Where do you mount yours ?

[dawnrazor]

This thread probably won't live up to its title, but lets see how it goes!

****Bit of a mongrel 3 part thread combining a product review, a law question and a general biking question, so move it you think there is a better forum****

1) Okay, just got a new tail tidy for the bike. I had looked at a few in shops here but they all looked a bit crap and/or didn't use existing lights and indicators etc.
Found this on retard me and picked one up
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Parts-accessories/Other/auction-69319933.htm
It was a little expensive, but the next best one here was $150. You could go direct to the website and get one there instead and it would be a bit cheaper,
http://www.evotech-performance.co.uk/
Anyways it was a breeze to fit and lined up well, used existing indicators and plate light and is a solid piece of powder coated metal, anyone looking for one - You can't go far wrong with these guys if they do one for your bike model.
Its good to get rid of that nasty plastic fender...a new pipe is next!!!!

2) Mounting the license plate was easy enough, just uesd the pre existing holes and job done. Finding some place to mount the WOF cert and REGO. is proving a little more interesting.
I can find plenty of places about the bike for these two items, none are particularly visable (behind the numberplate, under the rear seat etc) The tail tidy doesn't support any further things to bolt on it, unless I use a couple of brackets and hang it below the plate, but that looks crap.

So where do you mount your WOF and REGO?

3) Does the law state that the WOF and REGO must be mounted on a bike at all times (can I carry them with me, for instance). And if it does say I have to have them on the bike at all times, then do they have to be in plain sight, or can they be tucked away someplace, like the behind the numberplate or under the rear seat?


Thanks folks:rockon:

[Grumpy]

I've got my WOF mounted behind the number plate and then made a simple bracket up and mounted the Rego up under the seat. You can see it my profile picture. Never had any probs with the law or at WOF time.

I was told when chucking my fender to make sure I keep a reflector at the rear so I mounted the original under the plate.

[Hitcher]

Where do you mount yours?

I don't. I just lie there.

[Fishy]

I asked a similar question a while back........

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=24778&highlight=whats+the+law+on

[98tls]

i keep em both under the seat.....never had a problem with the law...a cop told as long as i could produce it he couldnt see a problem.

[hXc]

I have the WOF behind the number plate, and the rego stuck onto the swingarm, along with my vehicle pass for school. Never had problems

[sunhuntin]

in bed:dodge:



my rego is in the middle under the plate, facing the same way, and the wof is on the same screw but behind the plate.

[Back Fire]

rego was behind plate, and wof was bolted behind my ram air duct... both are being moved under the seat... I know a few people who just keep it in the boot and have not had issues even when they got stopped

[Cajun]

damn an undertail should cost no more than like $40

I have been running mine for like two years.

i run no rear reflector, and no rear tail light. for wofs i spend 10 mins put stock tail back on and go get wof come home again.

Dawn, let me know when you down this way, i have a tail tidy you can buy cheap, (stock intactors shall work) and also a number plate light)

Reg/wof just mount behind the numberplate. (thats just so with the bike at all times)

And you are away

Below is all you really need, if you know someone who works with metal get something made, even if you go buy 4 L brakes from mitre 10 you could get it working

[sAsLEX]

Covering the no plate is not an option!



But I always mount it on the plate, better to drill that up than my bike!

[McJim]

Rego clipped on behind number plate. WOF on a sticker on LH swing arm.

No - that's the other way around ....let's see.. Road Tax on a sticker, MOT clipped on that means Rego on swingarm and WOF in a little plastic thingumy attached to the number plate.

Still haven't got used to the terminology over here...sorry.

Just to clarify why I'm Confused:

UK................................NZ
Registration............Number Plate
MOT...........................WOF
Road Tax.................Registration

It's the rego one that catches me out every time!

[LilSel]

Warrant on back of plate and rego has bracket thingie down by swing arm

[Cajun]

If you look at my pic of my bike below. you get idea.
I use after market signals

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=36170&d=1151874081

[Zed]

So where do you mount your WOF and REGO?You've done the popular thing by purchasing yourself a tail-tidy kit, it just transforms the rear of the bike from being butt ugly to well toned, but you may want to forewarn fellow riding companions that they'd better be careful following you because you will be flicking up stones and whatnot from the road!

Where you mount your Wof & Rego is up to you, i'm not positive on the law but i think you may have to have them both facing outwards somewhere on the bike so they can be randomly checked. Yet the stealership where I bought my bike from last year gave it a brand new warrant when i picked it up and they had stuck it under the rear seat! I have my rego stuck on the side of my swingarm, have done that for my last 3 bikes. Find out what the law says and then go from there, I know some peeps ensure their bikes are up to WOF standards when tested, but then convert it back to a squidly stunter immediately afterwards! :yes:

[dawnrazor]

damn an undertail should cost no more than like $40

I have been running mine for like two years.

i run no rear reflector, and no rear tail light. for wofs i spend 10 mins put stock tail back on and go get wof come home again.

Dawn, let me know when you down this way, i have a tail tidy you can buy cheap, (stock intactors shall work) and also a number plate light)

Reg/wof just mount behind the numberplate. (thats just so with the bike at all times)

And you are away

Below is all you really need, if you know someone who works with metal get something made, even if you go buy 4 L brakes from mitre 10 you could get it working

Thanks for the offer cajan - but this one is the pretty good, as I said A little pricy, but It looks great - am v pleased.

[crashe]

Displaying WOF and Rego's

If memory serves me correctly... someone on KB got done for not displaying theirs by a parking warden in Hamilton. (Im sure it was Quasievil) It was under the seat??

So I do believe they must be visable...

Anyways, my REGO holder and WOF holder is kinda too heavy for my number plate...
(the number plate has taken a hell of a beating over the years and is now hanging on a bit of a angle)
So now the rego and WOF holder's are tied onto the back of my handgrips at the back of the bike.

It is on securely and has remained on there for yonks.
On my cruiser there doesnt seem to be anywhere else to put the Rego or WOF.

[Macktheknife]

Damn that title is misleading! lol
I have never had a problem with cops about where the labels are on my bikes, as long as they can see them on request.

[dawnrazor]

Thanks for the replies folks.

The WOF and REGO are now behind the number plate with the reflector below the plate - still looks good, will post picture once I get the dumbass camera to work:rockon:

[Colapop]

Well (Oooo I can actually reply with first hand knowledge) on my bike (never get sick of that) the REGO is stuck to the swingarm and the WOF is tucked behind the plate. The bike shop mounted them that way so I guess they're ok there.

[imdying]

Under the seat is bad... the council snakes can give you a ticket for parking an unregistered and/or unwarranted motor vehicle on the side of the road ($550 all up??).

Me, I carry mine in my right hand jacket pocket, I don't park the bike out of eye sight.

[Mental Trousers]

You forgot to put in a What rego/warrant? option.

[scracha]

My screen is so scratched it just made sense to stick them to it.

[dawnrazor]

You forgot to put in a What rego/warrant? option.

I did, its option #1

[T.W.R]

Got my Rego bolted to the swingarm brace on one of the mounts for the hugger (R/H side) and the WOF is bolted to the underside of the pillion seat.
Never had any probs from the law even on being stopped for WOF/Rego checks.

[Mental Trousers]

I did, its option #1
Misread it. Good on ya.

[Insanity_rules]

I've got rego holder on the bottom of my plate and I get the feeling the weight of it may be fracturing my licence plate. My Wof is on the back of the plate.

[skidz]

Cops like to check out Harleys a fair bit, so we need to display it easily.

[sAsLEX]

Cops like to check out Harleys a fair bit, so we need to display it easily.

Thats good in a way mate, how many of the thing are stolen it might pick your one up if it goes walking one day

[skidz]

Yeh, they always check my licence and have already checked on the radio before they pull you over.

[pzkpfw]

Just to clarify why I'm Confused:

UK................................NZ
Registration............Number Plate
MOT...........................WOF
Road Tax.................Registration

It's the rego one that catches me out every time!

Technically, in NZ the "Road Tax" is called a License, and the number plate represents your Registration. (So it's similar to what you know from the UK)

But no-body gets that right.

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/factsheets/49.html

Cheers,

[Swoop]

Warrant and rego (plastic thingy) are both in the plastic rego holder. Plainly visible on the left hand side of the "mudguard". Both can be looked at with a bit of fiddling - but a parking Nazi is able to find it using all of their brainpower.

[Flyingpony]

Rego is mounted below number plate.
WOF is bolted on to the rear of number plate.