NSW: end of the sticker tax

The infamous clause 19 that required a label on your exhaust pipe is
now officially dead.

http://www.mccofnsw.org.au/a/174.html

So interstate riders are no longer in danger of a $200 fine for a
sticker they don't need in their home state, riders of bikes with
legal aftermarket pipes without markings are no longer in danger of a
fine or having to go to court.

Doesn't mean offensively loud pipes are legal, and the MCC is still
working on the roadside test situation, but it's a big step forward.

Zebee

 

Woo-bloody-hoo!

As I'm in Brisbane, and now have an absolutly stock bike, this didn't
impact me nearly as much as you poor sods down south. However, it was
still cause for concern when we had the 'Storm, or should we have ever
ventured down over the border. Despite being completely stock, the
Sprint, she has no sticker.

Even more worrying, however, was QLD's fondness for picking up anything
stupid that NSW does, with a corresponding hatred of anything good
(LAMs - I'm looking YOUR way). I don't doubt that should this rule have
stood up, it would only have been a matter of time before it was rolled
out around the country sort of by default.

Many thanks to the MCC and all involved in the campaigning of this -
bloody good result, and you should all be well chuffed.

Thanks!
Matto
05 Sprint ST - now where's that staintune catalogue?

 

As long as they don't fine say a '04-'05 or the new '06 owners of ZX10Rs for
having 97 or 98dB (as the '06 is) stock exhausts I'm happy .... but I doub't
I'll see that happen.

Cam

 

Congrats to the MCCofNSW. A win for the good guys.

We've just had a "motorcycle symposium" hosted by VACC (Victorian
Automobile Chamber of Commerce) last weekend, with various major players
attending. Notably absent was the state's 3rd party insurer, Transport
Accident Commission.

Hopefully, out of the recommendations, we too shall see some runs on the
board. Chief amongst them are issue such as LAMS, lane splitting, and an
acceptance that bikes are a legitimate solution to congestion, and
therefore should be given due consideration when forming transport
policies and their implementation.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:25:48 +1000

Hmmm....

However, I believe the VACC *was* there, and they appear to now be
putting their weight behind some good motorcycle causes.

Zebee

 

Old news ZB, i got told about that months ago..

 

So why didn't you tell us?

 

Naah mate, what you got told months ago is "don't enforce it, it's dead"
- right ? A couple of months ago the EPA gave up on it and put the word
out not to book people for it, this is the official paperwork that takes
it off the books.

JL

 

i did more for it than you know of clem

 

Huh? But he knows everything about Clem, he is Clem.

Theo

 

Yes but i am Mad-Biker only by night, By day im a mild mannered constable.

 

Theo hears whooshing sound.