Stopped with no rego. Police taking plates?

[bigreddog]

Someone told me today that a couple of guys he knows were stopped on there bikes with no rego....
Rego had been on hold for some time and the bikes were only normally registered for 3 months a year...
They were out for a quick spin on a nice winters day.

The cops have taken the plates from the bikes and they will have to be re-registered thru VTNZ...Has anyone heard of
this happening any where else in NZ?...Is it legal for them to do this?

I Don't know this as fact as I only got the info 3rd hand.

Any comments.

[AllanB]

I understand there is a period of time if the vehicle is not registered the plates become 'dead' if they are not on hold. No idea how long ......... bound to be info online.

[98tls]

Someone told me today that a couple of guys he knows were stopped on there bikes with no rego....
Rego had been on hold for some time and the bikes were only normally registered for 3 months a year...
They were out for a quick spin on a nice winters day.

The cops have taken the plates from the bikes and they will have to be re-registered thru VTNZ...Has anyone heard of
this happening any where else in NZ?...Is it legal for them to do this?

I Don't know this as fact as I only got the info 3rd hand.

Any comments.

No idea but you ave me worried as i am another that only bothers to register mine for a few months each year.I doubt they can remove the plates simply because the regos on hold but....methinks there will be more to it as with most 3rd hand tales.

[fridayflash]

No idea but you ave me worried as i am another that only bothers to register mine for a few months each year.I doubt they can remove the plates simply because the regos on hold but....methinks there will be more to it as with most 3rd hand tales.

im thinking the same, and theyd usually green sticker the vehicle before removing the plates, unless the bike/bikes in question were de-registered
im in the same boat, no reg on anything atm

[AllanB]

From LTSA website

When we cancel your registration

The NZTA will cancel your vehicle's registration if your vehicle must be continuously licensed and you leave it unlicensed for 12 months. If we cancel your registration you'll still have to pay any outstanding licence fees. We may refer outstanding licence fees to a debt collection agency.

If your vehicle isn't required to be continuously licensed, we'll cancel the registration after two years.

How do you know if your vehicle must be continuously licensed?

Want to start using your vehicle after cancellation?

Your vehicle must be correctly registered to drive it on the road. You'll need to re-register your vehicle if you want to start using it again after cancellation of registration.

[bigreddog]

yeh I reckon you're right..there may be more to this.

From what I understand the rego was on hold,so the plates were live...could be a bit of a worry for those
who only register for 3 or 6 months a year and take the odd 'un-regoed ride!'...

[98tls]

yeh I reckon you're right..there may be more to this.

From what I understand the rego was on hold,so the plates were live...could be a bit of a worry for those
who only register for 3 or 6 months a year and take the odd 'un-regoed ride!'...

um yep..cough cough.Still you take your chances eh.

[fridayflash]

my dr650 is a total outlaw atm...lost the plate somewhere in the 42nd traverse about 15 months ago
...still gettin about with a cg125 plate attached
fuck it

[98tls]

my dr650 is a total outlaw atm...lost the plate somewhere in the 42nd traverse about 15 months ago
...still gettin about with a cg125 plate attached
fuck it

Ages back up in Timaru i pull up at the Suzuki dealers whilst across the road theres 2 coppers waving over cars etc checking wofs etc etc,i get off the bike and friendly copper comes over and has a yarn about my old TL as he used to have one the same colour/year,nice bloke but i was a tad nervous as no wof/rego.He never asked so i didnt offer.

[scumdog]

When the cop runs the plate through and it comes back with the dreaded words "These plates should not be on any vehicle on any road" you know things are not going to end well...cos they're dead plates.

[98tls]

When the cop runs the plate through and it comes back with the dreaded words "These plates should not be on any vehicle on any road" you know things are not going to end well...cos they're dead plates.

,Theres the answer.If thats how it panned out the cop would ave been chuckling,to stupid to be idiots.

[T.W.R]

Ages back up in Timaru i pull up at the Suzuki dealers whilst across the road theres 2 coppers waving over cars etc checking wofs etc etc,i get off the bike and friendly copper comes over and has a yarn about my old TL as he used to have one the same colour/year,nice bloke but i was a tad nervous as no wof/rego.He never asked so i didnt offer.

Best way to slip under the radar is to get as close as possible to it bloody road pirate

[fridayflash]

ive gotta say most T-O's in napier and hastings seem pretty good to bike riders..checking wofs but not looking further
actually i know of three middle aged cops locally that ride big sports bikes and they do what many of us are doing
...current wof, reg on hold

[98tls]

Best way to slip under the radar is to get as close as possible to it bloody road pirate

Takes me back to the "wheelie over the Waitaki bridge" incident,as bad as things got there was no mention of no rego/wof.Somehow it didnt make things better as i began the looonnngggggg trudge home.

[T.W.R]

Takes me back to the "wheelie over the Waitaki bridge" incident,as bad as things got there was no mention of no rego/wof.Somehow it didnt make things better as i began the looonnngggggg trudge home.

mmm yes one remembers that story
I stupidly said to a mate who was running hot that if we got sprung on the way to the Hare, I run to take the heat off him come the Sunday morning there's the cops doing breath testing at the gate we both roll through clean as a whistle and he's no reg/wof & the plate off his other bike