What this page works out
Every motorcycle in Taiwan pays three statutory costs a year: license tax, the road fee (formerly the fuel-use fee, now officially the highway use, maintenance and safety management fee) and compulsory liability insurance. License tax and the road fee go by the engine displacement on the registration certificate, and insurance goes by the class on the certificate. So the displacement alone is enough to read the amounts off the official schedules; price and mileage do not matter.
ZXMOTO’s websites state 818.8 cc for the 820RR. Under Article 3 of the Road Traffic Safety Rules, a motorcycle over 250 cc is a large heavy motorcycle (大型重型機車), so if one were registered in Taiwan it would be in that class and pay that class’s insurance rate.
Where the numbers come from
- License tax NT$4,320: the 601–1,200 cc bracket of Schedule 3 of the License Tax Act.
- Road fee NT$1,800: the same 601–1,200 cc bracket in Schedule 2, counted as 60 litres a month; NT$2.5 × 60 × 12 = NT$1,800.
- Insurance NT$711: the one-year premium for a large heavy motorcycle in the compulsory insurance rate table. Two years cost NT$1,306, or NT$653 a year on average.
Together that is NT$6,831 a year with one-year insurance, or NT$6,773 a year on average with a two-year policy. In the year a bike is first registered, license tax and the road fee are prorated by the days remaining; your tax bill and fee notice are what count.
What is not included
Only the fixed statutory costs are here. Fuel, servicing, tyres, optional insurance and parking are not, and on a large bike they usually cost more than the taxes. Import duty, commodity tax, business tax and inspection fees for an imported bike are also outside the scope of this page.
How other big bikes compare
Any large heavy motorcycle between 601 and 1,200 cc pays exactly what the 820RR would, whatever the brand; only above 1,200 cc does the next bracket apply. Every bracket, the rules that change at 550 cc and electric large heavy motorcycles are on the large heavy motorcycle costs page. To switch to two-year insurance or try another engine size, use the yearly cost calculator.