Well bikers are screwed - ACC levy

[jamiey]

FUCK THEM. Protest time, it works for truckers.

Why not block the bridge / motorway during rush hour one day. Few bikes going nice and slow could easily do it. A perfectly legal demonstration in a democratic society.

[kave]

A lame protest ride will be insufficient. We all need to take drastic action. We need to really get peoples attention. Perhaps something like removing all our licence plates, or blocking main arterial routes in the big cities at rush hour, bring the city to a standstill. Perhaps a harbour bridge parkup in Auckland from 5am until 9am. Fuck being law abiding, we need the politicians to pay attention.

[scracha]

A lame protest ride will be insufficient. We all need to take drastic action. We need to really get peoples attention.

Does giving 2 fingers to ACC and their "residual levies" before fucking off to Australia sound drastic and attention seeking enough?

[mynameis]

A lame protest ride will be insufficient. We all need to take drastic action. We need to really get peoples attention. Perhaps something like removing all our licence plates, or blocking main arterial routes in the big cities at rush hour, bring the city to a standstill. Perhaps a harbour bridge parkup in Auckland from 5am until 9am. Fuck being law abiding, we need the politicians to pay attention.

Well aren't you a ray of sunshine.

[ukusa]

Holy crap!!!
I've only just registered the 14 for a year, thinking how bloody expensive it was and now I hear this!!!!!!!!!!

Am I right in saying these are proposed increase charges?
If it goes through ,the bottom will just fall out of the 601cc + market and I'm sure the industry will have something to say about it.

I'm all for some protest action, so count me in.

Yep, I think bike shops need to get behind this one as well, record bike sales in recent years could start to plummet!

[wickle]

If you own multiple bikes, how can you be expected to pay multiple ACC levies? I can only hurt myself on the bike I'm riding at the time!

Dealers licence plates

[James Deuce]

Does giving 2 fingers to ACC and their "residual levies" before fucking off to Australia sound drastic and attention seeking enough?

Just talking that through with the wife now. I have rellies in Melbourne and Adelaide and I have skills.

[Swoop]

Superb!
This has swayed my decision for me.
No rego! No wof.

Thank's ACC.

[bogan]

count me in for any protest rides in manawatu/welli region. Perhaps a series of traffic fau pa's requiring the use of horns should occur near certain houses at the early hours in the morning. Stebel equiped bikes to attend!

[Harvd]

seen the speeding fines in some parts of aus though!

[Danae]

This is fucking bullshit. Absolutely out of line IMO.

Right, if nobody else will, I'll organise a fucking Hikoi down to Parliament against this bullshit.

I'm with ya.

License plates off, block all the roads around parliament, get noticed. We need people from all over the country. Not just Kiwibiker either.

I can't afford this shit, and if I sell my bike I can't afford the bus or a car. What. The. Fuck.

[Shagz]

I'd like to send a friendly email to ACC but what grounds do I have to what they have proposed?

"Oh, please don't increase the levies, motorcycles are cool as, bro!

Cheers"

Seriously, what am I to write that would have any impact?

Time to contact the motorbike industry & MPs that use motorbikes.

[{.bLanK}G_o_D]

Tony has a good point, you can only ride one bike at a time but still have to pay your acc levy for multiple bikes. What a jip

I hope you Jafa's do a slow protest ride during rush hour, be great to see Auckland grind to a hault.

[Maha]

Those on 600's could possibly fall under the increase yes?
Some 600's are just under, more like 598cc or there abouts....loophole?
If ya own a Litre bike you're fucked either way.

[Reckless]

I don't think we need to take our number pates off the protest??
Wouldn't that just give them grounds to move us on or ticket us??