Classic rego

[Voltaire]

I have a 40 year old BMW and the local Testing Station rang the NZTA and they said it only came in on the 40th anniversary of the date of first registration.
Well I rang NZTA today and can confirm that its a load of bollocks, its Jan 1 of the first registration.....bugger I paid till March
Good news is its $111.00 a year from now on.

[Oscar]

I registered a 1973 Z900 last month and it went straight onto Classic rego.

It should be the age of the rider, not the bike!!!

[Voltaire]

I registered a 1973 Z900 last month and it went straight onto Classic rego.

It should be the age of the rider, not the bike!!!

yes, 1973 is clear cut, 1974 was beyond them, Still a savings of 4 hundy a year.

[Trade_nancy]

Shouldn't be related to registration anyway to be fair - it should be date of manufacture. I had a Honda CB750 - 1st registered in 1975 in NZ - but the engine was circa 1971 manufacture and the frame 1972. It had been crashed and rebuilt way back sometime. I bought it to restore in 2009. So I was paying $540 bucks a year to register...till I wised up and put it on suspension for 18 months and 10,000km. The point of the lower cost rego - is - 40 year old technology is supposedly less of a threat and the owner likely to be a more sedate grey haired academic...so much reduced risk of low siding on the Rimutakas.

[Yamahardman]

Shouldn't be related to registration anyway to be fair - it should be date of manufacture. I had a Honda CB750 - 1st registered in 1975 in NZ - but the engine was circa 1971 manufacture and the frame 1972. It had been crashed and rebuilt way back sometime. I bought it to restore in 2009. So I was paying $540 bucks a year to register...till I wised up and put it on suspension for 18 months and 10,000km. The point of the lower cost rego - is - 40 year old technology is supposedly less of a threat and the owner likely to be a more sedate grey haired academic...so much reduced risk of low siding on the Rimutakas.

they've obviously never heard of the kawasaki h1's or h2's which imo is the pinnacle of 70's deathtrap strokers, haha

[Voltaire]

Shouldn't be related to registration anyway to be fair - it should be date of manufacture. I had a Honda CB750 - 1st registered in 1975 in NZ - but the engine was circa 1971 manufacture and the frame 1972. It had been crashed and rebuilt way back sometime. I bought it to restore in 2009. So I was paying $540 bucks a year to register...till I wised up and put it on suspension for 18 months and 10,000km. The point of the lower cost rego - is - 40 year old technology is supposedly less of a threat and the owner likely to be a more sedate grey haired academic...so much reduced risk of low siding on the Rimutakas.

I've got a modern bike with 100 + HP and I prefer riding the 40 year old bikes as they give the impression of speed at 104kmph that you need to be doing 130 plus to get on the modern. I have no idea how guys ride the really powerful bikes on the road, must make for a very boring ride here in NZ.

[Trade_nancy]

they've obviously never heard of the kawasaki h1's or h2's which imo is the pinnacle of 70's deathtrap strokers, haha

Quite.....but those that restore and own them now are far less likely to adorn corner posts somewhere..too much $$$ and love involved.

[Yamahardman]

Quite.....but those that restore and own them now are far less likely to adorn corner posts somewhere..too much $$$ and love involved.

No doubt about it, if I won lotto I'd buy one, then proceed to foul a million plugs from nannering it, haha. Being the RD400 elitist that I am, (haha not really) it boggles the mind seeing heavier and more powerful strokers with drum brakes. You'd need balls bigger than your wallet to ride one of those hard nowadays...