EISTO
Well-Known Member
Happy Hung-over Saturday to all of you, I've just encountered a crisis in my Streetfighter project and need some advice. :wilynily:
This winter I've been converting my 2007 FZ1-S to a naked/streetfighter version. We are not talking about major stuff here; I've made no changes to engine or frame. The only technichal mods are stripping away the fairing, replacing the indicators and headlamp and mounting the naked version tail.
Last autumn, before i started working on this, I spoke to an inspector at Biltilsynet (the Norwegian equivalent of the DMV) to make sure I would do things the right way. He told me that this would be alright as long as I made sure all the new lights were e-marked, i.e. approved for European roads. Since all my planned mods were e-marked, I went ahead with the project.
Little did I now.....
Yesterday I booked an appointment at Biltilsynet for approval of my mods. While on the phone I spoke to another technical inspector who told me something COMPLETELY different. He said no-one were allowed to make ANY CHANGES WHATSOEVER to motorcycles registered first time in Norway after June 17 2003. :jaw drop:
It didn't matter whether all the individual mods in question were considered road legal, the bike as a whole would not be approved since -strictly and bureaucraticly speaking- it no longer fulfilled the certificate of conformity issued for the specific bike make and type. I could still (theoretically) get it approved, but the burden of documenting conformity of the whole bike would now be on my shoulders, not Yamaha's. In practical terms this would simply be impossible. The necessary resources (time, money and competence) are out of reach for a private idividual.
I was shellshocked. This means that a couple of thousand dollars worth of parts and hours upon hours of work would be wasted. Reversing my mods is not an option, I can't stand the look of the regular FZ1-S so the only option left is to sell it and buy an FZ1-N
Has anyone in this forum had experience with this issue before?
Best regards,
...a very depressed Einar
This winter I've been converting my 2007 FZ1-S to a naked/streetfighter version. We are not talking about major stuff here; I've made no changes to engine or frame. The only technichal mods are stripping away the fairing, replacing the indicators and headlamp and mounting the naked version tail.
Last autumn, before i started working on this, I spoke to an inspector at Biltilsynet (the Norwegian equivalent of the DMV) to make sure I would do things the right way. He told me that this would be alright as long as I made sure all the new lights were e-marked, i.e. approved for European roads. Since all my planned mods were e-marked, I went ahead with the project.
Little did I now.....
Yesterday I booked an appointment at Biltilsynet for approval of my mods. While on the phone I spoke to another technical inspector who told me something COMPLETELY different. He said no-one were allowed to make ANY CHANGES WHATSOEVER to motorcycles registered first time in Norway after June 17 2003. :jaw drop:
It didn't matter whether all the individual mods in question were considered road legal, the bike as a whole would not be approved since -strictly and bureaucraticly speaking- it no longer fulfilled the certificate of conformity issued for the specific bike make and type. I could still (theoretically) get it approved, but the burden of documenting conformity of the whole bike would now be on my shoulders, not Yamaha's. In practical terms this would simply be impossible. The necessary resources (time, money and competence) are out of reach for a private idividual.
I was shellshocked. This means that a couple of thousand dollars worth of parts and hours upon hours of work would be wasted. Reversing my mods is not an option, I can't stand the look of the regular FZ1-S so the only option left is to sell it and buy an FZ1-N
Has anyone in this forum had experience with this issue before?
Best regards,
...a very depressed Einar
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