Auspanglish

Hahaha, that warning sign cracks me up... you approach the site, VTEC-a-blazin' and you notice something's written on the rock so you swing up close to get a better look and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Well, only it's only really funny in cartoons...

BTW nice bike.

Drooowel Drooowel. What is a warning for one is a another's delight (90km of curves!!!)

:goofy:

You don't like the colour red much do ya??? :beer:

Hey good to see you back with a VFR after the wreck...

Gorgeous Autumn colours eh? Don't get too much of that back in Oz, where deciduous trees are not the norm...

The Pat in the Hat,

Is really not that Phat.

It is plain to see,

to both you and me,

That Pat is not Phat,

He's just Pat.

And THAT is THAT! :goofy:

Emmmmm, whatever's in the waffles, I want some!!

I don't believe I was ever pulled over by the cops in Oz (10 years of riding bikes legally on the roads and several years before that in the middle of the outback where you should have a licence but there just aren't any cops). In the cage, umpteenth dozen times, although fined, losing points or being given tickets, I think that only happened once or twice, (there's one anecdote that is a real fire-side story that I'll let y'all in on if you're ever over in Spain hahahaha). Plenty of "routine" checks, as I had a weakness for old cars.

Over the last 7 years I have been residing in Spain. Cops?? What cops? I've discovered recently that I've been driving (cars, due to spinal problems) without a recognized licence and have hardly even seen the fuzz, let alone be pulled over. I've travelled the length and breadth of Spain. My half orange (Spanish for better half) was pulled over once, I had wanted to drive but she insisted, luckily. A routine check!!

Since I've had the viffer, I've once again been riding, as I said unbeknownst to me, unlicenced (I talk about this in another post somewhere). I've had cops laugh at me, over a beer, when I mentioned I had cut down an L learner's sign to the minimum size to put it on the viffer now that I have a Spanish licence (two year's of restrictions :S). They told me that I shouldn't bother, as long as I've got some sort of insurance for third parties. I'm supposed to limit the bike to 24 kw or 250 cc during the first two years of my Spanish licence. These cops also said I shouldn't bother, or at least just have the power reduction down on the legal documents you're required to carry here, even if the reduction kit isn't connected. This is not entirely legal but 95% common practice. You can have half the blood-alcohol content but can't go over 80 km!!!! I'm breakin' out of my skin with it.

I guess it could go either way. At 35 and not a high-speed thrill chaser (well, the odd burst hehehe), and on seeing I've had an Australian licence for 17 years (even if not recognized officially, they like Aussies over here, we're a bit of a curiosity), and have a Spanish one (even though it's the two-year provisional one) and disregarding wild cards and young ambitious types, I'll probably get off with a warning if I claim I'm a "guiri" (gringo) and didn't know any better. Depends on the infraction.