Yokohama from the morning… I was planning to get the inspection done by noon and head out.
I hadn’t paid the light vehicle tax, so I asked for and got the fiscal year 2018 and 2019 notices, then headed to the post office this morning…
Looking closely at the fiscal year 2019 paper, it says it’s not valid as a certificate…
Come on—seriously?
Since that wasn’t going to work, I had no choice but to take the Foresight and use the Third Keihin to get to the ward office in Naka Ward.
I don’t know the area well, but I’d been dragged around here for drinks back in the day, so I found my way there and back in an hour flat.
Now let’s head to the afternoon inspection.
Sorry everyone—those with 2 p.m. reservations, those with 2:30 reservations…
I totally blew past them!!
Got stuck in there something fierce—first off, it’s always packed with ten bikes (including re-inspections).
At the tester station I noticed something unnecessary… does this thing even have a license plate light? It’s LED…
Of course it doesn’t!!
What a mess. I smooth-talked my way through it with some clever technique! Safe ♪
For some reason they didn’t measure the sound level? What’s with this guy, acting like it’s fine? You sure about that, buddy?
Then they came out with something really picky!
After April 2000, headlight on/off is not allowed!! What?! Well, that’s better than dealing with the license plate light!
For some reason the headlight tester kept failing… that’s why I hate bikes with weird lens shapes.
Somehow it worked out, but who knew this stuff could happen?
The inspection baffle got stuck and wouldn’t come off, so I rode it like that and it got clogged up, and now it really won’t come off!
Oh man, I’m in a bind… I need to get home soon…
No choice—let’s pull it out!
YZF-R1 straight pipe under the belly!!
Loud! But at least there’s an EXUP so it’s a bit better, though something keeps happening today…
The shelf in the machine shop fell before I even left…
My head hurts… sigh…
Po-ki-dam…
