Gyiman

Off the Nation online edition - Southern Expressway authorities have directed that the Vehicle Fitness Certificate is mandatory for all vehicles using the Expressway, official sources said. They said the certificate was made mandatory to prevent accidents on the expressway where vehicles operated at high speed. They had detected several vehicles not roadworthy as they had black smoke emanating, less brakes and other defects.

Ah ya machan I am aware of that & seen a few too just wanted to add the pic for dramatic reasons

Anyone like the 3D screens?

Ryan's probably smiling reading all of this..

Two generations meaning the mechanical side of it.

I'm sure everyone would like to see the bike you get Zambo. Please post those pics.

I think the fact that you want to buy everything in nearly every post would have driven him to it

Is this part of your 2 year plan?

Agreed, but the lanes are not wide enough. They should have had 3 lanes to allow heavy vehicles to run on, people find it hard to overtake them on the Colombo-Negombo road as it is. Moreover these vehicles should not be traveling at 100kmph+, & some of them are in pretty bad state & don;t even have working indicators or brake lights so they should be checking their road worthiness prior before being allowed on, which is highly unlikely. The idea of a 40ft container fishtailing at high speed or not being able to slow down in a hurry doesn't sound too appealing. They should be allowed on, but to run at slower speeds. This would still make the journey faster than the normal routes as the speed would be constant.

Ok, that's not exactly 'slow' for most vehicles to be put into first. So as Peri mentioned, its built that way. Get your car tuned first & have a mechanic check the clutch as well. Your probably burning more fuel driving the way it is.

How about MacGyver & his swiss army knife

http://www.motortraffic.gov.lk/

How slow is slow?

Ya thats like asking for trouble, you never know who your going to be dealing with. Let the cops (if they want) to handle it. Setting a good example isn't always the way to go. You been missing the news? http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/15971-attempted-robbery-on-highway-exit.html

What about spares? Like shocks, brake pads for the ones with disks, etc? Do these places stores these as well?

Tourist thang!!

Yes even Jami's 'prediction' was about a accident on Galle road Ratmalana

You're considering a moped when you said you didn't want a scooter You might want to consider checking out the Sinhala newspapers too, & or Kurunegala, etc etc? Damn back in the day places like panchikawatte were full of proper bikes, now all you get are those little mozzies.