New 20 ounce tumblers available now! Forum donation credit with purchase. https://www.wildguzzi.com/Products/products.htm#Tumbler
sounds like a cool bike post up some pics!
In Germany do bikes have to be "as equipped" when new or retro fitted to a standard?I don't know that T3s had self retracting stands. At least on this side of the pond.
Sounds like they want to older stuff off the road. Thank goodness in Pennsylvania anything over 30 years old you can opt for an "antique" tag. It requires a 1 time fee of around $100 and then the bike is exempt form the annual $18 registration fees an annual state inspection.
I have most of an original airbox that I'll give you, just pay the shipping.
Every now and again you can bump into this kind of thing when getting your 'MOT' Test in the UK....Sometimes, the most pragmatic answer is simply to take the bike somewhere else for the test.For what it worth, my T3 would also fail on most of those 'issues' .eib
I guess The German definition of 'rough' is a bit more critical than the American definition. I like it! (except for the wrapped pipes )
Think I'll move to Pennsylvania!John
I do like your T3. And I understand your problems. Germany has always been a bit 'tight' in regulations, but, with unlimited speeds on the autobahns I sometimes appreciated it. And, we who were stationed there could get some really good deals on cars that would not pass the inspection test, but, were fine for in the states :)Unless the air filter is an emissions thing, I don't understand that part failing the inspection.Hope it gets back in shape ok.
As I pull into my inspection garage, I flash my high-beam, beep my horn, and by that time they've already got the sticker peeled off out of their little book and finishing the paperwork. They'll make sure the brake light comes on (one brake or two, they don't care) and that there's no cord showing on the tires, and we're done.Air filters? Mirror size? SIDESTAND SPRING ffs? They don't even look to see if it has a sidestand.Even the State has come to realize that a vanishingly small fraction of injuries and fatalities on the road are a result of non-functioning equipment, and I think we're headed to no inspection at all in Virginia before long .... Lannis
PA has a long laundry list of things that are supposed to be done for a state inspection process including a test ride. For the $20 to $40 (State gets around $5 of that or the sticker) most shops charge it it a loosing proposition to follow the list to a tee. Most do like the shop you go too..... Beep, blink, brake light, tires look okay, brake pads have a bit of mater left on them....slap on a sticker.