Low volume vehicle certification

[sidecar bob]

Seems you need to stop packing ya vagina with sand... No we have a vehicle standard to keep to & WoF doesn't change this, it is no more than 'security theater' & serves no real purpose as proven by many studies & other countries

Clearly you have done several thousand W.O.F inspections over twenty plus years & found no dangerous or life threatening faults with the vehicles.
Whereas I have done the same, but with different results.
P.s, my wife has a sweet wee vagina with absolutely not a grain of sand to be found.

[OddDuck]

Seems you need to stop packing ya vagina with sand... No we have a vehicle standard to keep to & WoF doesn't change this, it is no more than 'security theater' & serves no real purpose as proven by many studies & other countries

Mate. You are kidding us... Please?

Vehicles might be imported used, or sold new, to a standard. Give 'em a few years and guess what, they probably need some attention, or they aren't at that standard any more... that's why we have regular checks.

Something you can count on, in this harsh world: there are some absolute fucking idiots out there. People who will save five bucks and let their brakes go.

WOFs are necessary. Same as driver's and rider's licenses. Not having this stuff means... well, shit. Take your pick. A truck tyre coming off and flying straight at you? Brake failure on an oncoming car and it skids wide of the corner, head on into your lane?

WOFs aren't there to keep you down. They are there to keep you safe from other people being cheapskates or stupid.

[sidecar bob]

Land Transport Agencey VIRM section 8.1 22. An ABS component is damaged, insecure or missing.
Sadly, I guess that's all we need to know, in this case it is a bit retarded, but rules were made because some idiots did idiotic things which required rules to be made.

[jellywrestler]

Land Transport Agencey VIRM section 8.1 22. An ABS component is damaged, insecure or missing.
Sadly, I guess that's all we need to know, in this case it is a bit retarded, but rules were made because some idiots did idiotic things which required rules to be made.

ah yes, i remember well the first road racing sidecar that turned up with home made ABS, way before we'd heard of them....

[jellywrestler]

Just to confirm, the original gentleman that purchased my bike from new chose to have ABS fitted as an option, meaning he got some extra electrics, brake pipe and a huge pump device.

the light on the dash and the lack of additional brake pipes etc.........

so did he have to get another dash with a light in it or what?

[Drew]

A warrant inspector is not meant to check the engineering of a vehicle. Merely that it's components aren't fucked.

[sidecar bob]

ah yes, i remember well the first road racing sidecar that turned up with home made ABS, way before we'd heard of them....

I'm guessing the catch bottle vented on to the brake pads, that's about the only abs a sidecar builder could invent.

[Kickaha]

I'm guessing the catch bottle vented on to the brake pads, that's about the only abs a sidecar builder could invent.

Sounds a bit advanced for a few of them

[Drew]

I'm guessing the catch bottle vented on to the brake pads, that's about the only abs a sidecar builder could invent.

Bullshit. My brakes flat out aren't good enough to lock a wheel.

[sidecar bob]

A warrant inspector is not meant to check the engineering of a vehicle. Merely that it's components aren't fucked.

And that its modifications comply with the current law of the land.

[eldog]

Bullshit. My brakes flat out aren't good enough to lock a wheel.

Saw a guy stop a mini once when the brakes failed, opened the door and put his (boot) foot down, quite effective, it stopped not in a hurry though

[eldog]

And that its modifications comply with the current law of the land.

Is that the regulations or the legal speak?

paint it black, if they can't see it, it ain't there.

[eldog]

Land Transport Agencey VIRM section 8.1 22. An ABS component is damaged, insecure or missing.
Sadly, I guess that's all we need to know, in this case it is a bit retarded, but rules were made because some idiots did idiotic things which required rules to be made.

Often wondered how a person could check ABS without either taking it for a spin or on a set of rollers.

[eldog]

Clearly you have done several thousand W.O.F inspections over twenty plus years & found no dangerous or life threatening faults with the vehicles.
Whereas I have done the same, but with different results.

Yep I prefer to have my vehicles checked regularily, you can get used to something gradually failing over time, whereas someone else will see it as plain as day(often having see it before).
Quite amazed by what is found when I get the bikes checked.

[sidecar bob]

Often wondered how a person could check ABS without either taking it for a spin or on a set of rollers.

Read this shit. Item 32.
https://vehicle-inspection.nzta.govt...-parking-brake
So, if the abs lamp remains on, or doesn't operate at all, it's a fail essentially.
Nobody is required to do skids down the road in somebody else's vehicle to prove a point.
If I had been presenting the vehicle in question for a wof, I would have made sure that the abs lamp had been removed entirely before presenting the bike for inspection.
That's what has brought our punter here unstuck I'd guess.