Rego costs ridiculous

[hayd3n]

there are plenty of guys and girls out there with the 'fuck them, its much cheaper to get multiple tickets than pay the fucking rego' and riding without it. Hence why they have also worked on another law that says when you put your bike on hold, you gots to hand the plate(s) in.

But them people will just make a spare plate wont they

or put it on hold online

[rok-the-boat]

What would it take to qualify a bike as an ambulance at $40 reg

Paint it white with a red cross on it and press the horn intermittently. You might even get away with speeding.

[Toaster]

Interesting thread.

The govt reduced the 39% income tax rate in part to discourage tax avoidance (and line the pockets of thier "key" voter base) and yet we see biker rego costs skyrocket in a recession only to attract the same kind of avoidance.

Crapped on yet again and the MPs keep getting away with it. They must be due another payrise by now surely.....

[tigertim20]

Know what the law says re a personalized plate and whether it would need to be handed in?

No, there was a lengthy discussion regarding exactly that a few weeks ago on another message board a week or so ago though.
I can see it being a right fuckup, e.g. are they going to store the plates at the post office? it would be a cunt for when you want to undo the hold on your rego wouldnt it, getting it back the minute you want it.
Im not 100% sure if they DID put it through, or were just discussin it, but its worth being aware of anyway.

or put it on hold online

You will still need to hand it in if you do it online, if this thing does go through.

[pritch]

I wonder if many bikers have stopped regoing their second vehicle (cage) instead, I did, and it's costing pretty similar to what it used to. None of their bike only checkpoints will pick up on it either Have stopped using it round town due to parking wardens though.

If it's legally parked the wardens have no right to look at the rego. Not sure if the Manawatu is quite up to speed with the rest of the country, but that seems to be how it works in NZ.

Then again you may well be right to save yourself the grief?

[breakaway]

If it's legally parked the wardens have no right to look at the rego.

Nope. If you are parked on public property, i.e. roadside, they can and will ticket you for no rego/wof. Solution? Park it out of the way or park it in a underground / multi-level carpark which is private land and also way out of the way for sneaky wardens.

[ellipsis]

..hit them all with a big stick..

[swbarnett]

Nope. If you are parked on public property, i.e. roadside, they can and will ticket you for no rego/wof. Solution? Park it out of the way or park it in a underground / multi-level carpark which is private land and also way out of the way for sneaky wardens.

There was a thread on here a while back where this was challenged in court. What pritch said was the judges view if IIRC.

[breakaway]

Interesting, I don't suppose you have a link? Or be able to find it on the case law database?

[baptist]

Interesting thread... Crapped on yet again and the MPs keep getting away with it. They must be due another payrise by now surely.....

They are worth their weight in gold our MP's... and them when they are weighted chuck 'em in Wellington Harbour, fat cats might make a good surf break... no? Ok

..hit them all with a big stick..

Who MP's, ACC bosses or Traffic Wardens... oooh the list goes on...

[Hitcher]

Rego costs are expensive but not 'ridiculous'. If you love riding your bike, then what's a couple of hundred extra dollars a year? If nothing else, this trend, as well as the numbers of bikes bigger than 600cc being given away on Trade Me, shows how fickle and fearfully frugal itinerant users of motorcycles are.

[swbarnett]

Interesting, I don't suppose you have a link? Or be able to find it on the case law database?

Sorry, unfortunately it's just my memory of a KB thread.

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I ride my bike a lot so rego cost is just an annoyance for me, its fuck all compared to the cost of servicing, tyres and petrol.

[James Deuce]

Meh. No one cared enough to backup up the Bikoi with a round of punishing protests did they? Or even a second Bikoi.

Why whine about it if you aren't prepared to do anything about it?

[unstuck]

Rego costs are expensive but not 'ridiculous'. If you love riding your bike, then what's a couple of hundred extra dollars a year? If nothing else, this trend, as well as the numbers of bikes bigger than 600cc being given away on Trade Me, shows how fickle and fearfully frugal itinerant users of motorcycles are.

Bloody well said that man.