Are you registering your bike?

[Bald Eagle]

Here's the summary of answers to questions in the House for the Minister regarding motorbike rego's put on hold.

Question was put by Rick Barker MP
Bikers appear to be putting their bike registrations on hold in increasing numbers. In response to numerous stories of bikers putting their bike registrations on hold I submitted written questions to the Minister of Transport and got the following figures.
The rumour was right; there has been a marked increase as the figures below show. For the months following the increase the percentage increase in registrations on hold is;
July 16%
August 19%
September 23%
October 21%

[Spuds1234]

Had the bike on hold for the last 6 months. Didnt save as much money as I would have liked as I got a parking ticket in town (the one time I went in ). But I figure I still saved $50.

Just put 3 months on and then it will go on hold for another 6 as after that the bike wont be used much as I will be living in town and cycling to uni.

[bogan]

Here's the summary of answers to questions in the House for the Minister regarding motorbike rego's put on hold.

Question was put by Rick Barker MP
Bikers appear to be putting their bike registrations on hold in increasing numbers. In response to numerous stories of bikers putting their bike registrations on hold I submitted written questions to the Minister of Transport and got the following figures.
The rumour was right; there has been a marked increase as the figures below show. For the months following the increase the percentage increase in registrations on hold is;
July 16%
August 19%
September 23%
October 21%

but it's seasonal, that happens every year. Comparing this year with last I can't find any significant difference in the numbers, in fact for the winter months we had less bikes (by percentage) on hold this year.

[Conquiztador]

but it's seasonal, that happens every year. Comparing this year with last I can't find any significant difference in the numbers, in fact for the winter months we had less bikes (by percentage) on hold this year.

I did read it to be the percentage increase per month, not the percentage of bikes on hold?

[gammaguy]

Good idea!

Won't work for me, however, as I ride every day anyway. I guess that means that I'm already getting pretty good value for money.

My beef is not whether or not ACC is good value or whether or not I can afford the levy, it's that there is an inequity with cagers and the stated reason just doesn't hold water.

you think you guys have it bad??

over here the price of a COE(certificate of entitlement)has now reached record levels.It costs more here now just to be entitled to buy a vehicle(including motorcycles)than the cost of a really nice Brand New MOTORCYCLE in New Zealand.

also bikes here are more expensive but relative to cars,cheap as chips.

ENJOY IT!

article below:

http://www.myhometown.sg/Forum/tabid...c/Default.aspx

COE prices soar

Increases in premiums are the biggest in more than 10 years

By Christopher Tan, Senior Correspondent
COE prices of premiums for the '1,600cc and below' category have breached the $40,000 mark. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN

CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) premiums for cars shot up in the latest tender yesterday.

The bidding frenzy was sparked by fears that quotas would be slashed in February to a 20-year low.

The premiums chalked up their single-biggest increases in more than a decade, with rates for bigger cars rising by more than 30 per cent.

The COE premium for cars of up to 1,600cc ended at $47,604 - $8,604 or 22.1 per cent higher than its rate at the last tender three weeks ago. The premium for cars above 1,600cc soared by 30.5 per cent to $62,502, from $47,890 previously.

For Open COEs, which can be used for any vehicle type but end up being used mainly for bigger cars, the premium was 30.1 per cent or $15,010 higher at $64,900.

The prices are among the highest since the vehicle quota system started in 1990. The last time premiums were this high was back in the 1990s.

[cowboyz]

you think you guys have it bad??
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i think there might be one or two differences between singapore and NZ and would lke to keep it that way

[swbarnett]

you think you guys have it bad??

As I said, my beef is not with the cost, but the inequity based on flawed reasoning and untruths.

[Swoop]

...my beef is not with the cost, but the inequity based on flawed reasoning and untruths.

But...!
That is what all politicians work on.

Oh. And backhanders.

[Smifffy]

i think there might be one or two differences between singapore and NZ and would lke to keep it that way

I like how they treat murderers & rapists. We could copy that.

[racefactory]

hey guys,

had an undercover cop boost up beside my bike today and check out the bike... I asked him if I've done anything wrong and before I knew it he sped off.

Maybe he was checking for reg on hold?

Has anyone noticed any quota gathering like this around Auckland?

[bogan]

if you own a cage and a bike, just reg the bike. Works out about the same as what you paid before, and you can giggle your way through all the motorcycle rego checkpoints

[Crazy Steve]

I just heard from a little birdie they are going to sneak the fees up slightly again as from 1st of July 2011..

To slightly under the $600 mark.....

Thanks Nick Smith keep up the good work !

Crazy Steve.

[Scuba_Steve]

I just heard from a little birdie they are going to sneak the fees up slightly again as from 1st of July 2011..

To slightly under the $600 mark.....

Thanks Nick Smith keep up the good work !

Crazy Steve.

yep that was always the plan a 2-stage upping, its easier to shove the stick up an inch at a time than the whole thing at once

[idleidolidyll]

I already pay for another bike and a car as well as through my taxes for ACC levies; why the fuck should I have to pay yet again for my 2nd bike?

Wifey is in much the same situation.
Lotsa tin top turkeys out there do more kms per year in their one car than I do in all my vehicles put together; that means I'm expected to pay something like 3x the ACC levies they pay to do less road kms.

No, I'm putting that rego on hold. Fuck em and don't vote for National; the Hollow Men are still there guiding them.

[idleidolidyll]

you think you guys have it bad??

over here the price of a COE(certificate of entitlement)has now reached record levels.It costs more here now just to be entitled to buy a vehicle(including motorcycles)than the cost of a really nice Brand New MOTORCYCLE in New Zealand.

If you think you really need a car in a place the size of Hamilton with public transport that makes NZ look piss poor and in a country the size of a small park in many countries; then you SHOULD be paying extra to run it.

I lived in Singapore and did have to have a car as I regularly had to travel around the Island to see my clients in places where taking public transport would have meant only seeing 2 or 3 clients a day.

I bought a Mitsi Mirage back then new. It was the mid Eighties and in NZ that car would have been about $20k. In SDingapore it was about $70k including having to pay $7k to take an old car off the road.

Many of my friends and associates who didn't see the sense in having a car on the Island, bought and stored their car in Johor Bahru where they could actually make use of it.

I don't think comparisons between Singapore and NZ are all that relevant. The congestion of having millions of people in a country the size of Lake Taupo (smaller?) and the concentration of pollution etc are matters that make a huge difference between the two countries.

BTW: Do they still have someone going through all the magazines with a black felt tip pen blacking out all nipples, twat, penis and pubic hair? Do they still lock up the media if it criticises the government?