DMV does that here too. But my scenario would have been riding thru several communities without plates to get to the DMV.
One, in particular, has the rep for raising revenue the first week of every month by prowling for chickensh*t traffic violations (at a $100+ a pop). Most local law enforcement around here is well-trained and professional, but we still have pockets where the stereotypical pot- bellied sheriff's deputies reign. My plan was to avoid: "Boy, ah say boy...how cum y'aint got no tags on that there vee- hickle? You get the picture 8-) On Mar 8, 4:21 am, Paul LeBoutillier <[email protected]> wrote: > Wonderful! I couldn't be happier. > > Oregon also requires a VIN inspection on all out-of-state transfers but > those are done at the DMV office at the time of registration. > > I'm glad the GL made the trip safely. :-) > > Sent from my Xoom Tablet powered by Android > On Mar 7, 2012 6:00 PM, "surfswab" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Indeed it did. In fact, I left the house this morning about 10 > > expecting to camp out at my workplace and wait out their 11 a.m. - 1 > > p.m. delivery window. > > > But as I pulled in the driveway at about 10:20 the truck was right > > behind me. We had the bike off, inspected and paperwork done by > > 10:30 !! > > > All was intact and it looks gorgeous -- better than the pics even. > > Put a little gas in it and tooled around our lot some. Starts good, > > runs good, rides like my living room sofa would if it had wheels. > > > That was the best part of the day, however. Georgia requires a "VIN > > Inspection" before they'll allow out-of-state registration. A semi- > > cool feature of that is any beat cop can do it -- and they'll come to > > you -- record the number and run it thru their "hot sheet" computer to > > see if it's been reported stolen. > > > The not-so-cool feature is that because it's a low priority call, they > > take their sweet time. Called 'em before noon, but they didn't show > > until after 4, so the tag/title offices were closed by the time that > > little piece of work was done. > > > I used the time to get acquainted with the bike, though, so it wasn't > > a total waste. That means I'll burn a good bit of daylight tomorrow > > waiting in line to transfer title -- and again, in a different > > location, getting license plates. > > > Bike is sweet, though, and I'm a happy camper. > > > On Mar 7, 3:30 pm, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Hey Ron, did the bike arrive? * > > > * > > > > Paul LeBoutillier > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > *www.hondanighthawks.net* > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
