WOF. Interesting...

[sinfull]

Sidestands are a waste of weight - if I owned a bike with one I would imediately unbolt it and leave it in the garage.

Sidestands do come in handy now and then Jim ! Had to mate lol typos are there to be quoted !!
Seen someone use his duke sidestand to spin the bike 180 degrees the other day ! Was impressed lol

[MaxB]

I use VTNZ 'cos there are not that many bike shops round here. Never had a problem.

Sometimes you see a dealer putting 5 or 6 cars through at a time. I guess WOF outsourcing is very common.

[McJim]

Sidestands do come in handy now and then Jim ! Had to mate lol typos are there to be quoted !!
Seen someone use his duke sidestand to spin the bike 180 degrees the other day ! Was impressed lol

Yeah - I meant centre stands - I'm too sleepy - Im off to bed.

[rainman]

Jesus H. Christ.

What make and model of tyre is it?

A Metzeler Marathon. Still has a fair bit of tread and the cracks aren't too bad...

But I know I need a new 'un. Just waiting until after I pay insurance and a few other things...

You fellas are kidding right? with the side stand down you pull diagonally across the bike...

Yeah, I've done that before, can't remember why - didn't think of it at WOF time because I was too surprised he even wanted to check the wheels...

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Honda Otago does WOFs...

[classic zed]

We do bike Wof's in Whangaparaoa, me and my Wof man are licensed to do them.

Car $35.00
Bike $25.00
Trailer $20.00

while you wait no appointment needed

[Gremlin]

I used to have them done by bike shops, as I figured they would actually know what they were doing, and I wasn't hiding anything either.

Now both shops I frequent don't do their own WOF's, so I have used the VTNZ in The Hub, Botany Downs, and the guy there rides a Triumph (I keep telling him he should upgrade... he laughs a lot).

There is also a VTNZ in Cryers Road, East Tamaki that has a motorbike person, but he was away on a training course.

Can't say I have any reason not to be happy with the job they do...

[Nasty]

I have used VTNZ in Newtown and Porirua ... you have to check when their motorcycle person is there not all of them have someone for bikes 100% of the time. Never has any problems with the,.

[Dooly]

My garage is primarily a car garage. We issue normal WOFs, plus I also I have an authority to do bike WOFs.
You just have to take a bike related practical/theory test, plus prove that you have worked, or do work on motorcycles.
Thats providing you already are an AVI, authorised vehicle inspector.
Mind you it was a 3 month bureaucratic process to get the bike authority due to me not being a primary motorcycle garage.

The Yamaha/Kawy dealer down the road dont issue bike WOFs.

I find its great and even tho dont do piles of bike WOFs, its good for myself with 3 road bikes and mates.
I charge 20 bucks, think thats cheap, but dont really care.

And I dont have a prob getting WOFs for the 'noise issues'.

[Fatjim]

Don;t worry, the VTNZ in Lower Hutt (down from where Motomart used to be) has 2 or three testers that ride. They're pretty good blokes.

[pritch]

Yeah - I meant centre stands - I'm too sleepy - Im off to bed.

Hope you had a good nights sleep

I have a centre stand on the current bike, it comes in real handy at chain lube time. As for the unwanted weight, it'd probably be better if I lost a couple of stone rather than worry about the weight of a stand.

[Reido]

We do bike Wof's in Whangaparaoa, me and my Wof man are licensed to do them.

Car $35.00
Bike $25.00
Trailer $20.00

while you wait no appointment needed

are you the one with the GN out side with "bike wof" sign on it ??

[vifferman]

I never knew bike shops could do WOFs.

Depends on the shop.
Most don't want to do them, as it takes away the mechanics from more lucrative work. Doing WOFs is usually more of a service than a money-spinner.

[portokiwi]

I go to the VTNZ next to pac & save in Glen Innes. Where the new petrol pumps are you turn left and its on the courner. The guys rides a notorcycle they are great even have motorcycle mags to read while you wait.

[sunhuntin]

ive always gone to the aa testing center for mine. not once have any of the bikes been jacked or tipped on the stand to check tyre rotation, but the front gets put on the "spinny" thing.

my back tyre lasted ages as well. had the bike 2 years, and only recently replaced the back [before last warrent, which was november i think?] those 2 years included daily commuting, many trips out of town, and two trips down south, plus the back was on there when i bought it. dunno how long it had been on there though.