25th year of registration

[GSXKING]

I was considering a 25th birthday for my Suzuki but ran out of time.
I think in 2001 it was $250+ dollars so considering it's more than double over 25 years and I've covered more than 180,000kms I think it's fairly cost effective.

[Blubber]

New to this.

Am i right in thinking you Aussies can pick your own time period for which you want to prepay your registration?

In the Netherlands that is not an option.

[KiwiCol]

In NZ we have the option of putting the Rego On Hold, (no cost) or registering the bike for anything from 1 month to 12 months at a time. I would not be surprised if AU ran something similar.  Our Rego is skyrocketing this year, think it's about $1000 for a large bike.

[Roo]

In NZ we have the option of putting the Rego On Hold, (no cost) or registering the bike for anything from 1 month to 12 months at a time. I would not be surprised if AU ran something similar.  Our Rego is skyrocketing this year, think it's about $1000 for a large bike.

Yeah mate, $900 odd bucks !!!   (gsx1400}   I just do 3 months for Summer.  Keep ya nose clean and hopefully you don't get looked at  ?

[Globalrider]

Count yourselves luck - before discounts and gold star rating the insurance for the 1400 for one year is CAN$1,962! I pay CAN$831 still outrageous for Third Party Liability. This is our ICBC mandatory insurance - you can take the 3rd party and put extra coverage with another insurer outside ICBC. Its a joke! and with a Provincial Election due in two weeks this is on the table!

[Kiwifruit]

Our rego is a rip off at $900. Though we do not have a compulsory insurance requirement. Col is correct you can put your rego on hold, but for example if I put my rego on hold for 3 months and then decide to re-register a week before the 3 months is up you have to back pay the rego from the first day you put the bike on hold. I wanted to put my 2 bikes on hold on alternate months so I could ride both for the yearly rego cost of one. So that is not an option.
Good old government, they love their user pays until it doesn't work in their favour. 

[Eric GSX1400K3]

New to this.

Am i right in thinking you Aussies can pick your own time period for which you want to prepay your registration?

In the Netherlands that is not an option.

yes, 3, 6 or 12 months are options here in WA.  3months works out the most expensive per year, with 12 months being cheaper per annum by about 50aud.  Handy if you plan on selling and don't want to give away too much rego, but its double edged as it can be an attraction to have lots of registration left.

I pay about 800 for both bikes, the bmw being dearer as its newer, about 270 for the 1402. 

Insurance is on top although you do get ctp with the rego,  but that doesn't cover your bike.

[Tony Nitrous]

New to this.

Am i right in thinking you Aussies can pick your own time period for which you want to prepay your registration?

In the Netherlands that is not an option.

It varies a bit state to state here.

Queensland has no annual safety certs / MOT's if you keep paying the road tax - rego.

My B-King hasn't been inspected in 19 years because it's always had rego paid. 

The bikes I've stored this year will need an inspection and a new number plate to reregister them.

Annual road tax here also includes basic third party insurance.

Anyone with a licence can ride a bike that's never had an MOT and no one has taken insurance out on, as long as it has rego on it.

[KiwiCol]

Is there a caveat to that Tony, that although you don't need a safety inspection as long as it's registered but you have to keep it to the safety standard? else the coppers can pull you over and fine you? 

What about when going to sell a bike, (not saying your B-King is - just using it as an example) Ok, so Tony's B-King is 19 years old, only ever had 1 safety inspection in it's life and now he's selling it. Unfortunately although Tony has kept it registered, he has not done a stick of maintenance on it except tires. How does the new owner get on? They could be buying a death trap.

[grog]

Needs a safety certificate, like Warrant of Fitness to sell registered. Also Transport have road side checks, they are not at all friendly.Flashing Purple Lights, beware.  Chris, your rego around $88 less than mine?? Single seat rego I'm guessing.

[Tony Nitrous]

Is there a caveat to that Tony, that although you don't need a safety inspection as long as it's registered but you have to keep it to the safety standard? else the coppers can pull you over and fine you? 

What about when going to sell a bike, (not saying your B-King is - just using it as an example) Ok, so Tony's B-King is 19 years old, only ever had 1 safety inspection in it's life and now he's selling it. Unfortunately although Tony has kept it registered, he has not done a stick of maintenance on it except tires. How does the new owner get on? They could be buying a death trap.

Yeah, we get roadside checks, although I can't remember what year I last had one. Obviously no lights, bald tyres etc will always be a drama.

If I sell the King unregistered then I hand the plate in, if I get a safety cert I can sell it as road legal registered with a plate.

My Blue Busa had a safety cert and a number plate.

My Bandit had no safety cert and no plate.
It needed a front tyre and head bearings.
Owner didn't want the hassle, sold as seen.

As teens in the UK we used to lend each other various parts to get an annual car MOT. It's no real guarantee of anything other than at the time of inspection.

[Blubber]

Wow.
For the Netherlands:

We have not MOT or safety certificates on motor cycles
Road tax for a motorcycle < 40 years is €13 per months. A Motor bike of 40 years and older is road tax free.

For cars we have
Road tax per weight class PER fuel type. A vw golf on petrol will be 57 euro per month, a volvo XC60 on petrol is €90 per month. A diesel version is 3 times those numbers, an electric car is about 2 times those numbers.

Yearly MOT for cars between 3 and 30 years old. Between 30 and 50 years MOT every 2 years. 50 years and older is MOT free.
Cars older then 40 years are also road tax free.

It pays to use a 40 year old car on LPG / GPL / Propane as that fuel is cheap, no road tax, MOT every 2 years. Downside: most insurance companies limit your yearly mile to 15.000km

To add: a project bike of car which you find not road worthy you can suspend from road tax ( think €90 for 3 years on a bike ) and when suspended you do not need to insure it.

[Blubber]

The fuel tax is also different here.
Deffo not the cheapest of the EU members

Prices in Euros and per liter