Re VIN

[rudolph]

I have a cople of old bikes witch need to be regesterd (vined). I called a few places but they want to pull the brakes apart, I have just rebuilt all that stuff and don't want anyone to fuck with it.

People have told me that they have put bikes through the VIN and never come across this.

Dose anyone know of a good place to go?

[dino3310]

its called a brake decleration,they dont pull the brakes to peices as such,i took my xj into trevor hall in te awamutu it took 15 to 20mins,vehicle compliance will charge more if they have to take it to get done,just ring around your local bike shops one of them should be certified to do it, it cost me $40 for mine.

[rudolph]

That sounds interesting,

[rudolph]

One of the bikes dosn't require indicators by law coz of its age witch has caused much commotion :argue:

[crazybigal]

as far as i know it only has to be done on bikes made after 2000


I have a cople of old bikes witch need to be regesterd (vined). I called a few places but they want to pull the brakes apart, I have just rebuilt all that stuff and don't want anyone to fuck with it.

People have told me that they have put bikes through the VIN and never come across this.

Dose anyone know of a good place to go?

[Crisis management]

I don't know the requirements for vinning but they will all be on either LTNZ or LTSA websites. Have a good look throught there and go prepared to discuss the details with the authorities.

Good luck.

[surfer]

Having taken a bike through the vinning process I have to say the worst experience of it all was my worry. The process itself was ok and the people doing the job did just that, they weren't out to give me a hard time or my bike. I took mine to the vinning place in Wairau Park.

[Wheeliemonsta]

Gidday Rudolph,
The easiest way to sort the "Brake Declaration" is to contact the distributor for what ever brand of bike you wish to re-vin & talk to there "Technical Department"

Chances are they will have the original technical data on hand from when that particular model bike was imported into N.Z initially - you need to get the distributor to either put this information on paper on an official letterhead or instruct the Inspector doing the Inspection to call the person you dealt with at the Distributors for them to verify that the brakes fitted to your bike are "Code Compliant"...

It's not a major & most distributors are more than happy to help out with this type of information

Resist the tempatation to chastise the Inspector - sadly he is only following the somewhat draconian Transport Saftey regs that New Zealand has in place...

Good luck

Cheers

:rockon:

[Finn]

Dose anyone know of a good place to go?

School perhaps?

[Hitcher]

I have a cople of old bikes witch need to be regesterd (vined). I called a few places but they want to pull the brakes apart, I have just rebuilt all that stuff and don't want anyone to fuck with it.

People have told me that they have put bikes through the VIN and never come across this.

Dose anyone know of a good place to go?

Don't tell me, let me guess. In a past life you were the policeman in "Allo Allo"?

[Conquiztador]

I have Vin'ed a few bikes. All older type. Some with disc's, some with drums. Never have I come across anyone who wanted to take brakes apart??

There is a year after when you need to have the brakes certified. Think it is after 1990, but better check up as it could be later. But this is not done at the VIN process but by someone qualified.

The process I have followed is this:
1. Get police to provide a letter (a form can be obtained from VTNZ) that states that there is no issues with the bike.
2. Bring any info you have re old rego: old plate, a rego sticker, papers with you to help with the process. If imported then you need to have the import papers with you.
3. Book a time.
4. Turn up with just below $300 for the VIN process (also gives you the new plate and a WOF)
5. If you have enuf $$'s to pay for the required 6 months rego then do this also at the same time. If not, then ride away and come back later when finances allow.

And thats it.

The inspectors have always been very decent. Normally you find that the ones that do bikes have bikes them selves. Most times they do not even ride them. Start, check and all sweet.

Good Luck.

[Wired1]

I've just been looking at this interesting bike on Trademe
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=136844233
and got to wondering what possible traps one should avoid when going through the re-registration & vinning process.

I recently restored an old FR50 scooter and had to reregister and vin it and it was pretty straight forward and cost me about $450 including the rego for the first 12 months. I suspect they were soft on my bike because it was a scooter and not a 100 mile an hour organ donor carrier, they didn;t do an invasive brake test for instance, so I am a bit in the dark on exactly what they would do for a bike like that above or any of the other numerous "project bikes" on trademe and in other places.