Question about Vintage rego for Australia - Ducati.ms

MHR1000Mille · Sep 18th, 2007, 4:00 am

Hi All

Can some one tell me what is the go as far as vintage rego goes
how old does the bike need to be and is it worth having ?

geebeemer · Sep 18th, 2007, 6:51 am

'Rego' = restoration?

DesmoDog · Sep 18th, 2007, 7:51 am

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Originally Posted by geebeemer

'Rego' = restoration?

No, rego = registration

Re: Original post I have no idea how it works in Australia...

Retro59 · Sep 18th, 2007, 5:35 pm

I was looking into vintage rego recently for a Triumph Bonny I was looking at and from what I can remember it is 30 years of age.

There are a bunch of other bits and pieces you can get from the RTA website. I think they have a "conditional rego" section. Check it out.

Wouldn't it be a good idea if we could register a few bikes on the one rego. and greenslip and could just swap the sticker depending on which one you wanted to ride. Makes good sense to me but I'm sure the bureaucrats only see it from a money point of view and this way they would lose money.

Any thoughts?

TassieDave · Sep 18th, 2007, 8:59 pm

I think there are different requirements for different states but 30 years sounds pretty standard. Not sure that NSW is one of the easy states to be in.

Here in Tas I think, (for a car anyway) it has to be inspected so they are sure that it is 30 years old and maybe road legal. For a car here in Tas you also need to show that you have a second registered car - to show you are able to use something else. We are limited to one day a week or 52 days a year and there may be a max klms per year.

I have a Torana that is 30 years old but just can't be bothered doing it - and it might be a bit hazy if you mention the road legal too. Rego is a bit over half that of full and SI (Special Interest as it's called here) also means using a log book. Fines are high if is filled out wrong, even if you just get the date wrong.

Your RTA should have some info for you but unless you get on well with one at the desk you might find it hard for them to be helpful.

I have seen a lot more older bikes getting around down here with SI plates so it is happening. In 7.5 years my VF1000R might get the SI treatment but until then it sits waiting and is unregistered.

748girl · Oct 3rd, 2007, 3:24 am

In NSW it would appear to be 30 years of age, unlike Victoria where it is 25. You have to join a club, such as DOC NSW that has the program. If you click on this link it will give you all the info. http://www.docnsw.org.au/aboutus.htm# and go to the historic club plates link on the right it should help you.

It is limited use, we pray for the system in Victoria to be overhauled and a log book system introduced with limited hours allowed. That would be excellent.

Cheers

deswoodau · Oct 3rd, 2007, 7:31 pm

I agree, I cannot wait for the Vic system to be overhauled. A log book would be a far better system!

Cheers

MHR1000Mille · Oct 4th, 2007, 3:54 pm

I have gone with full rego for now, for the limited usage with vintage rego was not worth having
I'd like to see a 5oookm limit for vintage bikes per year but doubt it will ever happen

Desmobloke · Oct 23rd, 2007, 12:04 am

G'day folks

I just registered on this forum, and this is my first post.

I can confirm the comments by TassieDave as I just registered a bike (Laverda) under the Tasmanian SI (special Interest) vehicle scheme.
Gotta be 30+ years old
Must have current roadworthy inspection certificate (no more than 30 days old)

Once registered, they give you a log book and you're restricted to 52 "trips" per year. The log book doesn't clearly explain what a "trip" is, and doesn't give a maximum duration or distance. So you could probably call Hobart to Darwin and return one trip!

Cheers,
Cam