danf
Well-known member
Hello folks, As some of you folks know we are in San Antonio, Texas only for short time longer, my wife has a project here to be completed in June, we have our home in KCK....I go home once a month to check on things and have a neighbor and friend watch and take care of things while we are away.. I rode my bike home again, as I have many times before, I was able to try out my new Frogg Troggs this trip because it rained really well on me,, there are a few things I simply do not care for, Big ass trucks, I-35 between North Dallas and San Antonio and Road Construction....Santa Maria man... :shock: One of those is going to get under my skin everytime....I decided to take the secondary roads on my trip up, farm roads, oh man no traffic hardly, it was really nice but it got me there in Tulsa a few hours later than normally up I-35..But the ride was awesome even if it rained on me a bit..My daughter is going to University of Tulsa and I wanted to stop and visit for supper, I had no place to stay but my wife got online and found a great campsite RV park, now I had a big bag on my back seat and my daughter doesn't have a car there at school so if we were going to go anywhere she had to put that bag in her room so she could jump on the bike, Well we had our visit and it was fun, I went to check into the camp site, Mingo RV park on 11st. and Mingo drive in Tulsa, Nice place fella's $20 a night to set up your tent with electric and all...I set my tent up and crawled in to go to sleep and man if it didn't start to storm 5 minutes after I crawled in, I mean this was a terd floater fellas...Lighting and loud thunder claps, hard ones man...I had covered my bike with my tarp set up, glad I did..I need electricity for my CPAP...I went right to sleep with the rain and all..Not a drop got into my tent, Yes I was so thrilled...The tarp on the bike did well too...I woke up rested and to a beautiful sunny and cool day....So I'm loading up my stuff and I see a golf cart roll up and this fella asked me what year it was, oh Ginger is a 81 I replied, nice bike he said he had a goldwing that he has been trying to get going but didn't know how to do the belts, told him how I change mine and I think he found it to be pretty simple because it looked like the lightbulb went on..he was blown away by the alt. conversion and loved the idea of having 14 volts at idle just like a car.. He wants to check his timing but couldn't find one of the sight caps, I told him when I get back home I'll mail him one..He was blown away by that..He loved my stereo system..He loved my paint color choices and the wind vents for the radiator I made, he thought that was cool, I let him know of this site...Told him there was a bunch of great guys and gals on this site...He seemed to want to keep talking but I was ready to go, can you imagine someone actually out talked me.. :shock: :smilie_happy: He was a Native American man that loved Jap bikes...I think he went away with some good information, helpful stuff..Ok...So as most of you guys know I have a trailer here in San Antonio but I really can't take it out anywhere unless I wish to get stopped by the law for having no license plates, in Kansas if a trailer is under 2k in weight you don't have to register it or tag it,,,but it's different in every state, Texas is one that you better have a plate on the trailer or you my friends will get stopped every freakin time..Then you're going to have them want to look through your stuff like most nosy cops like to do..I figger it like this, I want a plate on it so I don't get pulled over to start with, ok so...I went to harbor freight in KCK and bought another trailer, I figger I will just sell the camo one later once I get back home, get my money back, but see I want that plate see...I wanted a license plate for my trailer so I can run around with it down here...And so I can travel throughout these United States without hassel for not having a tag..So my plan was to get the title out of the box, take it to the DMV get my plates bring the plates home and place the plates on this trailer no problem right??? :shock: :shock: Auh Fudge...Freakin fudgy fudge....I got the Morons from Hell at the DMV...I take my title in to get my plates, I explained to them I understand I don't have to register this trailer but I want to so I can have a plate for it because I travel in other states, they understood that and the girl showed the title to her supervisor, came back and told me sir you have to have this trailer inspected, I said no way I bought it here in Kansas and I don't thinks so, she said you have to get it inspected, fudge man,, :shock: I was just planning to leave it in the freakin box for now man...fudge..So I have to go get material to assemble it borrow a saw and drill from my neighbor because my tools are all here,,crap, I worked until 2 am but I built this trailer complete with a frame box and wired and all 100% ready to get inspect by the morning, I'm on my way to the inspection place so I call them first and guess what??? Tropper Gipps[women sounded sweet] at the Olatha office tells me No sir you do not have to have this trailer inspected, I said the folks at the DMV insisted I did and I got her name and went and dropped the trailer off at the house and went back to the DMV and talked to the guy there now, I told him the trooper said I didn't need it inspected so he told me he had to speak to a supervisor and there was yet another problem, I said really whats that, he said there is no sales tax receipt from where you bought it, I said it's right there on the bill of sale [receipt] from when I bought it has sales tax of the item he said no they are a dealer and they have to pay the state, I said what? He said they are a dealer and gave me a fax number and told me to call them and have them fax a sales tax receipt to them.. :shock: :shock: :shock: I didn't have there number so I drove over to the store and asked them for a sales tax receipt feeling pretty stupid asking for it let me tell you...He looked at me crossed eyes and had no idea what I was asking for..So I left the store with no receipt and pissed, :shock: I'm get mad about now :evil: ..I thought Office trooper Gibbs was so nice to me on the phone maybe I should just call her, I got her, and I told her my issue with the inspection and she told me she talked to the office there and it will be fine, I said but that isn't it they want a sales tax receipt and I explained to her that I plumb paid the silly sale tax and this is a kit that came out of a box it's not preassembled she replied it didn't matter it should be fine...So I get back to the DMV and she must have chewed someones ass because this guy there had a very embarrassed look on his face and I got my tags finally..I didn't need to assemble the stupid thing to start with or stay up until 2am working on it either freakin dumb asses, I should have called the inspect place right after I left there the first time but Noooo I listened like a good boy and assembled the Gosh darn thing, what a nightmare, fastest trailer ever built, didn't even break for dinner.. :shock: ... I rode over 1.600 miles this week with aftermarket coils that passed with flying colors... The trip home was great, butt is kinda sore...