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Old 17-12-2013, 05:16 PM   #1
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Where else do MCs get tolled in Oz?

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Old 17-12-2013, 08:25 PM   #2
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I've had enough of bikes....to many speeding fines, rego the same as a car, tyres to expensive, and now tolls for something that weighs 200kg's.......I'm over it!
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Old 17-12-2013, 08:40 PM   #3
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Brisbane.

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I've had enough of bikes....to many speeding fines, rego the same as a car, tyres to expensive, and now tolls for something that weighs 200kg's.......I'm over it!
Its $450 for me to register my bike and $1000 to register my car.
Tyres don't seem to last long on my fairlane either lol.

Still way more fun on two wheels.

Back home bike rego is dear than cars....
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Old 17-12-2013, 09:07 PM   #4
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I had one but couldn't justify the expense, risks and standing costs.
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Old 17-12-2013, 10:47 PM   #5
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Just put your boot over the rego plate at the rear while passing through a gantry.

Nothing wrong with stretching your legs after a long ride
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Old 17-12-2013, 10:50 PM   #6
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Just put your boot over the rego plate at the rear while passing through a gantry.

Nothing wrong with stretching your legs after a long ride
Exactly what I was going to say.

I would love to see how they're going to police this.
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Old 17-12-2013, 10:56 PM   #7
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Some of you guys must be double jointed or something, no way I could get my foot over my plate easily.
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Old 17-12-2013, 11:00 PM   #8
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Some of you guys must be double jointed or something, no way I could get my foot over my plate easily.
I don't ride, but I have seen others do it.
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Old 17-12-2013, 11:03 PM   #9
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about time...it's a tolled road and if everyone else has to pay to use it then so should motorcycle riders.
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Sydney.
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Old 18-12-2013, 05:37 AM   #11
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Good, they should pay, why should they be exempt?

On the point of Tolls, I own a PK Ranger and as such I pay more to use the Toll-ways than 'passenger cars' apparently it is a light truck - ****ers!!!!! How did this Americanism sneak into our lives?
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Old 18-12-2013, 07:15 AM   #12
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Trev.....don't get me started.....heads up ...get go ...Groundhog Day ....rain check.....cops in black incl leather caps.....we are the 51st state.
Hi5 man....sheesh!
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Old 18-12-2013, 07:20 AM   #13
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All M/C's are tolled on toll roads in sydney, however they do have a cashback scheme on the M5 motorway. They've just recently introduced an e-rider scheme which provides unlimited travel on the harbour bridge and tunnel for a quarterly fee of $90.00.
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Don't understand why motorbikes haven't had to pay for all this time, it's. User pays system, they use it, they pay for it, pretty simple...
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Old 18-12-2013, 02:41 PM   #15
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Yeah im a rider and I dont see any reason for bikes to be exempt, other than if you encourage more bikes on the road theb thats less congestion.

Whats the price difference between cars and bikes?
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Old 18-12-2013, 05:36 PM   #16
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bikes will be half the cost iirc
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bikes will be half the cost iirc
Good value since every bike that passes me seems to be using twice the lanes of everyone else
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