MNZ Race Licence gone up in price!

[Sparky Bills]

Yip.
Gone up to $125 this year!:angry:
And what will we get for this up in price....?

No really! I have no idea. Anyone know?

[Madness]

And what will we get for this up in price....?

Continuity?

[HDTboy]

More administration?

[Motu]

As a road racer you get a damn sight more for your money than if you were a trials rider.....

[GSVR]

Yip.
Gone up to $125 this year!:angry:
And what will we get for this up in price....?

No really! I have no idea. Anyone know?

More Junk mail?
A shiney new reprint of the old rules with a few extra errors?

No really I have no idea either.

[twinshock750]

Rather than asking this forum who probably don't have teh foggiest, why don't you ask the people who made the decison?

www.mnz.co.nz, click on contacts and that'll give you the team's e-mail addresses....

[Shaun]

Rather than asking this forum who probably don't have teh foggiest, why don't you ask the people who made the decison?

www.mnz.co.nz, click on contacts and that'll give you the team's e-mail addresses....



Wow, now that there is a bloody good idea

[GSVR]

Rather than asking this forum who probably don't have teh foggiest, why don't you ask the people who made the decison?

www.mnz.co.nz, click on contacts and that'll give you the team's e-mail addresses....

I have yet to have a question that couldn't be answered in this forum so why waste MNZ's time.

Besides after a bit of thought I have an answer that works for me.

[twinshock750]

I have yet to have a question that couldn't be answered in this forum so why waste MNZ's time.

Besides after a bit of thought I have an answer that works for me.

Yeah, but is it the right answer?

Nothing better than from the horses mouth rather that guesses and supposition.

The problem that many racers have is that they listen more to rumour and chinese whispers than actually by just going to the source.

[Buddha#81]

Just had a look at MNZ's web site and nothing there about the price going up.

[limbimtimwim]

To cover for no rider levies at events..?

[cowpoos]

jebaz martin....the licence been a few buck cheaper ain't gunna make you or me any faster!!! its stil costs fuck all to get really!! ask the english munkeys off here what it cost to go racin overseas...not that its relitive but...things go up in price...even new hondas do every so many years ;)

[Toast]

When do the current ones expire? (Haven't got it with me right now, sorry)

[Maido]

Yip.
Gone up to $125 this year!:angry:
And what will we get for this up in price....?

No really! I have no idea. Anyone know?

So has fishing and duck hunting licences but I am sure I won't catch/shoot any more than last year. l:whocares:
I love racing/shooting/fishing so I will pay anyway.

[steveyb]

duck!!!!!!!

[Paul B]

UK race license is 27 pounds ($73 NZ), so sounds like an NZ rip off to me.

[twinshock750]

Try Aussie - close to $400....

Ours does have some insurance components to it I believe.
But truth be told with what we all spend to go racing it's a very small %.

For some people it's less than 2 weeks fags or a night out, or a dinner for 2, a round at the pub, a 20k over speeding ticket?

Anyone actually sent an e-mail to them asking what's up with the increase?

Don't forget also, that price is probably for a National licence - do they still do the "Club Licence" that was introduced a couple of years back, which was cheaper.

I'm quite happy to write the cheque as the team there have always been really helpful when I've needed anything in the last few years.

[TygerTung]

It's still fairly cheap as they work hard to let us all race here in new zealand.

I don't think it's too expensive, still cheaper than a national car race licence.

[Denniso]

The cost of a licence is going up but MNZ are removing rider levies , this may mean sod all to most riders but it will tack some work load off clubs and hopefully allow them more time to get on with organisig more events for us to play at, and any way its still dam cheap to race bikes compaired to many other motor sports. the new cost is less than half a front tyre , sounds cheap to me.

[steveyb]

Yep, still pretty cheap. The idea is to get value out of it buy using it.

Challenge: First rider to fill a logbook in a calendar year gets a prize. Maybe a bottle of water or something??

The removal of 'riders levies' is a good thing. They are a hang over from the old days. Riders levies, for those who only go and ride and never organise anything (dig, dig, wink, wink), were a fee paid by an event organiser for each participant at the event and was effectively the insurance contribution, or general contribution. So it meant someone had to do paperwork after the event and send money to MNZ. Doing things after the event is never a good idea, everyone is looking forward, not backward.

Anyway, this new system seems to mean that events will be that little bit more streamlined, and that the rider levy part has been transferred to the riders. You previously paid it anyway in the entry fee, but paid it each time, rather than once.

And don't forget the insurance your license provides in the case of injury or worse. In the UK I think you need to have personal injury insurance nowadays as the NH is getting picky about what they want to fix (but don't quote me on any of that). In Australia the insurance situation was so bad a few years back that no one would insure MA. This meant that MA needed to underwrite their own insurance, which meant having $1M (or more, not sure) CASH sitting in the bank! If MNZ needed to do this our license would be at a similar level.

Enjoy :-)

Steve

[Paul B]

Yep, still pretty cheap. The idea is to get value out of it buy using it.

Challenge: First rider to fill a logbook in a calendar year gets a prize. Maybe a bottle of water or something??

The removal of 'riders levies' is a good thing. They are a hang over from the old days. Riders levies, for those who only go and ride and never organise anything (dig, dig, wink, wink), were a fee paid by an event organiser for each participant at the event and was effectively the insurance contribution, or general contribution. So it meant someone had to do paperwork after the event and send money to MNZ. Doing things after the event is never a good idea, everyone is looking forward, not backward.

Anyway, this new system seems to mean that events will be that little bit more streamlined, and that the rider levy part has been transferred to the riders. You previously paid it anyway in the entry fee, but paid it each time, rather than once.

And don't forget the insurance your license provides in the case of injury or worse. In the UK I think you need to have personal injury insurance nowadays as the NH is getting picky about what they want to fix (but don't quote me on any of that). In Australia the insurance situation was so bad a few years back that no one would insure MA. This meant that MA needed to underwrite their own insurance, which meant having $1M (or more, not sure) CASH sitting in the bank! If MNZ needed to do this our license would be at a similar level.

Enjoy :-)

Steve

Steve,
does this mean entry fees will go down? Ha Ha lol. In the UK you don't need personal injury insurance but part of the reason entry fees are so high is due to the cost of public liability insurance and of course the greed of track and club owners but that's another story altogether.
Let's hope NZ stays just the way it is. You have to be serious to motorbike race in the UK and Oz cos you're gonna end up broke if you don't get to the top!
It's cheap an therefore FUN to do in NZ - long may it continue.