Rego-ing a scooter

[sKilled]

So is it the same story if I were to import a 50cc scooter from Europe? Or do I need special crap for that? I tried calling them after the website confused the hell out of me, but it did the same for the poor woman on the other end of the phone.

[davereid]

If its a moped scooter ie < 50cc < 2kw <50km/hr top speed you could register it no worries. But most euro scooters are available here at close to or even less than the EU price - so why privately import?

[sKilled]

Well the thing is that I have had a good look around and in some countries they can be had for sweet F.A. Due to the rapid change in EU regulations regarding emissions, many scooters become 'obsolete' in very short time frames, and often can only be sold overseas (ergo for chips). Also add to that the facts that a) Scooters are usually available at a lower price when new vs. what we pay, and b)because of the prevalence of 50cc scooters, their resale is nothing near what we experience (the scooter 'craze' is still in its infancy in NZ, being such a farking car oriented nation)

[Thenaughtebucket]

i think the only problem you might face, is if the scooter your importing is not in th ltnz's database, in which case the process might be a lil tougher, but easy way around that is to find a scooter already registered in nz that looks like the one your getting, and register it as that.

the police dont even seem to blink at scooters, amate of mine got waved through a breath testing station while on his scooter, didnt even test him, which might have been lucky for him, but thats another story.