Registration and WOF display with tail tidies

[Gadgit12a]

Hi All

So I have just purchased a new bike. It has had a tail tidy and has the Registration sticker double sided taped to the underside of the tail This is not to bad you see it easily when you look under it. But the WOF tag is tucked in flush with the tail behind the plate.

My Question is what is the deal with parking it on the street in town. Do the Parking wardens take the time to look for the Reg and WOF tickets or just have a quick look and slap a fine on if they can not find it?

I am happy to move the WOF ticket to a more easy to find place but bikes can be difficult to find good places to put them so they don´t make the bike look silly but at the same time are easy enough to find.

Any thoughts would be great.

[slofox]

I stick the rego on the top of the tail bit with double sided tape. It's in full view. Any half wit can see it.

The WOF is in a little clippy thingy which is attached to the back of the number plate. I have it on sideways so that a bit of it pokes out and can be seen.

No tickets so far.

[FJRider]

My Question is what is the deal with parking it on the street in town. Do the Parking wardens take the time to look for the Reg and WOF tickets or just have a quick look and slap a fine on if they can not find it?

I am happy to move the WOF ticket to a more easy to find place but bikes can be difficult to find good places to put them so they don´t make the bike look silly but at the same time are easy enough to find.

Any thoughts would be great.

As I recall ... the wording is "in plain view" ... Parking wardens are such busy people, they have no time (nor inclination) to look in any other possible places.
The offence is "Not displaying the labels" ...

[scumdog]

Hah!
Down here the WOF is in my jacket pocket.

And the rego label is under the front of the petrol-tank where it is almost out of sight. (and tidy)

We don't allow traffic-nazis down here.;)

[tigertim20]

Hi All

So I have just purchased a new bike. It has had a tail tidy and has the Registration sticker double sided taped to the underside of the tail This is not to bad you see it easily when you look under it. But the WOF tag is tucked in flush with the tail behind the plate.

My Question is what is the deal with parking it on the street in town. Do the Parking wardens take the time to look for the Reg and WOF tickets or just have a quick look and slap a fine on if they can not find it?

I am happy to move the WOF ticket to a more easy to find place but bikes can be difficult to find good places to put them so they don´t make the bike look silly but at the same time are easy enough to find.

Any thoughts would be great.


As I recall ... the wording is "in plain view" ... Parking wardens are such busy people, they have no time (nor inclination) to look in any other possible places.
The offence is "Not displaying the labels" ...

I recall reading somewhere (cant remember where, was maybe road code, or wof guidelines - was to the effect of outlining how it should be dislplayed)
anyway what I remember reading was that on a motorcycle, the wof and rego must be as close as practical to the number plate.

Ive had bike shops do warrants, and lift the passenger seat, and stick the wof sticker to the subframe under the seat.

If you happen to get caught out, a photo showing the current rego slip/wof sticker displayed on the bike, near the plate, along with a quote and a reference to the aforementioned guidelines, the ticket should be retracted.

I did this once a few years back, and they wrote back and apologized - I had a rant about wardens being too much of a lazy cunt to actually look for them, and how it was a waste of their time and mine having overzealous ticket issuing morons that are too lazy to lean over and use their eyes

[scumdog]

I had a rant about wardens being too much of a lazy cunt to actually look for them, and how it was a waste of their time and mine having overzealous ticket issuing morons that are too lazy to lean over and use their eyes

Wardens?

We almost had one once - was ridden out of town on a rail...

Better chance of seeing a live passenger-pigeon down here...;)

[DrunkenMistake]

All my bikes have had the WOF ticket tucked behind the plate,
My rego is usually either in the same place or on the chain guard, although my OLD Rego ticket is still on the bike, the New one is in my wallet still...
Anyways, I wouldnt worry too much if you happen to get a ticket, just take a photo and email it onto them and explain that the Meter maid has just mistakenly ticketed you.

[Gremlin]

Remember that having an out of date wof or label on display is still an offense.

I have been ticketed for not showing a valid WOF, when it was behind the plate and current while on company work. Rang council, they told me to write in and I refused, telling them I'm not having incompetent council workers wasting my time (or the company - and boss wasn't amused), but I would email them a photo instead.

They never actually apologised, but did cancel the ticket. One moron takes a minute to screw up, takes me an hour on the phone, photographing bike, emailing etc. Lovely.

As someone has said, the labels should be affixed as near as practicable to the licence plate, the back seems most obvious to me.

[scumdog]

As someone has said, the labels should be affixed as near as practicable to the licence plate, the back seems most obvious to me.

Nekid-arrse, now you're telling us we're expected to have licence plates too???:eek5:

[Gremlin]

Nekid-arrse, now you're telling us we're expected to have licence plates too???:eek5:
For goodness man, I told anyone that would listen that giving the southerners internet would be a bad move. On a positive note, I am trying to get your laws changed, to stop you lot running around nekkid and rooting sheep. :oi-grr:

[Reido]

I got a ticket for "No evidence of inspection" and rego not displayed in the prescribed manner a couple weeks ago.
My wof and rego holders are bolted to the back of the number plate with about 1/2 of each sticking out the bottom of the number plate.

They were a little dirty but you can see they are there and it only takes a couple seconds to check if they're valid or not.

I wrote in with photos and they replied saying "The warden was correct in issuing the tickets .... blah blah blah.. But we will treat this as a warning and no payment is required"

[rastuscat]

For goodness man, I told anyone that would listen that giving the southerners internet would be a bad move. On a positive note, I am trying to get your laws changed, to stop you lot running around nekkid and rooting sheep. :oi-grr:

He's already stopped running around nekkid. As for the sheep, it's hard to break the habit of a lifetime.:facepalm:

[slofox]

Hah!
Down here the WOF is in my jacket pocket.

And the rego label is under the front of the petrol-tank where it is almost out of sight. (and tidy)


So you're admitting to being a criminal are ya?

Rastuscat'll come down and getcha now...

[Skiwi]

He's already stopped running around nekkid. As for the sheep, it's hard to break the habit of a lifetime.:facepalm:

To be fair, the sheep down here are a lot more attractive then the norf ilynd ones.:innocent:

[jasonu]

He's already stopped running around nekkid. As for the sheep, it's hard to break the habit of a lifetime.:facepalm: and an entire race...:innocent:

[Swoop]

Remember that parking-nazis are grossly overweight blubber-monsters who cannot bend at the waist, so will write(scrawl) a ticket.

There is an open season on these creatures, only on days ending with a "Y". Go forth and hunt ye down a manatee.

[AllanB]

Ah I remember the old days when the Black rego plates were made with a space on the right side to apply the rego sticker. Obviously some cock forgot to think about this when designing the white plates.

Remember the first white ones - fugly big square ones.

[Gremlin]

Remember the first white ones - fugly big square ones.
Square ones are still around, a lot of new scooters get them. I remember needing a new plate and the VTNZ only had a batch of square, so they rang around and I went to another branch. I broke the rectangular one in half, last thing I needed was a bigger plate :blink:

[tigertim20]

Square ones are still around, a lot of new scooters get them. I remember needing a new plate and the VTNZ only had a batch of square, so they rang around and I went to another branch. I broke the rectangular one in half, last thing I needed was a bigger plate :blink:

haha I did the same thing, best mod I ever did to my old cbr600. I snapped the ugly square thing in half, and went into VTNZ "oh, some cunt broke me plate, gizza a new one eh?"
best $9.something I spent on the bike. tidied the arse end right up

[baptist]

Remember that having an out of date wof or label on display is still an offense.

I have been ticketed for not showing a valid WOF, when it was behind the plate and current while on company work. Rang council, they told me to write in and I refused, telling them I'm not having incompetent council workers wasting my time (or the company - and boss wasn't amused), but I would email them a photo instead.

They never actually apologised, but did cancel the ticket. One moron takes a minute to screw up, takes me an hour on the phone, photographing bike, emailing etc. Lovely.

As someone has said, the labels should be affixed as near as practicable to the licence plate, the back seems most obvious to me.

That's where my WoF and Rego are, seems the only place to put them.


I got a ticket for "No evidence of inspection" and rego not displayed in the prescribed manner a couple weeks ago.
My wof and rego holders are bolted to the back of the number plate with about 1/2 of each sticking out the bottom of the number plate.

They were a little dirty but you can see they are there and it only takes a couple seconds to check if they're valid or not.

I wrote in with photos and they replied saying "The warden was correct in issuing the tickets .... blah blah blah.. But we will treat this as a warning and no payment is required"

Goes to show the arrogance of some of these council tax collectors then... a bunch of :tugger:

[Tunahunter]

Remember that having an out of date wof or label on display is still an offense.

I have been ticketed for not showing a valid WOF, when it was behind the plate and current while on company work. Rang council, they told me to write in and I refused, telling them I'm not having incompetent council workers wasting my time (or the company - and boss wasn't amused), but I would email them a photo instead.

They never actually apologised, but did cancel the ticket. One moron takes a minute to screw up, takes me an hour on the phone, photographing bike, emailing etc. Lovely.

As someone has said, the labels should be affixed as near as practicable to the licence plate, the back seems most obvious to me.

The last rego I got online didn't have any sticky side to it - fucks me off

[GingerMidget]

The last rego I got online didn't have any sticky side to it - fucks me off

Just go in to somewhere that does rego and they should be able to give you some. failing that, double sided tape. its what my work supplies. NZTA issued even.

[FJRider]

The last rego I got online didn't have any sticky side to it - fucks me off

You get the double sided sticky's from the Post shops ... FREE ...

No rego label I have ever bought ... anywhere ... has had a sticky side.

[mossy1200]

Just finished making my tail tidy and brake light indicator conversion. Total cost $87 including electricals. I put the rego above the light but im not sure ill leave it there.

[FJRider]

Just finished making my tail tidy and brake light indicator conversion. Total cost $87 including electricals. I put the rego above the light but im not sure ill leave it there.

The Rego label doesn't need to be lit up. If stopped ... a Cop/parking wardens torch easily shows it up. Only the Plate needs to be lit.

[mossy1200]

The Rego label doesn't need to be lit up. If stopped ... a Cop/parking wardens torch easily shows it up. Only the Plate needs to be lit.


Its not the 5 clear leds are at the bottom facing the number plate. Its the camera flash. Rego label reflects the flash.

[FJRider]

Its not the 5 clear leds are at the bottom facing the number plate. Its the camera flash. Rego label reflects the flash.

I gathered that ...

[mossy1200]

I gathered that ...

Im trying to work out if I should leave everything where it is or cut the numberplate a bit and move it up with the light. Put the rego in a different spot. The problem is the plate would overlap the exaust ends unless I cut it down.

[Gremlin]

Remember that any altering of the plate, cutting it down etc, is not allowed, so you could get yourself a fine for your efforts.

[DrunkenMistake]

You will have to put a reflector on your plate or under/above the tail light or you will fail your next WOF, (if they are really anal)

I used a roll of DOT approved safety reflective tape, white and red. I just cut it down so it was a 5mm wide red strip that runs along the bottom of the number plate, I made sure it says the Dot standard number etc, have never had an issue with it.

Otherwise you can buy a reflector from repco cheap as chips.

[steve_t]

You will have to put a reflector on your plate or under/above the tail light or you will fail your next WOF, (if they are really anal)

I used a roll of DOT approved safety reflective tape, white and red. I just cut it down so it was a 5mm wide red strip that runs along the bottom of the number plate, I made sure it says the Dot standard number etc, have never had an issue with it.

Otherwise you can buy a reflector from repco cheap as chips.

Yep. I got pinged for not having a reflector at a VTNZ. They said it would have been alright if the brake light had a reflector inside the housing but very few bikes have this.
I asked about this the other day and someone suggested reflective licence plate bolts like this:
262257
Does anyone know the specific legislation as the the requirements of the reflector's size?

[skinman]

So I bolted my rego holder above the exhaust cause it looked ugly as a F____er on the numberplate & was making holes in my bike cover.
Does this mean I may get a ticket for that?
PS I have saddlebags so you pretty much have to lie down so your at eye level with the exhaust to see the sticker, is this a problem:blink:

[mossy1200]

Remember that any altering of the plate, cutting it down etc, is not allowed, so you could get yourself a fine for your efforts.

Yeah thats why i didnt cut and lift. i do want to though and I have cut my trailer one as it was huge and I meen massive. Its kind of bike size now and when I asked the vtnz inspector before doing it he said its not on the warrent check list.

[triplemad]

I got a ticket for "No evidence of inspection" and rego not displayed in the prescribed manner a couple weeks ago.
My wof and rego holders are bolted to the back of the number plate with about 1/2 of each sticking out the bottom of the number plate.

They were a little dirty but you can see they are there and it only takes a couple seconds to check if they're valid or not.

I wrote in with photos and they replied saying "The warden was correct in issuing the tickets .... blah blah blah.. But we will treat this as a warning and no payment is required"



One of my bikes is the same never had an issue with traffic warden but policeman did tell me they should be clear and visible at a traffic stop,in saying that i also have quite an old bike (nickel coated frame chromed guards so dont want to make it ugly attaching stickers to it.)and have never had problems having my wof and reg under the seat attached to batt box.am looking at buying or making a tail tidy for my bike and have wondered this same thing.

[The End]

One of my bikes is the same never had an issue with traffic warden but policeman did tell me they should be clear and visible at a traffic stop,in saying that i also have quite an old bike (nickel coated frame chromed guards so dont want to make it ugly attaching stickers to it.)and have never had problems having my wof and reg under the seat attached to batt box.am looking at buying or making a tail tidy for my bike and have wondered this same thing.

I was parking in the Auckland Downtown carpark the other day and saw a warden walking around checking cars/bikes. He got to the bike area and saw a Vespa with a WOF sticking out under the numberplate but he could not find the rego sticker. He asked me to have a look for it too, but I couldn't find it either. The only place both he and I concluded it could be was stuck on the pull out draw/tray that is under the ignition.

I tried to reason with the warden on behalf of the Vespa owner but the guy said in the end rules are rules, and he printed out a $200 fine....