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There are so many things that need addressing regarding vehicles on the road -buses & lorries without brake lights- belching black smoke - crazy driving standards-overtaking on corners-speeding even thru town centres to keep on schedule .I imagine the laws are already in existence to stop and fine these careless individuals but they still can be seen island wide.Whilst I agree we must make every effort to improve safety and cleanliness for all road users -we must accept that in the real world as opposed to the one we would like it to be there will be many out there working out ways to circumvent any of these new regulations and measures.Until as in the west there is a police force that is well paid that does not wish to lose pensions as well a well paid job ,many officers will subsidize their salaries in other ways .A phone line to report badly maintained vehicles would be a good start as long as anonimity can be garanteed. lets hope this is the begining of if not a brave new world at least a brave new sri lanka

if the gosl wants to improve the air quality then the army of buses and old lorries must be the main targets and not the very few car owning minority. However can you imagine the chaos on the roads when all the buses fail and people cannot get to work. As has been said before the main polluters will either bribe the test centre for the certificate or bribe the police officer when stopped.(and dont pretend this doesnt happen )These certificate unless difficult to forge will just be scanned on a computer then printed off with the relevant registration number etc.This is not rocket science but technologically easy to do now.The government should have set up test centres everywhere long before announcing its enforcement .Can you imagine the length of the queues and the chaos caused if there only is 1 test centre in the whole of sri lanka .I live in Tangalle and will have travel a huge distant just to comply.Why not introduce test centres in car garages as we have in england where the emmissioins are tested when the vehicle has its annual mot(ministry of transport) test.That way its independently done and free from govt intervention and incompetence

hi i've booked my ticket back to sri lanka on the 20 th of january. and am looking for a suzuki bandit or a honda cbr 650 cc .if anyone has one they would like to sell please post an ad in the classifieds in reply to this and i will contact you when i get to negombo . i hope this posting doesnt breach any rules of this site .if so i'll post an add or something in the wanted section hope this works !

thanks very much i realised when i was over there the last time and i was asking in bike shops for a bigger bike they just looked at me as if i was crazy .i am coming over in january so i will keep on looking here and asking if anyone has one they want to sell closer to that date.

Thanks for that information. are there any bike dealers or showrooms that are in colombo or nearby that I can contact that would have one in stock or can get me one.I am very interested in getting one the next time i am there in January.

a very nice looking bike.its good to see there are some some in sri lanka .I was beginning to think the only ones available were old wrecks patched together or even welded together to create an unsteerable monster.Before i bought a hideous 125 in tangalle i rented many a monster to ride around sri lanka with my girlfriend.The problem for me being a foreigner is to find where you can buy things,as I am so used to just finding a bike shop with all the models available.There must be dealers who have several bikes but how do you find them?

my bike is a suzuki 600 bandit thats the kind of size and bike i'm looking for i dont mind if the bike is not a suzuki im quite happy if i could find a honda or yamaha of similar size.I dont really want a sports bike. the roads where i am are not good enough

hi I have a house down in Tangalle and would really love to be able to bring my motorbike over from england.I know that it is really hard to get cars into sri lanka but is it the same for motorbikes and is there a company that will handle the shipping and all the paperwork.I have seen loads of lovely bikes around colombo and they certainly were not 125cc or 250's How do they do it .Cos it certainly wont fit in any suitcase ! I do have a small 125cc but with two people on it ,it is really hard work travelling around... thanks c farrow