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    A little help for a newbie

    hi,
    i am a newbie on the bike, i came from germany, and work in canterbury.
    i want to explore whole NZ, but the law is very different to germany.

    i can use my german driver license, if i use a bike until 34 hp

    i am interested in a bmw k 100 rs but this bike has 90 hp need to reduce the power.

    does anybody know a method to do this?

    i dont know the english word for this reducion.

    how much is the wof fee and the registration for this bike? or where can i find informations about that?

    can i import a german power reduce for this bike, and get the wof?
    i belive, i can not get it here.

    is it posible?


    a big thanks for usable answers

    maik

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    Quote Originally Posted by gdh View Post
    i dont know the english word for this reducion.
    But you know the English word "newbie"?

    Nice try dude!
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    Hmm, so you have been told by the New Zealand Land Transport that conditions of your German license apply here?

    I would have thought that if you are on a conditional license in Germany then you would be put on a Restricted license here. That would mean you would be stuck on a 250. You might be lucky though and be allowed a straight swap to a full.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gdh View Post
    hi,
    i am a newbie on the bike, i came from germany, and work in canterbury.
    i want to explore whole NZ, but the law is very different to germany.

    i can use my german driver license, if i use a bike until 34 hp

    i am interested in a bmw k 100 rs but this bike has 90 hp need to reduce the power.

    does anybody know a method to do this?

    i dont know the english word for this reducion.

    how much is the wof fee and the registration for this bike? or where can i find informations about that?

    can i import a german power reduce for this bike, and get the wof?
    i belive, i can not get it here.

    is it posible?


    a big thanks for usable answers

    maik
    why a k100rs....and why try and reduce the power of a k100rs...youll end up with an underpower lump, there is a reason it has 90 hp. Just get a 250cc bike.

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    i can drive with my german license,if i have a transaltion into english.


    whya k100rs?
    i can get it cheaper than in germany, after my nz trip,i want to import into germany.

    another reason is, i need a bike for longer trips. i want to drive until 4-6 hrs on the biké, soi need a good bike. it must be easy to maintained.
    it has to work.

    i have a big backpack, witch must be with me.

    a 250 dirt bike has not enogh space to storeage it.
    the exhoust is very near the seat at the back. i am frigtened that the backpack will burn up.

    and i have a maximum of 4000$


    maybe u know a better bike bike for me with this conditions, but i cant find a better one in canterbrury

    restrictor [tech.] die Drossel

    is that the correct word for a horse power reduction?

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    New Zealand law cares nothing about horsepower. It cares about capacity. Even if you succeed in reducing the HP of your BMW by two thirds, you still won't be able to ride it.

    Buy a 250.
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    K100 (or any bike actually) reduced from 100 hp to 34 will be unusable unless you change the gearing. Which you can't on the K100, cos it's shaft drive.

    You'll get a WoF OK, they won't care.

    Only area of concern would be if your licence said "Not more than 34 hp". Even then , how's a cop going to know?
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    Post up on www.bmwor.org.nz, firstly they're BMW boys, secondly they know a bit about this stuff, thirdly some of them speak German.

    While bikers are generally helpful you'll find BMW support there as well. A source of information if anything goes wrong with the bike.

    If you can spend $4,000 and you plan to take the bike back why not see what you can borrow and get a better newer BMW. Right now on trademe there are some cheap buys and if you're transporting back to Germany anyway you can take a much newer bike back home and may end up with a small loan / family loan to pay off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gdh View Post
    hi,
    i am a newbie on the bike, i came from germany, and work in canterbury.
    i want to explore whole NZ, but the law is very different to germany.

    i can use my german driver license, if i use a bike until 34 hp

    i am interested in a bmw k 100 rs but this bike has 90 hp need to reduce the power.

    does anybody know a method to do this?

    i dont know the english word for this reducion.

    how much is the wof fee and the registration for this bike? or where can i find informations about that?

    can i import a german power reduce for this bike, and get the wof?
    i belive, i can not get it here.

    is it posible?


    a big thanks for usable answers

    maik
    This is a really easy problem:

    If you have a German Full licence, you can ride in NZ for one year before having to get an NZ one.

    If you don't, you can't!

    No licence = no bike.

    AND forget about reducing the power. Put a Turbo on it instead!

    It still makes no difference to the fact of: No licence = no bike.

    Enjoy your 250cc bike
    Get a Turbo
    Get a perrrm

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    Yeah, I thought licenses only transferred if they were full... I don't think you can drive in the UK on a learners/restricted, even if you're within the NZ-imposed conditions...

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    rember in NZ it is customary to have a few beers (stiens) before your ride each morning.
    Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot

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    Quote Originally Posted by renegade master View Post
    rember in NZ it is customary to have a few beers (stiens) before your ride each morning.
    And the cops give out award certificates for the best wheelies as you're going past them too!

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    i know, that nobody cares the horsepower, me too

    but, an example, if i drive on a road, a car driver dont see me, slashed me down, and my bike hit a children.

    the ensurance will not cover the accident, because, i drive a bike,for wich i has no driver license.

    i willpay my hole life....

    so i need a bike with a maximum of 34 hp the ccm never minds.

    if i drive in nz withmy german driver license, the german law is vaild!!!

    the power reduce is onlyfor the ensurance.



    thanks for the great links

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    hi,
    i have found another bike, it is a yamaha tt 350
    i have checked, i can drive this bike with my german licens.
    but what about the buying papers.


    in germany u need 2 papers, a certification, about the bike, wich u guaranted that u are the owner and one paper u have everytime with you. to show the police, wich bike u are riding.

    how it is in nz?
    wich papers i need? wich i have to get from the seller? and wich i have to carry with me?

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