Rego on hold when it's still registered?

[Swoop]

Had me XN85 on hold for 10 years, no quibles from the rego folks.

Interesting. I had a trailer on hold for 2 years and was sent a letter.

[Max Preload]

Quite true, it can be done easily online and costs nothing.
For a maximum of two years though. You will be sent a letter at the end of that time saying "register again or surrender the plates" or words to that effect.

That's incorrect - as long as you keep renewing the exemption, there's no maximum.

[Max Preload]

Interesting. I had a trailer on hold for 2 years and was sent a letter.

Do'h! Must read all posts.

You probably just thought it was on exemption when it wasn't. Trailers aren't subject to continuous licensing requirements so the notice you got was probably a pending deregistration notice.

[quickbuck]

Do'h! Must read all posts.

You probably just thought it was on exemption when it wasn't. Trailers aren't subject to continuous licensing requirements so the notice you got was probably a pending deregistration notice.

Yup,
Trailers are different.... due to not requiring current licencing.

You can put bikes on hold for 12 months at a time, as many times as you like....
Half the race bike fleet may well be in this boat....
The other half are deregistered, or imported as race bikes.

Now, as for the "Wasting the best part of 12 months thing" well, true..
BUT from a VERY young age and owning 2 strikes in my formative years, i found registering (Well, more correctly, licencing) my bike for 3 months at a time cost me a little more initially (4 lots of 3 months actually adds up to more of one 12 month) , but has actually saved me heaps!

See, when it blows up (or you wreck your bike) it isn't so much wasted.... You have less time to wait before holding it.

Always put on hold for 12 months if you suspect you are going to hold it for more than 3.
This is because 3 months is the minimum, and if you take it off hold within 3 months your fee is backdated.
If you hold for 3 and never get around to putting it on the road for 4 months, then you owe a month.

If you hold for 12 months, and then anytime after 3 months you take it off hold, you only pay from that day.....

Hope this helps all for the future.