Moped query

[Nova.]

So what would happen if i got a cr50, got it up to scratch to be able to drive on the road and got it registered, then put say a 110cc engine in it and got pulled over?
what charges would i be looking at.

[Willdat?]

You couldn't make that legal any more, as of July 2011 all 'new' mopeds need to entry certified

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicle/clas...torcycles.html

Good idea to increase the standard to be honest, in my youf I had a goped road legal, 37km/h on the road on 4" tyres was terrifying...

[GDOBSSOR]

Interesting subject to read while having brekkie (no donuts).

Takes me back to when in my old home country at 15yo we could legally ride mopeds w/o any license. (But as you do we did ride them much earlier. There was no way for anyone to figure out how old we were) And we did, and we learnt how to make them go faster (many nights spent fitting oversized pistons, machining down the cylinder head, fitting bigger carbies, opening up inlets, modifying exhaust...) I had one that would do 90k/h (measured riding after a car). Simple 2 smokers with pedals ftted to them. They looked like mopeds and nobody would have mistaken them for motorbikes. Even then the size of the motor was max 50cc. No wof to do, just register the moped once a year and you got a small license plate in the mail (diffrent colour each year).

Fast forward to today and move it to NZ and things are very similar apart from the car (or bike) Learner license. Before the law change where you have to be 16 before you can use a motorvehicle on the road, my oldest boy when 15 got him self a L-license for motorbikes, we got him a bike and he had freedom to come and go. Could not see any reason to put him on a moped. I can see the use of mopeds in cities and for them being cheap on petrol. But apart from that they do not make sense to me. Why ride a 50cc moped on a L-license when yu can ride a 250cc bike on one? (I mean, if you are gonna get a L-license then why not get a bike one??)

Not sure where I am going with this...

Because if you don't have to go on the motorway, and you don't have a passion for bikes and you don't want to get involved in biking as a sport, it makes better sense to get a moped, as the rego is less than half that of a 250cc motorbike, you don't have to bother with a WOF, they are cheaper to maintain (assuming you don't get a Chinese one) and they are cheaper to fill up (again, assuming you don't get a Chinese one).

[McFatty1000]

Because if you don't have to go on the motorway, and you don't have a passion for bikes and you don't want to get involved in biking as a sport, it makes better sense to get a moped, as the rego is less than half that of a 250cc motorbike, you don't have to bother with a WOF, they are cheaper to maintain (assuming you don't get a Chinese one) and they are cheaper to fill up (again, assuming you don't get a Chinese one).

Then you should keep being boring, face the fact and get a corolla....

[Banditbandit]

Then you should keep being boring, face the fact and get a corolla....

And you can probably get a push-bike over 50 klicks ... and you will save money on gym fees !!!

[McFatty1000]

There we are: if you don't actually have an interest in riding motorbikes or driving cars (Throw that one in for the car enthusiasts), then you should cycle everywhere, or walk.

Actually, this makes sense in more than one way too...