Has anybody had any experience buying bikes interstate? In particular I want to know about buying a NSW bike and registering it up here. According to the Qld Tranpsort website it sounds like the bike might as well be unregistered in the other state, because it needs a Qld inspection etc. My main concern is if I buy a bike in NSW how do I know it will pass a Qld inspection? Is there much difference between a NSW and QLD safety certificate? Are there any other traps to watch out for? -- Cheers Dave (Mojo67) FZR600 >> ZX6R >> ??? Brisbane http://users.bigpond.net.au/mojo67/mojo67.htm I used to never be able to finish anything but now I
In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:38:10 +1000 Yes it does, but as the inspections are similar across states (except the NSW labelling laws) there shouldn't be a problem. The bike will need to have all lights and idiotlights working. horn working, tread on the tyres, suspension goes up and down, brakes work. Make sure you have all the paperwork including receipt and that the previous owner has filled in the transfer form. THey took my Duke for a ride, I don't know if that was usual practice or just curiosity. I think usual practice cos the bod in question was a large gentleman who had never ridden a right foot change bike in his life, and eyed the drum brakes with trepidation. And was worried he might stall it as left foot kickstarts were new to him too.... It was a very short ride. Zebee
Don't worry. Haven't bought interstate but sold in a few cases. RWC-inspections are pretty much the same everywhere. Make sure of all the details, get copies of previous reg, a local RWC (not that it counts for much when re-registering in your state, but at least it's SORT OF peace-of-mind), a sales contract...and that should be all. Ride the bike with current rego home to your place, get a local RWC around town, then ride to the Registration office, take off the plate and re-register the bike in your name. Handing in the plate will either give the previous owner or yourself the pro-rata refund due on the old rego. If it's supposed to go to the previous owner, he/she will have to fill out an application for refund in their state for you to hand in during reg-procedures. If you claim the refund, get yourself a copy off the net and take it along, so the refund goes to you. cheers pete
Hi Dave I recently bought a bike from Sydney and registered it in Brisbane. Had it shipped up here by a transport company - no dramas. Just spend $33 to get a safety certificate inspection, then take it into QT and they will register over the counter. Didn't even want to see the bike! Your NSW safety certificate is no use here anyway. TonyG
Well my experience is not a good one. I was living in Bellingen NSW when I bought my Triumph Sprint RS from a dealer in Coffs Harbour. I found a better job here in sunny Toowoomba so decided to move. I rode my bike up here still with the NSW rego until it was due to be renewed. I rocked on into the DOT office and tried to rego the thing, "Sorry sir, your bike seems to appear on a written of vehicle register as a repairable write off". I knew it had been down the road before I bought it (it wasnt a biggy). I wondered how it was possible to have a written off bike registered. I rang the bike shop I bought it from. He was a wanker, " I cant understand it mate" was his response. It seems that all you need in NSW to get a written off vehicle (repairable write off) registered again is a Blue slip. In Qld you have to pay an independant bunch of pricks over $300 bucks so you can sit around there for six hours, while they check to make sure there has been no VIN tampering. They literally looked at the bike for 2 minutes. They gave me a certificate to take to QLD Transport so I could get rego again. (I was expecting to see gold embossed letters, on a platinum base for 300 bucks) If this is not a scam, I dont know what is. I then needed the usual saftey certificate blah blah blah. In the end my bike cost me close to 1k to rego again. Beware Chris
Aha, same in Victoria, except you pay VicRoads $31, and they don't make you sit around for six hours, they make you an appointment. I actually quite like VicRoads these days. As government appendanges go, they're pretty good. -----sharks
Actually I think in Vic to get a repairable write-off registered again you have to get a Vehicle Identity Validation Certificate from an independent vehicle identity validator which costs about $300 and according to the VicRoads website you should budget for leaving the car at their inspection centre for the whole day... then you take it to VicRoads and pay their fee. Nev.. '03 ZX12R
*shrug* just did it, with the BMW. It had been registered in NSW post-crash, perhaps the $300 had already been spent ... either way, they didn't charge me THAT much ... -----sharks
I went through the routine to register Nameless Boy in the ACT (bought as a registerable writeoff from Motorcycle Disposals in Blacktown). Their process is to make your appointment, have the usual lights/numbers/brakes test, then they take it away into a darkened booth[1] to check the frame using a UV light to see if it's been fiddled with. I think it cost the same as a normal[2] inspection (~$35). BTH [1] Go on, do your worst. [2] "Normal" being the one you need to have done up here when a vehicle changes owners or gets defected. This one had to be done at the Motor Registry though.
~ Do they put a sticker on it or does it just end up sticky all-over? Clem (That's not friggin' Armour-all!!)
