Well bikers are screwed - ACC levy

[seemehi]

Too much of a coincdence in my view - I buy a new Haybusa last week and the very next week ACC leveies have been planned to increase, gotta ask yourself, is this gods will or does someone know me and wants to make me pay for striving to be different from the flock.
I am not paranoid, just quitely working to get that way.

[ready4whatever]

Someone mentioned it before but i'll say it again... From now on all of you guys and girls fell off a ladder. you didnt fall off a motorcycle

[sellywin]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2964...t-big-fee-hike

Read this, it's rediculous!
"Those owning bikes from 126cc to 600cc face an increase from $252.69 to $511.43 ...
Owners of bikes over 601cc will see their annual ACC levy increase from $252.69 to $745.77 under the proposal."

Voice your opinions! I can't think of many other than anger at the moment. Surely we could all make a protest rally against it... it's just too much.

sorry a bit slow theres a thread alreayd up:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1129455852
but still...

[sinfull]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2964...t-big-fee-hike

read this, it's rediculous!
"those owning bikes from 126cc to 600cc face an increase from $252.69 to $511.43 ...
Owners of bikes over 601cc will see their annual acc levy increase from $252.69 to $745.77 under the proposal."

voice your opinions! I can't think of many other than anger at the moment. Surely we could all make a protest rally against it... It's just too much.

omg...........

[gothavealaugh]

Got to say that if a protest ride is to happen we should try and get someone like John Key caught up in it his movements in Auckland this week include

Thursday morning I’ll be in Takapuna as part of the march past and review to celebrate the exhibition “Passchendaele – the Belgians have not forgotten”, and in the afternoon I’ll be at the Diwali Festival of Lights at Viaduct Basin. On Sunday afternoon I’ll be opening the new St John ambulance station in Whenuapai.


from johnkey.co.nz

So if you feel like letting John know your displeasure you can easily find him

[Tunahunter]

Lanci's comments make sense to me - the approach this national Govt has taken is like pruning the tomatos with a chainsaw! A broad based study looking at all the data might reveal a solution that we can accept

[NordieBoy]

Someone mentioned it before but i'll say it again... From now on all of you guys and girls fell off a ladder. you didnt fall off a motorcycle

The bitch did a u-turn in front of me and I ummm... fell off the ladder I was ummm.... riding...

[Usarka]

When mum used to yell "turn down that damn stereo" I always notched it up a bit until she got fed up, run in the room and I'd turn it down to a bit louder than where it was before. "That's better" she'd say.......


We're being wound up by the government. These changes won't go through, but we're being buttered up to think "that's better" when the govt does something else, like privatise ACC etc.....

[Laxi]

yes, when did this happen??? you think on a biker site like this sombody would have mentioned this
seriously though, sure this is big! but do we really need 20 threads dedicated to it? and how did you miss the other 19?

[Motoracer]

For all this time I've been bitching and moaning to the Germans here about how good it used to be in NZ and how cheap everything was.. Well... Holly fuk! I feel for you poor fuckers!!!

I think I just had to pay something like 54€ for my CBR954RR from April till October. So thats not too bad at all.

Good luck with the fight against the increase (if there is a fight that is).

[ckai]

Just a idea.Instead of a ride/protest Wouldnt leaving the bikes home and do it in cars instead.Cars with sines like this is what 1000 more cars looks like (we can't afford our bikes)But na fuck it bikes would look so much better

Now this I actually think makes a lot of sense! I wonder if you could get some truckies that can have signs like:

"It's cheaper to run this than my bike"

Bikes do make a bit more noise though.

[davereid]

FOR SALE

Leather Jacket, Pants, boots and Helmet $750 to help pay ACC Levy..

[Rhubarb]

I can't afford a Wife and register my bike ................................. DIVORCE IMMINENT !!!!

[portokiwi]

Does Nick Smith own Car yards in New Zealand.
Will be cheaper to own a cage now.
Lucky I still cant afford a bike.. But still looking anyone giving away free bikes
So What are we going to do??????????????????????????

[5150]

we should all put our bikes on the trailer and do big convoy to Wellington blocking the roads. Hey we did the protest march but we had our bikes on the trailer as we can't afford to ride them down. And for every bike on the trailer there will be a car towing it. this will show how much congestion there will be if bikers are forced to go back to cars.