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Author: scootnz
Vehicle Registration
see “What if my vehicle is roadworthy but no longer registered?” in this NZTA: Re-registration factsheet
Registration is the initial recording of a vehicle on the Motor Vehicle Register, and issuing of registration plates. Vehicles can only be registered once they have been checked to ensure they are safe to be on the road.
NZTA: Vehicle registration
NZTA: Vehicle Licencing
NZTA: Vehicle registration and licensing fees
Important notice! regulations for vehicles registered in NZ before 1978 have recently changed (2005) The most important changes are with indicators and brake lights. Vehicles registered or manufactured before 1978 were previously exempt – not any more. This means that affected vehicles will either have to have indicators and brake lights fitted, or acquire an Lighting Equipment Endorsement.
There is only one agency issuing exemptions – the Vintage Car Club.
Non-members of the VCC need to pay a processing fee of $70 and complete a detailed six page document (with attachments eg photos) to apply for a Vehicle Identity Card with a Lighting Equipment Endorsement.There is a specific list of exempt motorcycle models, but only one scooter is on the list – the Bajaj Super 150.
The cost for a non member of the Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc.) is $70. The cost is free of charge to members. The forms need to be completed and forwarded to the branch closest to you. To find details of the branch nearest you visit the Vintage Car Club website branch listings.
You should allow AT LEAST 10 working days from the time VCC National Office receives the application which comes via the local VCC Branch.
Contact the branch prior to forwarding the information to ask how long it will take for the branch to process their part. They forward the completed forms to VCC National Office.The application form clearly states what items you will need to include.
If you have any questions, you can contact the National Registrar who signs off on the forms (Rod Brayshaw, 07 549 4250 registrar@vcc.org.nz.
Driver Licensing
Driver Licensing
To ride a motorcycle on the road you need a Class 6 (motorcycle) licence. You cannot legally ride a motorcycle on the road using a car driver licence.
The graduated driver licensing system (GDLS) has three stages:
Stage 1 – learner licence
Stage 2 – restricted licence
Stage 3 – full licence
You must be at least 15 years old before you can apply for a motorcycle licence.
Getting a motorcycle licenceMotorcycles: how to get your licence (Factsheet)
Getting your learner licence
Getting your restricted licence
What is the Restricted Licence Practical Test?
Getting your full licenceFull licence test for motorcyclists
Where can I find out more?For further information contact the Land Transport Safety Authority, PO Box 2840, Wellington, check this website, or call the driver licensing helpdesk, freephone 0800 822 422.
“Asian Resto’s”
What is an ‘Asian Resto’?
Vespa was exported all over the world – regularly to about a hundred countries – including ‘Asia’. In the last 5 to 8 years, many of these original vespa’s from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s have been ‘restored’ to varying degrees and sold to overseas buyers. Some have been altered to look like 50’s scooters. It is the quality (or not) of these restorations that have created the term ‘Asian resto’. Some examples of very pretty looking ‘restorations’ hide worn out and dangerous engine parts. There is a very good reason to be wary of any classic scooters restored in and exported from countries like Vietnam. Some scooter shops and mechanics, after attempting to rescue some of these scooters, only to have them come back again and again, now refuse to work on any more.I have noticed some confusion and misinformation on some Trademe auctions of these scooters. Many people comment on them being ‘fake’. Sellers try and discount ‘purists’ as if the only problem with the scooters is that they have come from asia – when the problem is really that there is no knowing what state the engine is in.
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