same thing here in florida... i had my bike on a trailer, but no tags on the trailer prevented me from taking it to the dmv... beat cop showed up while i was cleaning the carbs
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:45 PM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
