New member from South Africa
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05-12-2006 | 04:43 PM
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New member from South Africa
Hi all. Joined the forum last night after reading as a guest for about 2 months. I find this forum
very interesting and informative. I recently bought a 05 CBR1000RR (0 kilometres on the clock)
and love it already!!! It's still stock, as accessories are very expensive here.
Also own a 03 honda CR250 and have been riding motox for about 5 years. Weekends ended up being too
short seeing that the more time i spent on the bike, the more and wanted to ride. Having said that, I couldn't resist the CBR when
I saw it in the shop. I now ride everyday and loving it.
Though bike prices are ridicolous here by us, i must say that reading about your penalty system, I thank my lucky stars
i'm living in SA. We don't have penalty points or licence restrictions. If (or should i say WHEN) you get a fine,
you pay it and thats that. Traffic systems are not linked at all between two towns and you can mess up in one, ride for 10kms and
should you be pulled over in the second, they dont know anyting about the mess you made 10 minutes ago. (Bribes work well also! LOL)
Will leave you with a real South African joke... if i may.
Subject: SA Government Tender Policies
The Minister of Public Works wanted to remodel her office, so she invited
different contractors for tenders.
One was from Johannesburg, one from Durban and the last one from Soweto.
"OK gentlemen, I want a nice job ," She said, "Let's hear from Johannesburg?"
The guy took out his ultrasonic measuring device and tablet computer and
began measuring, scrawling on the computer, calculating.
Eventually he said "R90 000, Madam Minister,"
"That seems like quite a lot of money! Why R90 000?"
"You see," he replied, "that's R40 000 for material, R40 000 for labour and
R10 000 for my profit".
Stella seemed OK with that and turned to the Durban contractor. "So how much
do want to do the job?" she asked.
The Durban fella took out a rusted tape measure, broken clipboard and a
blunt pencil. He took some measurements, scratched some calculations on the
back of his Rothmans box and came up with a figure of R70 000.
"That's interesting!" said Stella. "Explain the R70 000?"
"Simple, Madam Minister, I got a brother-in-law in the hardware trade,so
that's R35 000 for materials, R30,000 for my guys, and R5,000 for my profit
and all."
Stella was amused but happy to accept the explanation.
Then she asked the Soweto contractor for his quotation. He just smiled,
looked the minister in the eyes and said, "R270 000!"
"Yoh Yoh Yoh!.... How did you come to that amount without even taking your
measurements? What is that amount for?"
"That's R100 000 for me and R100 000 for you!"
"So what about the remaining R70 000?"
"We hire that guy from Durban to do the job!!!"
very interesting and informative. I recently bought a 05 CBR1000RR (0 kilometres on the clock)
and love it already!!! It's still stock, as accessories are very expensive here.
Also own a 03 honda CR250 and have been riding motox for about 5 years. Weekends ended up being too
short seeing that the more time i spent on the bike, the more and wanted to ride. Having said that, I couldn't resist the CBR when
I saw it in the shop. I now ride everyday and loving it.
Though bike prices are ridicolous here by us, i must say that reading about your penalty system, I thank my lucky stars
i'm living in SA. We don't have penalty points or licence restrictions. If (or should i say WHEN) you get a fine,
you pay it and thats that. Traffic systems are not linked at all between two towns and you can mess up in one, ride for 10kms and
should you be pulled over in the second, they dont know anyting about the mess you made 10 minutes ago. (Bribes work well also! LOL)
Will leave you with a real South African joke... if i may.
Subject: SA Government Tender Policies
The Minister of Public Works wanted to remodel her office, so she invited
different contractors for tenders.
One was from Johannesburg, one from Durban and the last one from Soweto.
"OK gentlemen, I want a nice job ," She said, "Let's hear from Johannesburg?"
The guy took out his ultrasonic measuring device and tablet computer and
began measuring, scrawling on the computer, calculating.
Eventually he said "R90 000, Madam Minister,"
"That seems like quite a lot of money! Why R90 000?"
"You see," he replied, "that's R40 000 for material, R40 000 for labour and
R10 000 for my profit".
Stella seemed OK with that and turned to the Durban contractor. "So how much
do want to do the job?" she asked.
The Durban fella took out a rusted tape measure, broken clipboard and a
blunt pencil. He took some measurements, scratched some calculations on the
back of his Rothmans box and came up with a figure of R70 000.
"That's interesting!" said Stella. "Explain the R70 000?"
"Simple, Madam Minister, I got a brother-in-law in the hardware trade,so
that's R35 000 for materials, R30,000 for my guys, and R5,000 for my profit
and all."
Stella was amused but happy to accept the explanation.
Then she asked the Soweto contractor for his quotation. He just smiled,
looked the minister in the eyes and said, "R270 000!"
"Yoh Yoh Yoh!.... How did you come to that amount without even taking your
measurements? What is that amount for?"
"That's R100 000 for me and R100 000 for you!"
"So what about the remaining R70 000?"
"We hire that guy from Durban to do the job!!!"
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