WOF cost?

[Burtha]

Hi all
wondering how much ye fine people are paying for ye WOFs.
Have been quoted approx $40.

Plus how long does it usually take for the most part?

Cheers

[Dooly]

I charge $20 if I like ya, or a mate, $25 if you're a c*nt.:msn-wink::lol:

Does'nt take long.

[3umph]

last bike WOF was $25 last week...

longest part is usually the paperwork side of it and waiting to be tested...

[slofox]

$32.00 at VTNZ...

[funky monkey]

$25 at wild west honda

[Horse]

$30 last week at ANZA here in Palmerston North, and that was for a Harley which as everyone knows costs twice as much for everything compared to any other bike. :)

[johan]

Here in the capital it costs $50.

And it failed...

[Elysium]

$30 last week at ANZA here in Palmerston North, and that was for a Harley which as everyone knows costs twice as much for everything compared to any other bike. :)

Kinda like certain parts breaking twice the rate :laugh: Anyhow did you sort that belt out yet?

[fireliv]

$20 from a mechanic friend..... but in the past have paid $25-$30

[EJK]

$28 for me too

The process took no less than 10 minutes.

The Guy: "ABS? Fog lamp? Towing connection? Interior Fittings? Windscreen? Head Restraints?"
The Other Guy: "Nope, nope, nope, nope, and nope"

[Mystic13]

At the local bike shop $40 and it gets done. At VTNZ Kingsland $32 and it takes about 3 bloody weeks.

VTNZ goes like this.

Bowl in, park the bike in the cue.

Go to the counter and cue.

Get to the front of the cue where you get told, sorry our motorcycle warrant guy doesn't work (Thursday afternoon - can't remember which afternoon he doesn't work exactly but they should stick up a sign), you'll have to come back.

Go out hop on bike and leave.

Come back to VTNZ Kingsland on anything but the part day he's off or lunchtime.

Park the bike in the cue.

Go inside and cue for over 20 minutes to be told.

I'm sorry our motorcycle warrant guy isn't in this morning. You'll have to come back.

FFS, you told me last week he's only away Thursday avo.

Yes, but he's away this morning as well.

Well will he be here next time I come.

Yes, he's only away at lunchtime and Thursday avo.

I add... "and he's away now".


The funny thing is VTNZ are running all these ads to tell you how wonderful they are but they're a government department of old in disguise.

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So I finally return and you guessed it... the clown is away again. So this other dude does it. And he keeps trying to turn my back wheel, then pulls the clutch lever in and out then goes back to the wheel then to the clutch lever and after a few goes calls me over.

VTNZ Guy "Does this (rear) wheel normally turn or does it stop when you turn the bike off?".

Me "It turns but you have to have it in neutral"

VTNZ Guy "I've been doing the clutch but it doesn't move"

Me "You have to pull the clutch in and move the gear lever to neutral"

VTNZ "Can you do that"

Me "Yes" and I do.

Finally the test all done he hops on it and I can tell straight off the guy isn't a rider. As if I didn't know before. He's playing with all the switches on the right hand handle. And I know he's wanting to start the bike and has no idea. He's finally got the key on and calls me over again.

VTNZ Guy "How do you start it?"

To his credit he had been pressing the start button.

Me "This lever under the start button is a kill switch. You have to turn it on first"

He kicks my bike into life, puts it in first and rides off in the most shakey style he can manage. I look on in horror half wanting to run after him and stop him before he hurts the bike, half wanting to run beside him to catch the bike if he continues. I'm standing there frozen in utter shock as he completes what must be a learners circuit of the neighbouring petrol station forecourt with no helmet on.

That would have been the longest two minutes of my life.

Would I ever take a motorcycle to VTNZ Kingsland again. F Off. Not till they sort out getting someone who can test the bike when you turn up. And someone who can ride a bike.

[jtzzr]

A box of beer from my mate, and I always get at least 1 beer back.

If it`s for the cage, I take my Mrs , and it`s still a box , but this time she drives home. More than 1 beer back.

A win-win me reckons.

[Maki]

VTNZ Guy "How do you start it?"

To his credit he had been pressing the start button.

Me "This lever under the start button is a kill switch. You have to turn it on first"



If I take my bike to a place where someone who does not even know how to start it wants to ride it, then there is only one way that will happen. OVER MY DEAD BODY. :mad:

I would go someplace else for the WOF...

[mowgli]

$25. No test ride required.

[rosie631]

25 bucks. 10 minutes. Gloucester Motors:niceone:

[munterk6]

Bloody Hell! Next I'll be hearing, "a grope of me missus' tits and a handjob for a wof"
At my workplace we just had the clampers put on about doing "off site" wof's due to a guy being sacked for doing his own wof on his own car on a Saturday morning. The other foreman guy never liked him so he informed on him to the boss. The boss never liked him either so he sacked him for being a naughty boy and getting caught.
Now I cant even do my own wof's any more! boohoo....looks like I gotta get my mate to sign the paperwork now. :confused:
The clincher is that I gotta PAY for the bloody things!!!!!!! mumble mumble Grrrrrr! :doh:

[Mystic13]

If I take my bike to a place where someone who does not even know how to start it wants to ride it, then there is only one way that will happen. OVER MY DEAD BODY. :mad:

I would go someplace else for the WOF...

Yeah, I was fair shitting myself. Never, ever, ever, again. I should have known it was a bad sign all of his actions leading up to that point but....

Apparently my brain wasn't engaged properly.

The funny thing was I got a phone call from one of those research places asking about my experience at VTNZ.

And as I was explaining the guy kept interrupting me to find out how to spell words.

"Officious" as in "Officious bitch" o-f-f i...

They even asked on a scale of 1 - 10 how would I rate...

And now I have an email from the boss wanting to talk with me.

And yes there is a ignorant twat in there who goes out of her way to let you know you're interrupting her life.

I needed a cheaper friendly warrant source in Aucks.

[Burtha]

went back to check on my quote and I was told $30 this time so I might have had it wrong and they can pretty much do it on the spot PLUS they aren't VTNZ - so even better!

Thanks heaps people
:2thumbsup

[xwhatsit]

$28 for me too

The process took no less than 10 minutes.

The Guy: "ABS? Fog lamp? Towing connection? Interior Fittings? Windscreen? Head Restraints?"
The Other Guy: "Nope, nope, nope, nope, and nope"
Hahaha -- yes, I just had my WoF done about 20 minutes ago on my way to uni. Local garage. Nice guy, he always wants to have a chat about my bike and how his mate had one back when they were my age a long time ago... :bye:

But anyway, he was walking the apprentice through how to do a WoF for a bike. He said, `don't forget to check the headrests' and winked at me. The poor apprentice was looking for a while. `Check the towing connections and interior fittings'... It's a proper separate bike WoF sheet too :sweatdrop

$23 or $25 or something.

No test ride, but if he wanted to do one it wouldn't be an issue as he actually rides. Stuff taking it to the VTNZ or similar.