WTF, new rego costs!

**rainman** · 10th August 2009, 23:05

Originally Posted by phaedrus01

Wheres the AA when you need them

I LOLed.

The AA does in general not give a shit about motorcycles.

**Jizah** · 11th August 2009, 06:21

Originally Posted by pete376403

Dont register or wof your bike. Ride very very carefully and don't give the cops any reason to pull you up. You could get away with it for a while.

A better idea would be to put your rego on hold. But of course we don't condone that here.

**CookMySock** · 11th August 2009, 06:34

Originally Posted by pete376403

Dont register or wof your bike. Ride very very carefully and don't give the cops any reason to pull you up. You could get away with it for a while.

Why not reg and wof it, and THEN do the last part as well? It will achieve the same thing. The good part is, you will "get away with it" forever.

The only way bikers are going to get it, is to hit them in the pocket.

"Stop being an arse on the road" is the message. Think of the tears in your daughters' eyes, and slow the fuck down.

Steve

**scracha** · 11th August 2009, 06:50

Originally Posted by phaedrus01

http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/vehicle-owne...sing-fees.html
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Hmmm $310 bucks for "Petrol driven" eh? Time for alternative fuel methinks.

Seriously though....there should be a discount for multiple bikes and a "good behaviour" discount for those of us who don't use the roads as public racetracks.

**ready4whatever** · 11th August 2009, 08:19

Originally Posted by scracha

Hmmm $310 bucks for "Petrol driven" eh? Time for alternative fuel methinks.

na a diesel motorcycle will cost more lol. go back to steam engines? put water in the petrol tank, have coal burner where engine was

**Swoop** · 11th August 2009, 08:35

Originally Posted by Squiggles

Because like it or not... we're crashing

Speak for yourself, please.

This could be the tipping point for a lot more un-registered bikes out there.

**Grumpy** · 11th August 2009, 09:01

As a motorcyclist of some years I've been a recipient of ACC a couple of times. The last time was a little more serious than the last and without ACC I would have lost my home since I was unable to work for a number of months so I certainly don't have an issue with paying my bit. Those that say they never fall off so why should they pay should be so lucky. ACC is like insurance. We all hate paying it but when you need it you're fuck'n glad you did pay.

What I find wrong is the fact that owners of more than one vehicle get stung multiple times. Since I can only operate one vehicle at a time that is a little hard to swallow. It's a shame that a system where the owner is levied rather than the vehicle has not been worked out. That would be much fairer.

**Swoop** · 11th August 2009, 09:08

Originally Posted by Grumpy

Those that say they never fall off so why should they pay should be so lucky. ACC is like insurance. We all hate paying it but when you need it you're fuck'n glad you did pay.

So, I don't fall off. I pay insurance on the bike and also the car.
I also have income protection insurance and yet I still get to pay exhorbitant costs of registration.

Something stinks.

Totally agree regarding the multiple rego thing. Grossly unfair.

**bogan** · 11th August 2009, 09:14

Originally Posted by scracha

Hmmm $310 bucks for "Petrol driven" eh? Time for alternative fuel methinks.

Way ahead of you, my electric should be running this month, though the fucking rigmarole of trying to get that register (as a moped).

AA: Sir you havent filled in the cc rating
ME: Its electric it doesnt have one
AA: I cant register you vehicle without a cc rating
ME:But it doesnt have any
AA: .....
ME:What if we just put zero down
AA: No sorry the system wont accept that
ME:How about 50 then, its no accurate but that what most moped have
AA: Ill call my supervisor
.... etc etc

So dunno how hard itll be to register a decent power electric bike, with all the certs and shit I think itll be a mission.

BTW, it only cost me 120 to register it, and i got 6 or 12 months rego as well

**imdying** · 11th August 2009, 09:22

Originally Posted by pete376403

Dont register or wof your bike. Ride very very carefully and don't give the cops any reason to pull you up. You could get away with it for a while.

Working fine for me

**MarkH** · 11th August 2009, 09:41

Originally Posted by Aaron_newrider

Lets have a protest! Clog the motorways like the trucks did - might need afew more bikes though?

I know, lets leave our bikes on a bridge and block it for afew hours!

Slow race over the harbour bridge?

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

The part that is most unfair is how all bikes over 61cc are put into the same category. How the fuck can those fucking retards justify charging the same fucking cost for vehicle licensing for a Honda C90 and a Hayabusa?

Or an AN125 - cheap commuting based on purchase price & fuel use, not so much on the Rego costing the same as a GSXR1000, CBR1000RR or Hayabusa modded with turbo for over 500HP.

Originally Posted by pete376403

Dont register or wof your bike. Ride very very carefully and don't give the cops any reason to pull you up. You could get away with it for a while.

No reg - $200 fine.
No WoF - $200 fine.
Total fine - $400.

Park once anywhere where the parking wardens are about and you get a $400 fine. I am not too sure that I would be keen to follow that advice TBH.