Re-reg nightmare on an old bike

[tigertim20]

I never stated that this was about "legal".

As a result of the "upgrade" to the LTNZ system all old bikes that were not on the road when the system was updated disappered like they had never existed. When you buy an old bike that is worth putting back on the road you are then faced with "what now?" In many cases the old bike is not for daily transport but for a ride on a sunny sunday or to take to a classic meeting. This is about getting a bike back on the road. And really, what is the harm?

The current "Bikers Right" organisations working on their own agendas have here an issue they could do something about. But why would they? This is not front page news. In the meantime I keep on collecting frames with papers...

Quite correct.

But the illegal options are by far the most common way for vehicles to get back on the road.

NZTA (quite correctly) set the system up to make it tricky for stolen cars to get back on the motor vehicle register.

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Im not disagreeing with ya! Just thought Id make sure the OP was aware of the legalities. OP may very well want to go ahead and use a 'less than legal' option, if they do, I dont really care, but just thought they might want to know whether it was actually legal or not.
alot of the laws around that are a little pedantic at times, Ive been through trying to revin old bikes before too, and its a pain in the arse!

[Dirk]

Thanks everyone for your imput on this matter I will try and explore some of these possibilities, I thought she was all over when I hit a brick wall at VTNZ arn't they a helpful bunch , so I hope i'm on the road by the time summer is over.