eTag- Best mounting technique on bike

me again . . .

I thought about taping it onto side of headlight etc but then taking it on /
off all the time is a pisser

Anyone got any tricks for mounting an eTag on the bike ?

thanks

 

Glue it to a magnet OR use brown paper on your number plates

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:12:38 +1000

carry it in a jacket pocket and wait for them to ask you for money
months later.

Or leave it at home and make them pay the RTA the fee every single
time...

Zebee

 

Make a small box out of coloured perspex or polycarbonate that you can't
see through (so they don't know to pinch it)and bolt it somewhere on the
bike

 

put it under the seat on a bike that you never ride on toll roads.

Nev..
'08 DL1000K8

 

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The bloke at the toll joint told me to put it in my pocket

 

The toll roads in Queensland now use video matching on bikes and will not
issue a tag for a motorcycle.

Boxer

 

Video matching yes, and on Gov. owned tollways there is no charge for said
video matching. However on privately run tollways eg. the Clem Jones tunnel
an E Tag will be required if you do not want to incur extra charges.

For some reason they can't get it on together and wont try. Bikes are a
minority and a bloody pain and should all go away ect. ect.

These E Tags are available for motorcycles and they're free but are not
guaranteed to be water or vibration proof, I guess no one considered
motorcycles during the planning stages, thus the recommendation is to "just
carry the tag in your pocket".

I've been told that under the seat may not allow recognition and the extra
charges will apply on any non Gov. run tollway. All a pain I know and I
believe the plate covering sock may prove popular, for a short time anyway.

Capt. A. L.

 

Either that, or get a clear plastic plate protector and when you install it,
wet the plate and don't cover up the holes that you don't use, then take a
long ride along a dusty road, then you will have a dusty plate that no
camera can read

 

Some jurisdictions consider it cruelty, others are concerned with the
implied lack of consent, but on the whole, it seems to be mostly fine.
Enjoy your kink!

 

I think there's a german site with videos on that .. but aren't there
laws against mounting your etag ?

 

The one I got from Qld a few months ago, and which is supposedly good
for all tollroads in the country, is specifically issued to my
motorcycle. When did they change?

And as for where to put the tag, I'd be putting it in the top pocket of
my riding jacket. It should work from there. That way, it can't get
pinched, as it follows you everywhere.

 

I have had one for a bike for some time, but when I recently asked for
another 7 for my other bikes they refused to issue any more and told me that
bikes will be video matched.

Boxer

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Why not just put other bikes numbers on the tag you have?

 

That would mean that I would have to change the tag each time I changed
bikes.

Boxer

http://tinyurl.com/njwlgc

 

If you'r using Harbour crossings in Sydney (ie: Bridge or Tunnel)
then you mount it in the top drawer of your desk in your study at
home and leave it there. The NSW RTA doesn't require you to actually
carry the tag on a bike any more.

If you want to use the other tax roads, you go to the NSW RTA and
say "my mate told me that you buggers would give me a free magnetic
toll tag holder for my motorcycle" and they might give you one. I
seem to remember there was a time limit on them being free, but back
when they started handing them out (about a year ago) I accumulated
three or four which I promptly distributed to other folks who, for
whatever reason, weren't as conniving as me. Every time I did some
sort of motorcycle or toll related transaction at the RTA (I happened
to be registering, transferring, etc a bit at that time) I asked for
a tag holder. They always gave me one!

The tag holder is a little vinyl pouch which is a *very* snug fit
for an RTA toll tag with a stonking great magnet sewed into one
side. ISTR it also came with a couple of brackets or something that
might somehow work with mounting on bars, I didn't look too closely
but will do so if prompted.


GB

 

Not if you put it in your jacket.

Or am I missing something here?

btw: got my tag from goVia in Qld, in June.

 

lol

 

Got a few jackets too, my point is that one is not needed, video matching is
fee for bikes so why bother using a tag.

Boxer

 

What were you doing waving it around at a tollbooth?

Everyone has their own kink, I guess... ;-)


BTH