AFJ
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Thanks.
AFJ
Certifications starting March 2025....
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AFJ
Well..... if you plan to drive the vehicle without a plate, insurance or license, you don't really need a safety.
So, yes.
TK4
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No plates, no licence, no insurance, no worries - who needs a safety ???
I wonder how this will affect the private sales market. Every hurdle makes a few people just hand things over to the dealer.last time I send this bloody application back for yet another STUPID reason! They could not have made this process MORE aggravating!!!!
If they kick it back again... that's it, I'm OUT of the program.
Anybody looking to buy or sell a motorcycle starting next March, get ready for a huge hassle and sizeable expenditure.
The few shops that will trudge through this crazy process will be charging a lot of money for a certification, and I do not blame them one bit. Expect to pay between $300 and $500 from now on. And wait probably weeks to get one.
When I sell privately and the vehicle is good I tend to get a safety up front so no surprises. However if it’s going to be bigger bucks, maybe not.
For a shop to do the new safties there are other non-automotive requirements they need to meet. There needs to be a handicapped accessible washroom, the ministry has to be informed of the last 3 years (I think it's 3 years) taxes/books, and there was something else my friend told me about but I can't remember. My friends shop is pretty busy as is, he's not doing a bathroom reno so that a mechanic does a safety instead of something else that's profitable.
Oh FFS.....
Well, yeah, I can see a lot of shops telling the ministry to take a flying leap then perhaps if this is actually a thing. Is there a citation on this somewhere?
And once this blows up and people suddenly can't get a certification for weeks or months, the government will suddenly make the stupid bits of this go away.
I suspect a lot of used machines with after market mods like plate relocating, mud guard delete, flush mount side indicators, bar end mirrors and the like will be expensive to retrofit for the pass.
Off road use only slip on mufflers won’t make the cut either.
Gonna be a boon for eBay stock parts if anybody wants to get that used bike back to stock to pass the new regs.
Those things are not suppose to pass with current safeties but, a few get the check mark for their effort and the shop warning the owner if they get a ticket, the safety was based on the bike having everything stock and must have changed it after etc.
Off road use only slip on mufflers won’t make the cut either.
Gonna be a boon for eBay stock parts if anybody wants to get that used bike back to stock to pass the new regs.
Those things are not suppose to pass with current safeties but, a few get the check mark for their effort and the shop warning the owner if they get a ticket, the safety was based on the bike having everything stock and must have changed it after etc.
