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Re: Our Latest Acquisition...
« Reply #25 on: October 17, 2021, 09:45:51 PM »
If / when you tire of it, it'll be an easy sell.


If / when you tire of it, let me know.

That looks a whole lot better without the stickers.
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« Reply #26 on: October 17, 2021, 10:15:36 PM »
Thanks Dave...  :thumbs

There's a few scratches & marks on the bodywork but overall I'm happy with how well it's come up so far...


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« Reply #27 on: October 19, 2021, 10:43:04 AM »
Yeah, the trailer was a bargain.  There's another on FB Market Place for $1500, a bit too pricey for me.  But hey, in the end it's worth what someone will pay.

Here's a pic of the compliance plate - tare 60kg.  My Classic is 95kg.


Full details here:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/933475883894200/
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« Reply #28 on: October 19, 2021, 12:05:37 PM »
Thanks for that, Michael!  :thumbs

That one is a bit newer than our one but gives me a bit of an idea of what it may be worth down the track...

Just saving up now for a coupla new tyres and looking at fitting new lights...speaking of, are you running LED lights on yours?


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« Reply #29 on: October 19, 2021, 01:23:19 PM »
Thanks for that, Michael!  :thumbs

That one is a bit newer than our one but gives me a bit of an idea of what it may be worth down the track...

Just saving up now for a coupla new tyres and looking at fitting new lights...speaking of, are you running LED lights on yours?

Yep, LED stop/tail and indicator lights, something like these:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/294044865317?hash=item4476709325:g:uwcAAOSw0WdgCS2y

And red/amber LED clearance lights, like these:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/224311263865?hash=item3439fe4279:g:L34AAOSw34hf-uC1&frcectupt=true

And, wait these more, white LED strip lights under the trailer lid, like these:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/224549271794?hash=item34482df8f2:g:LZgAAOSw0S5g~9gO&frcectupt=true

And .... some flashing amber LED hazard lights, like these:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/265356105280?hash=item3dc874d640:g:-EwAAOSwGMlhY~Fu

The stop/tail and indicator lights are wired-up to the bike and operate as trailer lights normally operate.

All the others are wired separately to a battery (thanks Garry), in a battery box (d'oh!) in the trailer.  These are switched (and fused) to operate independently of each other and the bike.

The battery is charged at home before I leave, and topped-up as I ride.  It lasted for two nights bush camping (before the Mudgee RTE earlier this year) and then with intermittent use over the next two weeks.

The flashing amber hazard lights are very bright.  On the way to Mudgee, at a pit stop in the middle of nowwhere, I stopped on a crest, and switched on the hazards, a couple of guys on sports bike stopped to see if I needed assistance, they said they could see the hazards from the previous crest around 2km back.

The battery box is like one of these:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/164184827268

It is almost a complete package, with a battery voltage indicator, US and ciggy lighter type sockets, etc ....  It's far too big for the motorcycle battery, but handy storage for other small bits 'n' bobs.
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« Reply #30 on: October 19, 2021, 02:49:58 PM »
Thanks for all that info!  :thumbs

At this point I don't think I'll be fitting a battery or anything like that, but I won't say it won't ever happen!

So far I'm just concentrating on getting it roadworthy as such.
I've spent ages looking for ADR compliant LED lights but you have to pay an arm and a leg for them so I'm thinking I might just have to settle for ones without.
Trying to find some that have the right spacing for the bolts too as I really don't want to drill any extra holes if I don't have to.

Thinking about these: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/393399550973

Not sure whether I like the look of them or not...  :think1


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« Reply #31 on: October 19, 2021, 03:12:26 PM »
... So far I'm just concentrating on getting it roadworthy as such...

RWC, I didn't bother, my Classic is not registered, it doesn't need to be if towed behind the ST1300 (it's narrower than the bike - by about 10mm), it has a trailer exempt plate.



I expect the Ali-Lite trailer to be even narrower.

... Trying to find some that have the right spacing for the bolts too as I really don't want to drill any extra holes if I don't have to. ...

That'll be difficult without perhaps taking the existing lights off, taking them to Supercheap, Repco or wherever, and physically comparing them.  I think you'll need to be very, very lucky to match 'em.   If you can't, IMO the important thing is get some bigger, to ensure that they will cover the old holes, and then the old holes can be easily plugged.

How about a pic of your rear end?  Err, trailer that is!!!
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« Reply #32 on: October 19, 2021, 03:16:38 PM »
RWC, I didn't bother, my Classic is not registered, it doesn't need to be if towed behind the ST1300 (it's narrower than the bike - by about 10mm), it has a trailer exempt plate.

I didn't even know that was a thing.  I wonder if that holds rue for South Australia as well.
 

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« Reply #33 on: October 19, 2021, 03:28:27 PM »
RWC, I didn't bother, my Classic is not registered, it doesn't need to be if towed behind the ST1300 (it's narrower than the bike - by about 10mm), it has a trailer exempt plate.

I didn't even know that was a thing.  I wonder if that holds rue for South Australia as well.

Doesn't look like it Bodo. Nowhere on the Transport SA site does it say anything about registration exemptions for anything. It may well be an exemption from roadworthy inspections etc. which we don't do, rather than from registration.
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« Reply #34 on: October 19, 2021, 03:40:58 PM »
RWC, I didn't bother, my Classic is not registered, it doesn't need to be if towed behind the ST1300 (it's narrower than the bike - by about 10mm), it has a trailer exempt plate.

Hey Michael, your exempt plate is only good in Victoria...If you travel into NSW or South Oz you'll need to have it registered...


I expect the Ali-Lite trailer to be even narrower.

Nope, it's roughly 1040mm wide so quite a bit wider than the ST...  :fp


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« Reply #35 on: October 19, 2021, 03:44:49 PM »
That'll be difficult without perhaps taking the existing lights off, taking them to Supercheap, Repco or wherever, and physically comparing them.  I think you'll need to be very, very lucky to match 'em.   If you can't, IMO the important thing is get some bigger, to ensure that they will cover the old holes, and then the old holes can be easily plugged.

Already had them off to measure the spacing...the bolt holes are roughly 50mm apart.
As for the size of the tail lights I'm looking at, they are pretty much the same size as the originals...  :thumbs


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« Reply #36 on: October 19, 2021, 05:15:30 PM »
Hey Michael, your exempt plate is only good in Victoria...If you travel into NSW or South Oz you'll need to have it registered...

Nowhere on the Transport SA site does it say anything about registration exemptions for anything. It may well be an exemption from roadworthy inspections etc. which we don't do, rather than from registration.

It is my understanding (and that of a few motorcycle trailer towing colleagues) that other states honour VIC registration (and licence) requirements and rules, and vice a versa.   There's so many difference between the states re. rego and licence requirements.

I made a call to RTA NSW before the Mudgee trip, after a very, very, very long wait, they verbally confirmed above.  But I have now asked for confirmation in an email.  Before towing the trailer to SA or other states, I'll do the same.
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« Reply #37 on: October 19, 2021, 05:50:19 PM »
No worries, Michael!

I'd be wanting any confirmation in writing though, just in case you did get pulled up....

Here's the relevant trailer info from Vicroads: https://app.box.com/s/20jixnxi9bfubzajoipgkkd4w528wykv

Being from Vicroads though you can probably take what they say with a grain of salt...  :crackup

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« Reply #38 on: October 19, 2021, 05:58:00 PM »
Here's the relevant trailer info from Vicroads: https://app.box.com/s/20jixnxi9bfubzajoipgkkd4w528wykv

The yellow highlight is news to me, I hope I get my answer quickly.
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« Reply #39 on: October 19, 2021, 05:59:38 PM »
States & Territories are required to honour and not interfere with the registration standards of other States & Territories

Very famous case in SA when they started issuing big fines to WA vehicles for not displaying rego stickers after WA had done away with them. It was found no State/Territory had the right to enforce their State/Territory standard on an interstate vehicle so long as it met the requirements of the vehicle registration/exemptions of the issuing State/Territory.
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« Reply #40 on: October 19, 2021, 06:01:51 PM »
Very famous case in SA when they started issuing big fines to WA vehicles for not displaying rego stickers after WA had done away with them.

I thought it was Victorian police doing it to SA vehicles after SA did away with stickers.
 

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« Reply #41 on: October 19, 2021, 06:02:55 PM »
States & Territories are required to honour and not interfere with the registration standards of other States & Territories

Might have a point if it was registered.
 

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« Reply #42 on: October 19, 2021, 06:28:05 PM »
Thought wrong  :think1 and if it is exempt under a State/Territory then it is exempt wherever it travels..simple really
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« Reply #43 on: October 19, 2021, 06:30:55 PM »
Very famous case in SA when they started issuing big fines to WA vehicles for not displaying rego stickers after WA had done away with them.

I thought it was Victorian police doing it to SA vehicles after SA did away with stickers.

Ahh, every cloud has a silver lining.
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« Reply #44 on: October 19, 2021, 06:34:03 PM »
Thought wrong  :think1 and if it is exempt under a State/Territory then it is exempt wherever it travels..simple really

My thoughts too.
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« Reply #45 on: October 19, 2021, 06:41:23 PM »
A family discussion on Sunday morning found its way to the way the various States & Territories are dealing with COVID restrictions, especially at State & Territory borders.  Younger son, Andrew, remarked that it's the 21st version of railway gauge agreements.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_gauge_in_Australia

I think we have a similar situation with vehicle registrations.
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« Reply #46 on: October 19, 2021, 07:26:04 PM »
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« Reply #47 on: October 19, 2021, 07:42:59 PM »
Not showing anything other than this: "Sorry, this content isn't available at this time"  :fp

Perhaps it only show content if you're a FacePlant member???  :popcorn


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« Reply #48 on: October 19, 2021, 07:44:06 PM »
Not showing anything other than this: "Sorry, this content isn't available at this time"  :fp

Perhaps it only show content if you're a FacePlant member???  :popcorn

Yeah, probably Sue will need to show you.
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« Reply #49 on: October 19, 2021, 08:10:03 PM »
Thinking about these: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/393399550973

These have gone by the wayside as the numberplate light is only in one tail light and I really need it in both!  :||||

Back to the drawing board!

I might just have to either go for a different light altogether or buy a separate numberplate light and stick a few extra holes in the body...


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