least we had the chance to do that eh!

By chance my old man has decided today that he won't drive anymore due to his failing eye-sight. (He's 85)

A big change for you both huh!

[FJRider]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooo:shit::bye:


My thoughts too ....

Rego can be bought in ONE months ... on hold means ...when you WANT too ... you can ...

[AllanB]

Bit over $10 a week for rego - put it on hold over winter if you like and make it cheaper.

Nothing cheap about motorcycles but I'd rather spend my money there than pissing it away in the pub each night or sucking it down a lung.


Still regardless it is a sorry day when anyone hangs up the helmet.

[oneofsix]

Your support and sympathy on this has been touching and overwhelming and I thank you all sincerely!

There are however other contributing circumstances involved that influence our decision.

......

Cheers, John and Pip Oldrider.

That was a sad read. Sorry you have to give up the bike and that the choice was forced upon you like this.
Are you sure you can't use a Tiger farm bike even if its just for the summer? :shutup:

[MD]

Well I'm moaning about having the common cold, so your unfortunate situation has put mine into perspective. Sorry to hear that you have to stop riding for money reasons Oldrider, rather than old age. My first thought was what a bummer getting old is, then I reminded myself the alternative is dying younger. That sucks even more.

Maybe you will find a suitable sub 600 to keep you smiling when summer arrives. Mind you apart from dirt bikes there are no under 600cc adventure/touring bikes are there?

[Katman]

John's far too polite to ask it but....

....what do you think caused motorcycle registration to get so fucking expensive in the first place?

[jaffaonajappa]

thought you guys ran farmie reg .......

Arghhhh - mate. Like cruza hinted at - research the costs for regoing it as a farm vehicle - limits you to a certain distance from your home - but you still get to enjoy that Trill!!! on them sunny days when you need a Thrill!!!

[ukusa]

mines been on hold for nearly a week. Took it for it's first illegal ride today. Good weather means I might just do another this weekend. Fuck 'em!

[Ender EnZed]

Mind you apart from dirt bikes there are no under 600cc adventure/touring bikes are there?

A KLE500 would be better than walking.

[ynot slow]

Bugger,and the idiots at govt may have to think about the levies(ya friigin think),how many will do this,rego on hold,say 100,000 bikes,maybe 30,000 on hold,not a brain surgeon to think costs will rise as result.

My feelings on riding unregoed is if on hold for winter and the fine day cruise,mmm yep ok,but no rego,ride anyway and then crash not a good look eh,mmm Katman theory again,and media grabbing crash info and if they dig on the plate,find unrego that just adds ammo for our levies to rise.

Perhaps our committee on board the msac? should advise the corporation IF you lower rego fees,more bikes will rego IF we are to pay on a user pays basis for accidents.Not this bullshit costing at the moment.

[oneofsix]

Bugger,and the idiots at govt may have to think about the levies(ya friigin think),how many will do this,rego on hold,say 100,000 bikes,maybe 30,000 on hold,not a brain surgeon to think costs will rise as result.

My feelings on riding unregoed is if on hold for winter and the fine day cruise,mmm yep ok,but no rego,ride anyway and then crash not a good look eh,mmm Katman theory again,and media grabbing crash info and if they dig on the plate,find unrego that just adds ammo for our levies to rise.

Perhaps our committee on board the msac? should advise the corporation IF you lower rego fees,more bikes will rego IF we are to pay on a user pays basis for accidents.Not this bullshit costing at the moment.

If rego on hold and you ride, other than to get the WOF so you can reg, and you crash then you are going to collect the fine, don't moan, but ACC should also be allowed to sue you to recover the cost of your treatment :shutup: don't suggest the last to the Govt cause the admin costs would make it uneconomical.

[ukusa]

IF you lower rego fees,more bikes will rego IF we are to pay on a user pays basis for accidents.Not this bullshit costing at the moment.

I have no doubt more would rego their bikes if it wasn't so bloody expensive. I wouldn't put mine on hold for 3 months for a start.
The thing is, because I am rego'd for 9 months of the year, I still pay a fair share of the ACC levy (albeit only 3/4 of it) BUT, even if I crashed my bike in the 3 month on-hold period i would still be covered for the same level as the people who don't rego at all.
User pays is the only fair way, and the fairest way is it must be added on either petrol or milage. I don't believe my 7000kms/year justifies the same ACC levy as the 20,000km/year plus rider

[oneofsix]

I have no doubt more would rego their bikes if it wasn't so bloody expensive. I wouldn't put mine on hold for 3 months for a start.
The thing is, because I am rego'd for 9 months of the year, I still pay a fair share of the ACC levy (albeit only 3/4 of it) BUT, even if I crashed my bike in the 3 month on-hold period i would still be covered for the same level as the people who don't rego at all.
User pays is the only fair way, and the fairest way is it must be added on either petrol or milage. I don't believe my 7000kms/year justifies the same ACC levy as the 20,000km/year plus rider

Why should I believe 7000km over new roads, exciting roads occasionally should be any safer than my 20000 + km regular commute on the same motorways everyday of the week.

[ukusa]

Why should I believe 7000km over new roads, exciting roads occasionally should be any safer than my 20000 + km regular commute on the same motorways everyday of the week.

If I ride from shakey city to Bluff, and you rode from Dorkland to Bluff, the law of averages would say you have more chance of being hit by a car than I, as you are simply on the big dangerous road for a longer period of time than me.
Plus your regular commute could be so boring, you have more chance of falling asleep at the helm. :zzzz:
Saying that, I could get hit at the first intersection, but then again so could you.
Yes our roads are exciting down here, extra chicanes & jumps to look out for.

[oneofsix]

If I ride from shakey city to Bluff, and you rode from Dorkland to Bluff, the law of averages would say you have more chance of being hit by a car than I, as you are simply on the big dangerous road for a longer period of time than me.
Plus your regular commute could be so boring, you have more chance of falling asleep at the helm. :zzzz:
Saying that, I could get hit at the first intersection, but then again so could you.
Yes our roads are exciting down here, extra chicanes & jumps to look out for.

hey we could really turn this into a nit picky thread :corn: and that wouldn't be fair to Oldrider
Why would I go to Dorkland to get to Bluff :shiver:
No chance of getting bored on the commute with Welly drivers :drinkup: that's why I try to ride in the off peak, know the roads and not as many other idiots out there.

[MD]

Thus prematurely ending a lifetime of motorcycling! (57 years to be exact)



Oldrider, 57 years riding motorcycles is an amazing achievement. Considering that motorcycles have probably only been on our roads for about 90 to 100 years tops, you have used them for over half their existence.

I doubt many people alive or departed could lay claim to 57 years of riding.

[wysper]

<snip>

I am possibly guilty of trying to solicit personal sympathy by petulantly posting of my disappointment of this state of affairs and I apologise if it looks like that but I am just so pissed off at the way this has been dishonestly and prematurely forced upon us!

<snip>

Well this is sad news indeed. I haven't met you, but have enjoyed your contributions to the forum, I hope you keep up with that.

57 years is pretty amazing, I hope you find a way to add to that in the future!

[ukusa]

and that wouldn't be fair to Oldrider
agree, although his main reason for giving it all up is the same reason many others will also, which is a shame.

I wouldn't want to go to Aucks either, was just an example of distance travelled.

[PrincessBandit]

Sad to hear. Balu has got his up for sale largely due to the increasing cost of keeping two bikes over 600cc. He's insisted that I keep mine (we can both ride it at least), but the plan is that it is :bye: to the burger. :(


you will still hang around here with us won't you though???

[Ratti]

I hope he does hang around here....am cooking up a plan with a fellow Wellyrider...