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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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same here, buy and sell something cheap ... looking for something in the lines of a dr650 or something. (wouldn't mind an african twin as well )

If you do the maths for the 3 options (buying, renting, shipping), buying one and selling with loss is still cheaper then any of the other options.
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Planning on buying there, and selling on. Need to start looking soon

Africa Twin RD04
Good luck, If you spot something you like the look of around Rotorua I'd be happy to check it out for you.

Drop me a pm if you are in the area too, motorcycle travellers are always welcome here for a /bbq/bed if we are home

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Yes, bloody expensive to register a bike here, but if you are only here for a short time you can go into the post office or AA and fill in the form there. Most people only notice the two tick boxes saying "6 Months" and "12 Months" but there is another box where you can write in how many months you want. So you can just pay for 1 month if you want. There's a transaction fee of about $14 no matter how many months you pay for but 1/12th of a year plus the fee is a lot cheaper if you are only in NZ for a month or two.
WOF (Warrant Of Fitness safety inspection) usually costs about NZ$35.

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Also, for those wanting to leave a bike in NZ: Put the rego on a 12 months hold before you leave, even when you come back in less than 12 months. If you then get a rego after 3 months and you know how long you will be in the country, you can get a rego to the exact date, which can safe quite a bit. There is no box for this on the form and at most post offices they won't know about this. Pick a not so busy time and insist that they call the Hotline in Wellington. The guy on the phone will then put in the date and the computer at the post office will show the price. Done it since the rego costs have gone up so much despite our protests. So, in the end they get less money from me.

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thanks for the tips, I'll try and take you up on the hospitality offer too
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Yes, that's correct. My wife was in the Post office a couple of days ago, and someone was registering an old car that used to belong to his father, and which he keeps at his mothers house. When he visits for a few days a couple of times a year, he registers it for just those few days.

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