Well bikers are screwed - ACC levy

**CookMySock** · 14th October 2009, 15:54

It's looking pretty short so far. My guess is it will stay that way lol.

Steve

**Elysium** · 14th October 2009, 15:54

Cool, time add my rant to this fast growing thread.

#%#R!@@!#$%%

**Pixie** · 14th October 2009, 15:56

Email bomb Nick Smith and John Key NOW

nick.smith@national.org.nz

john.key@national.org.nz

I just sent this:

Dear Dr Smith

I thought I would let you know that the proposed ACC levy increases for motorcycle registration are outrageous.

The likely response to this from motorcyclists will be similar to protests that have occurred in Europe i.e. We will not register our vehicles.

Regards

**Devil** · 14th October 2009, 15:57

This is disgusting.

I can see however what has already been posted... them backing down on the tripling of rego for large capacity and instead "only" doubling it.

We're fucked either way.
Wankers.

**lankyman** · 14th October 2009, 15:58

Fuck I can't even verbalise my fucken fury. Riding a bike becomes no longer econnomical, so every bastard trys to sell their bike and can't because the market is flooded and it costs too much to register the fucken things. So I'll just have to buy a car and let the bike sit there un-registered. But I'll still take it for weekend fangs. And I'll bail if some porky cunt tries to pull me over too. Like to see a Holden catch the my TL....Mr smith need's a fucken reality check, or he's gonna end up on the receiving end of an angry mob bearing baseball bats...

**SMOKEU** · 14th October 2009, 15:58

Most bikes burn fewer fossil fuels than even a hybrid car or the most economical diesels, we don't contribute to congestion as much as even the smallest car and we don't damage the roads as much as any car. WTF?

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 14th October 2009, 15:59

Originally Posted by p.dath

We spent money we didn't have.

No i didn't...

**chasio** · 14th October 2009, 16:00

Originally Posted by Brian d'marge

Postal is always free to wellington Freepost something or other

Now ya wont want half a million poorly writted submissions all saying different things

you want individual letters saying the SAME thing

and for that you need a form letter ( written by the royal smart person )

Copy it out then stick it on EVERY bike seat you can find including the details of how they can cut and paste to email the same letter

Stephen

Just to give an alternative view on this...

At a public meeting about night class cuts, Darien Fenton (MP & against the cuts) stressed that if you're going to write, hand write the letter in your own words. If all submissions are the same, they get lumped together and counted as one, having far less impact.

But I suspect the time for writing indignant letters has passed and that for annoying the fuck out of people has started.

**martybabe** · 14th October 2009, 16:01

Originally Posted by Morcs

Good point.

Stop falling off on corners you noobs.

It is a point though, some faceless bureaucrat somewhere has looked at the claims for bikes and decided it would be a good idea if they charged more for bigger bikes, bigger equals faster equals more accidents equals more ACC payouts obviously. I wonder if they've even looked at the stats before apportioning blame. I don't have anything to back this up because I'm not privy to gubermint stats but logic would dictate that more inexperienced riders on smaller capacity machines would do more of the falling off and therefore make more of the claims wouldn't it?

Not that I'm proposing heavier levies for riders of small bikes,in fact I'm not proposing any increases at all they are, just pointing out that the whole capacity thing is bollocks in so many ways.

Just a minor point, my major point is Fuck them and the blind horse they road in on I'm in for any protest south of Auckland and I shall be riding in on what must be one of the most dangerous bikes available, 1400 ccs and a whopping 106 bhp! Bastards.

**NZsarge** · 14th October 2009, 16:01

Originally Posted by Maha

Would the better idea be to have support from other road users rather than piss them no end at Labour weekend?
A protest is a great idea, but a well organised and coordinated protest with structure and the right delivery would have a better impact.

I agree, level the protest at the government rather the other road users, after all they are effected by this too, done right ya might even find some support from some car users...(?)

**NordieBoy** · 14th October 2009, 16:03

Wow. So my 37hp bike is going to cost nearly $1000 to reg for a year...

I was wondering what to spend all that spare cash on.

**Ixion** · 14th October 2009, 16:04

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...d.php?t=109889

**grusomhat** · 14th October 2009, 16:05

Why don't they have a lucky dip acc fee? When you buy your rego you get to reach in a box and pull out a number and that's the cost of your rego. Would make about as much sense as this price hike.

**yungatart** · 14th October 2009, 16:08

I very much doubt that our family can afford to register one bike, let alone two if this happens

I am all for protest..we need to make it big, extremely well organised with maximum impact and exposure...then we need to keep the momentum going.
I doubt that small regional protests will do anything..we just don't have the numbers in the provinces to make a statement!
Do it like the truckies did....mighty impressive and got the public on side too!