Approximately half of all motorcycles in NZ are rego exempt or rego expired right now

[Shane M]

Did you get to ride your bike home after you got the ticket

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[pritch]

Because I'm not a dealer.

That seems like a pretty good reason not to have a D Plate?

Currently I'm one of the errant 13,000+. Not for much longer though, I'm missing all the good riding weather.

[AllanB]

Mines always paid up. Does that mean I'm subsidizing you buggers?

[vtec]

Did you get to ride your bike home after you got the ticket

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Yeah, was a pretty sweet cop. Plus I think he liked me. Got a couple of chuckles out of him, as he'd pulled me over for going really fast around a corner on my scooter.

[WNJ]

Mine always paid, only for insurance purposes though, can't afford to give away 6 or 7k if bike written off,

[awayatc]

got 2 registered for summer, cars went down so spend the difference on bikes....

but since increase only pay rego for half year.

[5150]

It's such a crap system.

To top it off, there are 15 demerits for riding a bike while on hold.

Joke, but not funny.

That's fine.... It still leaves me with 85 points on my license. So by my calcs I can afford to be pulled over 6.67 times for no rego before I loose my license for what, say 3 months? Still worth it

[5150]

Mine always paid, only for insurance purposes though, can't afford to give away 6 or 7k if bike written off,

No rego has nothing to do with insurance as it is not a safety factor. No WOF is a different story tho.

[STEPHASAUR]

No rego has nothing to do with insurance as it is not a safety factor. No WOF is a different story tho.

Considering if for whatever reason you get involved in an incident you can just update the rego online?
or perhaps im mistaken. :P

[5150]

Considering if for whatever reason you get involved in an incident you can just update the rego online?
or perhaps im mistaken. :P

You can go on line and buy a rego on the spot. I have seen a mate got pulled over for no rego. He asked the officer to hold on, went quickly on line on his smart phone and bought 3 mnths rego. Told the officer that bike is registered but system have not updated yet, and got let off.

[Banditbandit]

No rego has nothing to do with insurance as it is not a safety factor. No WOF is a different story tho.

Some insurance policies state that the vehicle must be registered and hold a WOF - if not no payout. The owner signed that contract, and so if they have an accident on a non-rego-ed bike they will not get a pay out ..

[Ocean1]

Some insurance policies state that the vehicle must be registered and hold a WOF - if not no payout. The owner signed that contract, and so if they have an accident on a non-rego-ed bike they will not get a pay out ..

I seem to recall a thread here claiming just that, but when challenged nobody could substantiate the claim. Even with the lack of a wof an insurance company needs to show the lack contributed to the accident.

[5150]

Some insurance policies state that the vehicle must be registered and hold a WOF - if not no payout. The owner signed that contract, and so if they have an accident on a non-rego-ed bike they will not get a pay out ..

I have actually rang my insurance company and asked whether lack on Rego at the time of an accident would stop them from paying out on my claim, and was told that as long as the Wof was current and bike was up to wof standards at the time of the accident then they would still pay out as Rego is not a safety factor. It is just a tax we pay to use the roads.

[FJRider]

You can go on line and buy a rego on the spot. I have seen a mate got pulled over for no rego. He asked the officer to hold on, went quickly on line on his smart phone and bought 3 mnths rego. Told the officer that bike is registered but system have not updated yet, and got let off.

The charge is actually "Failing to display the current License label" ... if the vehicle is actually registered ... or not.

It's up to the officers discretion as to ticket any offender ... or not

[FJRider]

I have actually rang my insurance company and asked whether lack on Rego at the time of an accident would stop them from paying out on my claim, and was told that as long as the Wof was current and bike was up to wof standards at the time of the accident then they would still pay out as Rego is not a safety factor. It is just a tax we pay to use the roads.

Such things are usually written in the fine print of your policy. It might be a good idea to read it.