Failed my WOF

[Lou Girardin]

That's right, my lovingly maintained, 1 year old, 10,000km Bandit was failed.
For not having the rubber on one of my pillion footrests. :gob:
You see, I remove the rubber when I'm not carrying my wife so that the peg will fold. The Givi frame prevents it doing so when the rubber is fitted.
I did point this out to Mr WOF Inspector person, but to no avail. :nono:
BTW. This person and I both work at the same dealership.:Pokey:

[crashe]

That's right, my lovingly maintained, 1 year old, 10,000km Bandit was failed.
For not having the rubber on one of my pillion footrests. :gob:
You see, I remove the rubber when I'm not carrying my wife so that the peg will fold. The Givi frame prevents it doing so when the rubber is fitted.
I did point this out to Mr WOF Inspector person, but to no avail. :nono:
BTW. This person and I both work at the same dealership.:Pokey:

Catch 22 there Lou.... damned if you do and damned if you dont....

So now you will know in future when the WOF is due stick that piece of rubber back on.

Plus at least you know that the person is doing their job correctly..... and not just letting you away with it just cos you work with them.

They are making sure your baby is all legal.

I know its just a bit of rubber but dem the rules.

[SpankMe]

How fucked up is that. :shit: So much for work mates.

[James Deuce]

Bugger. My pillion footpegs don't have any rubber on them!

[dawnrazor]

so if you had taken the other rubber off the other footrest he would have been none the wiser?

[MSTRS]

so if you had taken the other rubber off the other footrest he would have been none the wiser?

I'd say so. Like in the old days - if you had indicators fitted, they had to work. Not working? Just remove them. Sorted. Tis TOO pathetic these days.

[Gremlin]

wait till said person needs accessories ;)

thats weird... get to know a better wof-capable place...

[Bonez]

That's right, my lovingly maintained, 1 year old, 10,000km Bandit was failed.
For not having the rubber on one of my pillion footrests. :gob:
You see, I remove the rubber when I'm not carrying my wife so that the peg will fold. The Givi frame prevents it doing so when the rubber is fitted.
I did point this out to Mr WOF Inspector person, but to no avail. :nono:
BTW. This person and I both work at the same dealership.:Pokey:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

[Ixion]

There is no requirement for a footrest (rider or pillion) to have a rubber fitment. And many bikes do not. Is he claiming that removing the rubber constitutes a "modification", which requires certification? I would complain if refused a WoF on those grounds.

[Motu]

I remove the rubber when I'm not carrying my wife so that the peg will fold. The Givi frame prevents it doing so when the rubber is fitted.


So you've made a modification to your bike and have no LVV cert for it.....it's a wonder he didn't take you into the office out of earshot.Problem with a newer vehicle is it has to stay in certification state.....us poor people who ride older bikes don't have that problem.Mind you the guy who does my WoF's is pretty damn outstanding.

[Street Gerbil]

This person and I both work at the same dealership.:Pokey:
May be you just pissed him off somehow:dodge: ?
My bike doesn't even have rubber on pillion footpegs. All aluminum. Passed with flying colors.

[sels1]

least you know who your mates are........

[Drum]

What an anally retentive prick. Bet his missus' wears the pants at home and he's just grasping any faint glimpse of power he can get.

[trumpy]

No rubber on my pillion pegs...............but then it is a Triumph.........No problem with warrants, what's his problem?

[Indiana_Jones]

I have no rubber on any of my pegs lol, just some cross hatching sort of deal.

-Indy

[pritch]

BTW. This person and I both work at the same dealership.:Pokey:

So now your list of suspects as to who killed your 'Net access at work is reduced to one? :-)

[Edbear]

So the moral of the story is, keep your rubber on!

[Animal]

What the hell? No bloody Christmas card for him then! That'll farkin' teach him! Okay seriously, is removing a small portion of the rubber at the hinge an option?

[moko]

What are the rules on a WOF? Here a bike has to be legal at the time of the test for an MOT,the reason guys with race pipes will put the standards back on at test time,get home and change them again.Here at least the law is if you`re carrying a pillion you have to have footrests for them.Take them off for any reason at MOT time and it`s not an issue,unless of course you`re dumb enough to turn up with someone on the back swinging their legs in the breeze.Tester wouldn`t even ask if you carried pillion,not his concern as long as the bike`s not breaking any laws at the time of the test,i.e. if one of your footrests was hanging off or broken you`d get a fail,if there were none you`d be o.k.
I`d say the guy was put in a position,he`s got a job to do and if he hadn`t failed it he`d basically be making a false statement on your WOF Lou,bloody annoying I know but that`s the black and white.Having said that he could easily have called you in and suggested a way round it before failing you.Here if you rectify the problem the same day they`ll re-test for free if it`s fixable and in your case you could have whipped the rests off and wheeled her in again.

[Gremlin]

I believe here, from what a mate told me, if the bike has a pillion seat, it must have footrests. If you fail the WOF here, you pay for it, get the problem fixed, then pay for it to be WOF'ed again.

[xwhatsit]

I believe here, from what a mate told me, if the bike has a pillion seat, it must have footrests. If you fail the WOF here, you pay for it, get the problem fixed, then pay for it to be WOF'ed again.

You sure you have to pay again? Maybe it's only at the AA testing stations, or the other big places, but they give you the sheet of paper with all the checkboxes on it, and if you're failed then you have maybe 28 days or something in which to bring the bike back in with that piece of paper and you won't have to pay again. But maybe that's only the big testing station places.

[SPman]

What a cunt!

Dropkick him!

[Brian d marge]

That brings up the question , what happens , just for example that the person giving the bike for a wof is more qualified ( in bikes ) than the tester ???

Lets say I was testing cars , and say Motu , bought his car in and I say ,,nah ,,its painted the wrong shade of blue ,,thats a fail mate ..

wot would one do ???

Stephen

[James Deuce]

Lets say I was testing cars , and say Motu , bought his car in and I say ,,nah ,,its painted the wrong shade of blue ,,thats a fail mate ..

wot would one do ???


Go to the hospital to get the adjustable wrench removed from your sinuses.

[MSTRS]

I believe here, from what a mate told me, if the bike has a pillion seat, it must have footrests. If you fail the WOF here, you pay for it, get the problem fixed, then pay for it to be WOF'ed again.


You sure you have to pay again? Maybe it's only at the AA testing stations, or the other big places, but they give you the sheet of paper with all the checkboxes on it, and if you're failed then you have maybe 28 days or something in which to bring the bike back in with that piece of paper and you won't have to pay again. But maybe that's only the big testing station places.

Yeah, think you are right...pillion seat = pillion pegs.
All items of a warrantable nature are checked for your WOF fee. Those that fail are marked as such on the checklist, perhaps with an explanation as to why. You have 28 days to get them fixed/adjusted and rechecked as part of the original check fee. After that 28 days, it is a whole new check of everything with the associated fee.

[FROSTY]

bejeysus you lot--this is a wind up.
Lou --tell them what the top of your pillion peg looks like without the rubber INSERT bolted in place.
Its in essence a knife blade when folded down.
Oh and FYI those saying you pay again.---you have 28 days to fix the issue and have a recheck done --at no extra cost

ive been in the situation where a wof guy has faied a car for a crushed chasis rail ----er "but modern cars DONT HAVE chasis rails !!!" I told him
-Big argument ensued -boss was called in --yep i got the WOF

[Lou Girardin]

What the hell? No bloody Christmas card for him then! That'll farkin' teach him! Okay seriously, is removing a small portion of the rubber at the hinge an option?

It's not that simple. It's the vibration damper that is held by the bolts that also hold the rubber that is the problem.

[Brian d marge]

Go to the hospital to get the adjustable wrench removed from your sinuses.

I could breathe a sigh of refief then ......

Stephen

[Lou Girardin]

I did say that I completely understood his position. If I were to lose it on a bend and get killed, and the Police inspected the bike and found a missing footrest rubber, they'd be sure to charge him with manslaughter.

[Lou Girardin]

Thats PC gone mad. I think he is a taser up the nostril case.

EDIT: just seen frostys post. Lou your a sick cunt. I thought it was just you being gay when you offered me a ride on the back of your bike. Didnt realised you planned to slice my feet off.:shit:

Don't call me fuckin' gay, you're the one that plays with uniforms and handcuffs.:yes:

[Patch]

Just cuz ya wear pink fluffy slippers to work doesn't mean your gay - does it Lou?? :whocares: or ride a honda an can't wheelie for shite - does it?? or does it?? :Punk:

[scracha]

Just remove the rear seat and @#$ng pillion pegs :-)

[23226]

Just cuz ya wear pink fluffy slippers to work doesn't mean your gay - does it Lou?? or ride a honda an can't wheelie for shite - does it?? or does it??
Who rides a honda?


Who rides a honda?

I have a honda, and I can't wheelie for shite on it. :whocares:

( no pink slippers though ) :third:

Also someone cable tied my hondas peg rubbers on before I bought it.

They must know about that "special" WOF rule too. :yes: :laugh:

[scumdog]

In this day of passing the buck I would sue Givi - after all it was their shonky design that necessitated the removal of the foot-peg rubber...:whistle:

[Hillbilly]

Another thing I like about Aussie, no WOF to worry about. Just a "Pink Slip" once a year where a local mechanic checks indicators and headlights by looking at them. No measuing light adjustment, just looks at the headlight. Tyres have to have more than 3mm tread. The only thing that cagers need really worry about is clearly visible rust. No checking brakes either!!

[Clockwork]

Another thing I like about Aussie, no WOF to worry about. Just a "Pink Slip" once a year where a local mechanic checks indicators and headlights by looking at them. No measuing light adjustment, just looks at the headlight. Tyres have to have more than 3mm tread. The only thing that cagers need really worry about is clearly visible rust. No checking brakes either!!

Yeah, I heard somthing similar from a Victorian last week! Couldn't believe it! :gob: The home of Monash Uni and their Road Saftey Nazi's:bash:

[Motu]

And it used to be tougher in Aussie than here,how times change eh? The changes in the WoF regs came about the same time that Jap imports started.The cars didn't meet our regulations,which weren't tough,just the regs for NZ.So we had all sorts of shit go down with people having to change seatbelts and windscreens.These days rather than make the cars fit our regs,we change our regs to suit the cars.There has been nothing special done about bikes,they just get caught up in the changes.

I had my revue a couple of weeks ago,and being the beligerent prick I am,I made no special effort...didn't tidy up my bookwork,didn't swat up the VIRM - it was an as you see me audit.Shit,he threw the book at me,he's not impressed at all! I thought it'd be kinda fun to stir him up a bit...he's given me a shit load of stuff to do....but I've still got a smirk on my face.

[Hillbilly]

Apparently Queensland has the worst vehicles on the road. There are no checks whatsoever. Peoplewith real POS used to drive upthere and get QLD rego. They've changed the rules now so that if your vehicle is in NSW/VIC more than 3 months, it must be registered with the rego of the state you live in.

IMO, stuff all Aussie cars would pass a NZ WOF, including mine!

[spudchucka]

BTW. This person and I both work at the same dealership.:Pokey:

What'd you do to get on his shit list?:angry:

[Lou Girardin]

Just cuz ya wear pink fluffy slippers to work doesn't mean your gay - does it Lou?? :whocares: or ride a honda an can't wheelie for shite - does it?? or does it?? :Punk:

Riding a Honda is like having 'welcome' tatooed on your arse.
Pink slippers are positively macho compared to that.

[Lou Girardin]

What'd you do to get on his shit list?:angry:

He's a 'jobsworth', guess where he comes from.

[roadracingoldfart]

The question here is what is the peg made of ????.
If its just a smooth section of alloy with no grip knurling on it then i too would fail you for it. But if it has a knurling it does not require a rubber or anything else.
I as a mechanic i daily get the hassle of cars without head rests where you can take them out cause people cant see past them, and if i sign and issue a WOF to that car and the person sitting in that seat gets a head / neck injury from a crash then me and me alone gets hauled up to court to answer the case and when you have an A.V.I.C. you just simply have to stick to the rules as they are written, I dont say i always agree with them but i have to uphold them.
MORAL = Dont shoot the messenger ok. Its a prick of a job otherwise everybody would be doing it.

[scumdog]

roadracingoldfart has a point but I guess we all like to vent our spleen of lifes major issues eh?

[slopster]

I'm blatently hijacking the thread here but my car failed its wof because the hand brake was aparantly no powerful enough. It is plenty powerful enough but you have to yank it on really hard. Is there anything to say it must be easily applied. Handbrakes a stupid rule anyway you could just park in gear if it bothered you - hence why bikes don't have one.

[Mr. Peanut]

HA-ha!..........

[imdying]

I'm blatently hijacking the thread here but my car failed its wof because the hand brake was aparantly no powerful enough. It is plenty powerful enough but you have to yank it on really hard. Is there anything to say it must be easily applied. Handbrakes a stupid rule anyway you could just park in gear if it bothered you - hence why bikes don't have one.In other words it wasn't properly adjusted, and they were quite right to knock you back.

[Lou Girardin]

Don't get me wrong here either, if it had been a real safety issue, or he'd been a stranger who didn't know I never carry a pillion normally, I wouldn't mind being knocked back.

[Motu]

You could always pull out the old standby - ''but you passed it last time!''

I have an answer to that one too.....

[KLOWN]

You know what is REALLY stupid. My girlfriends dad has a sports car that was made for him out waimauku way (very similar to the old d-type jaguars) the "windscreen" is about two inches tall and he was failed on a wof for having no windscreen wipers :gob: use your fuckin head vehicle testing people!

[Motu]

So it did have a windscreen? He should of removed it,then it wouldn't need wipers.

[KLOWN]

So it did have a windscreen? He should of removed it,then it wouldn't need wipers.

I assume you only need windscreen wipers if you look through the windscreen. This "windscreen" sits below your vision (unless you need clean windscreen to check out the vents on the top of the bonnet) so y would you need windscreen wipers?

[Ixion]

You know what is REALLY stupid. My girlfriends dad has a sports car that was made for him out waimauku way (very similar to the old d-type jaguars) the "windscreen" is about two inches tall and he was failed on a wof for having no windscreen wipers :gob: use your fuckin head vehicle testing people!

If it was the "monocle" type screens, as fitted to the original D type, then the tester was wrong. That is not a windscreen it is a wind deflector, and only a vehicle with a windscreen requires wipers. Our bike wind "screens" are legally wind deflectors, which is why we do not need wipers (or washers).

[KLOWN]

If it was the "monocle" type screens, as fitted to the original D type, then the tester was wrong. That is not a windscreen it is a wind deflector, and only a vehicle with a windscreen requires wipers. Our bike wind "screens" are legally wind deflectors, which is why we do not need wipers (or washers).

well it was ment to be a close replica of the d type so i'll say yes it was a deflector and not a screen.

[Hawkeye]

Yeah, think you are right...pillion seat = pillion pegs.
All items of a warrantable nature are checked for your WOF fee. Those that fail are marked as such on the checklist, perhaps with an explanation as to why. You have 28 days to get them fixed/adjusted and rechecked as part of the original check fee. After that 28 days, it is a whole new check of everything with the associated fee.

Is it not only 14 days for the re-check?

[slopster]

In other words it wasn't properly adjusted, and they were quite right to knock you back.

no - its properely adjusted any tighter and it 100% effective

[crashe]

Is it not only 14 days for the re-check?

Nups its 28 days.... for a re-check.

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

FFS this is buracracy (I know it is spelt wrong) gone mad. Should have put a condom over it in front of - there's ya bit of rubber mate!