Holy crap! They charge your $65 even if you don't pass??!?!?!?! In Texas it's $15.50 for the inspection, and that's ONLY if you pass and they cut you a sticker. If you don't pass, you don't pay. Even inspections for a full 4wheeled car are less than $40. I guess they would be thorough if they're charging you 2 arms and 1 leg.
-Kyle -Jaw still hanging open On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kyle, I though about it. The problem with is the risk of paying $65 and not > passing again. I just check for myself how it looks like. I just took out > the seat, and there you can see the hole where the lights are. There are two > bulbs, each one with its own socket. They are attached to the plastic > structure (the whole plastic part where the red screen is). One of the bulbs > melted down the plastic around, then when down (still attached to its socket > and wire), and melt another part of the plastic below. I don't see anything > wrong with the socket itself nor with the bulge. It may be that the previous > owner replace it _after_ the melting down. So as far as I can tell, what I > should do is to replace the whole part. > If I could find a used part for a cheap price just to pass the inspection > it would be great. Of course, the price has to be well under $65 which is > the cost of another inspection in a different place. > > Javier. > > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If the point is just to get the bike inspected as quickly as possible so >> you can register it and then troubleshoot the light later, why not try >> taking it to another shop? As long as it still lights up, medium while the >> bike is running and full bright when you apply either brake, it should pass. >> I'm sure there's a shop somewhere near you that is too busy to look too >> closely at the bike and just wants to see it shine and that's it. I'm not >> suggesting that you don't fix it eventually though, everyone on this list is >> right in saying that the melted socket is the symptom, not the problem. >> >> -Kyle >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Dick... well the light does work, however I haven't check the socket. >>> The guys that did the inspection told me about it. Unfortunately I don't >>> have any tools with me, or a nice place to work on the bike... I'll try to >>> buy at least some screwdrivers to check the tail light for myself. >>> Nevertheless I haven't found a replacement yet. Do you know where can I look >>> for it? >>> Thanks >>> Javier >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Dick MacInnes <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Javier >>>> >>>> Does the bulb work, and does it look like it was in there when the >>>> socket overheated? If so, it could be an earlier bulb shorted and >>>> overheated >>>> the socket, then the previous owner just replaced the bulb. >>>> >>>> Dick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
