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    Vehicle Exempt Class - Fine

    I have a mate with a 250cc farm bike. It has a current WOF and is a Exempt Class B. It is used on the road only to get from one part of the farm to another. However, if he were to ride it further, say into town; what is the potential fine for incorrect Exempt Class licence?

    I have searched this site and googled a bit but could not find any concrete info.

    thanks

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    http://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resou.../27-exempt.pdf

    The fine print shows a 21 km round trip as the limit, unless someone else interprets differently...

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    Thanks for the input. I saw that same document and the 21kms. However, I understood it as from a place where the vehicle is housed to the owners farm and back. No other place or stops.

    What if he is going to town to purchase something (A pie for lunch perhaps ) and it is further than 21kms? This may not be allowed, and if not what would the fine be?

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    depends when the cop last got laid.

    i think it used to be 50kms so cops may not know it's changed also if you had another mate with a farm you'd be all like "nah bro just that farm there"

    fine would likely be breach of license conditions, 200 irc.

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    also B reg dont need WOF, just to be WOF standard.

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    I have a mate who's parents have a farm. He lives 170 k's from the farm but licenced his road bike as a farm bike. A cop busted in in the other island, talked his way out, got home and couldn't change it quick enough. The post shop lady fair mucked him around and was not done easier than said. I would say don't go there. In the long run you are making it harder for legit farm bikes.

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    Bought an old BMW r 100 in North island few years ago...
    Also registered as farm bike.
    Guy used it as daily commute.....
    Seemed to have worked for him, but not for me.
    Couldn't imagine trying to talk my way out of that one
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    When all race bikes had to be registered, farm was the preferred cheap one.

    Guy down the road from me had an anniversary Indy Pace Car Corvette on farm rego. Got caught more than 50km from home.
    Moderately large fine....

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    Quote Originally Posted by awayatc View Post
    Bought an old BMW r 100 in North island few years ago...
    Also registered as farm bike.
    Guy used it as daily commute.....
    Seemed to have worked for him, but not for me.
    Couldn't imagine trying to talk my way out of that one
    especially now with number plate recognition photos

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    Quote Originally Posted by caspernz View Post
    http://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resou.../27-exempt.pdf

    The fine print shows a 21 km round trip as the limit, unless someone else interprets differently...
    21 km is for farm tractors only . Displayed other than authorised vehicle licence-parked vehicle . Infringement $200 or the coppers may use another charge. You may get a way with it for a while
    Just like being rego hold.

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    What about A reg, all our farm gear is on B but when i was doing the esky I think dad put it onto A reg, it cost bugger all but it allowed me to drive without a wof so i could get various work done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWGSER View Post
    21 km is for farm tractors only . Displayed other than authorised vehicle licence-parked vehicle . Infringement $200 or the coppers may use another charge. You may get a way with it for a while
    Just like being rego hold.
    unless it has changed dramatically, tractors were on their own reg as they are exempt from wof/cof automatically unless they go over 30km/hr, the exempt reg is for other farm vehicles, ie bikes, quads, atv, farm hacks so that they could be used between farms that were managed together, that being said the vehicles were not supposed to travel above 30km/hr unless they had a wof, the exempt reg also cut out the ACC portion of reg as farmers already pay ACC levies which cover these vehicles in a work situation.

    the distance was 50km years ago but was dropped to 20km but that is 20km one way.
    i do know of one firestorm reg as a honda 250 farm bike

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