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By AA | Moderator | 844 Posts | 22 March 2011 at 10:51am

You wrote in a previous Q & A that a class 6 Motorcycle licence was required to ride a trike in NZ.

I have seen a company offering motorcycle tours with trikes and claiming that a class 6 license was not required.

Can you please clarify this as I am looking at purchasing a trike and do not have a class 6 motorcycle license.

Graham

From the "Ask Jack" archives - 18 March 2011

jbiddle
By jbiddle | Community Member | 1657 Posts | 22 March 2011 at 10:53am

A very interesting question.

I phoned the touring company concerned about this and was told their Can-Am Spyder three-wheeler is in fact registered as a car.

Other trikes are registered as motorbikes which require riders to have a class 6 license.

It gets a little complicated but while the trike is initially complied as a motor tricycle (LE2) there is an option via NZTA for it to be registered as a car.

I must say this took us by surprise but the touring company is absolutely correct.

As luck would have it, I followed a Can-Am Spyder along the Northern Motorway a few days ago. A beautiful looking machine I have to say.