Bonkers rules

[rastuscat]

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The silver Gilera is licenced as a motorcycle. It costs more to licence.
The rider has to have a motorcycle licence.
It's allowed to park in a motorcycle space.
It doesn't have to have a front number plate.

The blue Tri City is licenced as a car. It's cheap to licence.
You can ride it with a car licence.
It's not supposed to be in a motorcycle space, as it's a car.
Because it's a car, it has to have a front number plate.

It'd be funny if it weren't true.

[Berries]

All three wheelers are for handicapped people so they can park anywhere they like.

I blame ACC myself.

[jellywrestler]

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The silver Gilera is licenced as a motorcycle. It costs more to licence.
The rider has to have a motorcycle licence.
It's allowed to park in a motorcycle space.
It doesn't have to have a front number plate.

The blue Tri City is licenced as a car. It's cheap to licence.
You can ride it with a car licence.
It's not supposed to be in a motorcycle space, as it's a car.
Because it's a car, it has to have a front number plate.

It'd be funny if it weren't true.

made by the same people who put a 100kmh limit for all vehicles other than trucks on most of our roads probably.

[rastuscat]

All three wheelers are for handicapped people so they can park anywhere they like.

I blame ACC myself.

Really? Like, we had some influence on that?

Still it's always good to have someone else to blame.

[Racing Dave]

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The blue Tri City is licenced as a car. It's cheap to licence.
You can ride it with a car licence.
It's not supposed to be in a motorcycle space, as it's a car.
Because it's a car, it has to have a front number plate.

It's a car, but it doesn't need a seat belt...

It's a car - are you required (as opposed to choosing) to wear a helmet?

[FJRider]

made by the same people who put a 100kmh limit for all vehicles other than trucks on most of our roads probably.

All heavy (OVER a set weight) vehicles ... and any vehicles with trailers ... actually.

Note the distinction ... and try to think WHY that distinction exists ...

[FJRider]

The blue Tri City is licenced as a car. It's cheap to licence.
You can ride it with a car licence.
It's not supposed to be in a motorcycle space, as it's a car.
Because it's a car, it has to have a front number plate.

It'd be funny if it weren't true.

If you were still a cop ... you could issue a ticket to it.


Funny ... because it's true ... <_<

maybe ...

[Ginge09]

So what’s the fundamental difference between the two three wheelers?

I understand that’s the point of the thread but I don’t know why one’s a bike and one isn’t.

Power? Dimensions? Import rules?

Who gets to choose and how much are they being paid...

[rastuscat]

It gets better.

On the Gilera, you have to wear a helmet.

On the Tri City, you don't. True,

If you privately import a Tri City it gets registered as a bike. If it gets registered new by the licenced importer it gets registered as a car.

In other news, the people who wrote this set of rules were removed by a van full of men in white coats.

[rastuscat]

If you were still a cop ... you could issue a ticket to it.


Funny ... because it's true ... <_<

maybe ...

I would have some fun with this rule to be sure.

I miss the blue suit sometimes.

[Gremlin]

Same people that made the rules for pedal assisted power cycles and power assisted pedal cycles :lol:

[Ginge09]

So the distinction is just import status for the three wheelers? It comes down to the certifiers rules vs the OEM rules?

If it’s first registered in NZ it’s one thing, if it’s imported it’s another?

Either way I think they’re a branch on the motorcycle family tree that will wither and die.

[rastuscat]

So the distinction is just import status for the three wheelers? It comes down to the certifiers rules vs the OEM rules?

If it’s first registered in NZ it’s one thing, if it’s imported it’s another?

Either way I think they’re a branch on the motorcycle family tree that will wither and die.

Pretty much. I reckon the rules will change one day, when common sense prevails.

Oh, hold on, no chance of that.

[FJRider]

I would have some fun with this rule to be sure.

I miss the blue suit sometimes.

I hope the one's that did miss you ... did so intentionally.

It could have been painful.

[ellipsis]

...as I've always said, better to stay at home and grow vegetables than to go out the gate and have to deal with vegetables...

[release_the_bees]

I rode a Tricity a couple of times as a courtesy bike. It definitely felt more like a very very slow bike than it did a car.

At least they saw sense with the Niken and registered it as a bike. Imagine the chaos and carnage if people with no riding experience started riding them around on their car licences.

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[rastuscat]

I rode a Tricity a couple of times as a courtesy bike. It definitely felt more like a very very slow bike than it did a car.

At least they saw sense with the Niken and registered it as a bike. Imagine the chaos and carnage if people with no riding experience started riding them around on their car licences.

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Tbne Tri City is coming out as a 300 cc version shortly. I'm not sure where the line will be drawn.

[release_the_bees]

Tbne Tri City is coming out as a 300 cc version shortly. I'm not sure where the line will be drawn.If a Tri City is considered a car does that mean that a learner needs to take a pillion with their full class 1 licence with them in order to ride it legally?

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[rastuscat]

If a Tri City is considered a car does that mean that a learner needs to take a pillion with their full class 1 licence with them in order to ride it legally?

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That's one of the issues with the way they have done it.

Because it's being ridden on a car license, there should be s supervisor. But that won't happen, and nor should it. The last thing you want is a passenger with a Learner on what is essentially a bike.

[jellywrestler]

i used to enjoy taking my 1918 henderson and sidecar to the tip when trimming my hedge, and arguing prices as i doubt there's a single tip in nz that has a price for a sidecar full of waste. I lived close to the tip in palmy and the shift would change during the day, i'd be there quarter hour before shift change and quarter after and pretty much got in free every time. there were added theatrics making the old bike cough and splutter a bit and the guy on the gate would be worried it would stall and hold up traffic so wave me on.