Rego on hold when it's still registered?

**chocobo_ff** · 16th August 2009, 11:25

I'm in the process of finalising my new bike purchase (trying to decide between two very nice bikes!), and was going to sell my current bike (Yamaha Scorpio) sometime, but had a chat with my dad over the weekend and he expressed interest in the bike and said he want to take up riding probably in the next half a year or so (he's currently working overseas), so I'll instead sell the bike to him. Now since I'll be getting a new bike (600), I doubt I'll be riding the Scorpio in the time between when he gets his licence and when I get my bike in the next week or two, I thought maybe I could put the rego on hold for a while, since I got a 12 months rego for the bike in May, but looking through the LTSA website, it appears there's not much I do with the rego even if the bike is not going to be ridden for the next half a year... can someone please confirm if this is true and if not, anything I can do to save my dad/myself a few bucks on the rego? Thanks!

Also need to do some research into how to store a bike for half a year... will have to do some research before I get my new bike, otherwise I'll never find the time to do it afterwards!

**hospitalfood** · 16th August 2009, 11:33

not sure how the hold works, don't know if you get the reg you have carried forward to when you take it off hold ?
costs $30 to do, it can be for 3,6,9 or 12 months i think.

as far as storing goes park it in a garage with a full tank and start it up every 2 weeks for enough time for it to get warm. this is the easy option.

**JATZ** · 16th August 2009, 11:39

Originally Posted by chocobo_ff

I thought maybe I could put the rego on hold for a while, since I got a 12 months rego for the bike in May, :

Short answer......NO !

MrsJatz bike siezed 1 week after putting a 12 mnth rego on it, she could not put it on hold while it was being fixed. it's been about 2 months now

**chocobo_ff** · 16th August 2009, 11:42

Originally Posted by JATZ

Short answer......NO !

MrsJatz bike siezed 1 week after putting a 12 mnth rego on it, she could not put it on hold while it was being fixed. it's been about 2 months now

Cool, thanks for the answer

will just have to take it out for a ride every few weeks to prevent it from rusting/whatnot in the mean time then. And sorry to hear that the bike seized and is off the road

**scumdog** · 16th August 2009, 11:43

Originally Posted by hospitalfood

not sure how the hold works, don't know if you get the reg you have carried forward to when you take it off hold ?
costs $30 to do, it can be for 3,6,9 or 12 months i think.

as far as storing goes park it in a garage with a full tank and start it up every 2 weeks for enough time for it to get warm. this is the easy option.

When the rego has run out you can then put it on hold - do on the phone (or on line, I think) and costs zilch, nothing.

**thehovel** · 16th August 2009, 11:46

Originally Posted by chocobo_ff

I'm in the process of finalising my new bike purchase (trying to decide between two very nice bikes!), and was going to sell my current bike (Yamaha Scorpio) sometime, but had a chat with my dad over the weekend and he expressed interest in the bike and said he want to take up riding probably in the next half a year or so (he's currently working overseas), so I'll instead sell the bike to him. Now since I'll be getting a new bike (600), I doubt I'll be riding the Scorpio in the time between when he gets his licence and when I get my bike in the next week or two, I thought maybe I could put the rego on hold for a while, since I got a 12 months rego for the bike in May, but looking through the LTSA website, it appears there's not much I do with the rego even if the bike is not going to be ridden for the next half a year... can someone please confirm if this is true and if not, anything I can do to save my dad/myself a few bucks on the rego? Thanks!

Also need to do some research into how to store a bike for half a year... will have to do some research before I get my new bike, otherwise I'll never find the time to do it afterwards!

If you put the rego on hold it costs nothing. It would make a differance when your rego runs out because the hold starts then. If you put it on hold for 12mths and change your mind in the first 3mths the rego goes back to the start. Storeage for 6mths spray all of the bike with CRC every-thing (paint chrome & alli every mth. Start it and give it a run once in a while Change number plates so it looks legal. Regards Richard ps I have had a bit of experance at this

**Madness** · 16th August 2009, 11:48

As Scummy says, once the rego has expired you can place it on hold.

I'd choose the 3 month minimum and renew the exemption if required. Reason being is that if you later register it, within the period of exemption you've nominated, you have to back-pay it right back to when you filed for the exemption.

So I believe.

**Ixion** · 16th August 2009, 14:55

No, there is no provision to avoid "using up" your rego when a bike is regsitered but off the road .

And if placed on exemption for more than three months, the rego is only retrospectively payable if reregistered within the first three.

**Icemaestro** · 16th August 2009, 16:16

You can swap the rego's over - so if the new bike you're getting doesn't have much rego left on it, you can get the plates changed over, then you're not losing as much.

Only way to get your money back is to cancel a registration, which you don't want to do unless your dad is prepared to pay more and go through the hassle of re-registering the bike.

**Swoop** · 16th August 2009, 16:18

Originally Posted by scumdog

you can then put it on hold - do on the phone (or on line, I think) and costs zilch, nothing.

Quite true, it can be done easily online and costs nothing.
For a maximum of two years though. You will be sent a letter at the end of that time saying "register again or surrender the plates" or words to that effect.

**chocobo_ff** · 16th August 2009, 16:22

Thanks for the suggestions guys, think I'll just leave the rego as it is and take the 'old' bike out for a spin every few weeks or if I need to go somewhere on the bike in the rain then

**98tls** · 16th August 2009, 16:25

As for storing it for 6 months,you dont need to do anything bar chuck a sheet over it.

**JATZ** · 16th August 2009, 16:58

Originally Posted by 98tls

As for storing it for 6 months,you dont need to do anything bar chuck a sheet over it.

Battery tender/charger ?

Originally Posted by JATZ

Short answer......NO !

MrsJatz bike siezed 1 week after putting a 12 mnth rego on it, she could not put it on hold while it was being fixed. it's been about 2 months now

A bit more on this...... the only way she could get her money back was to de-reg the bike then go through all the b.s. to put it back on the road after it was fixed.

It's o.k. it siezed, she's having it repaired by a proper mechanic this time, not the ning nong who butchered it last time

**98tls** · 16th August 2009, 17:42

Originally Posted by JATZ

Battery tender/charger

yea you could i guess,ive bikes that sit around that long with no use and have been fine but a battery tender would do no harm for sure.

**scumdog** · 16th August 2009, 21:52

Originally Posted by Swoop

Quite true, it can be done easily online and costs nothing.
For a maximum of two years though. You will be sent a letter at the end of that time saying "register again or surrender the plates" or words to that effect.

Had me XN85 on hold for 10 years, no quibles from the rego folks.