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February 11, 2006
Siambretta Under The Knife
That was it. I had had enough. While changing gears on my bike it kept jumping out, the clutch kept slipping, the thing was really hard to start, the brakes were dangerous because they simply did not stop the bike, and it really lacked in…
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February 10, 2006
Siambretta – The Reassembly
Well, it has been a while now and there has been no news about my Siambretta which went under the surgeon’s knife before the weekend. When I left it at the workshop the indication was that it may take more than a week to fix. There were…
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February 10, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Paperwork and More Paperwork
Today has been the third consecutive day of paperwork for both Sergio and I. Things were looking really good today, and I was sure that we would get very close to finishing everything. As we paced our way down the narrow sidewalks,…
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February 10, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Yet Another Visit
Today was an easy day. All I had to do was visit the Escribana and pick up some paperwork. Most of it seems to be signed now, although I am not holding my breath. The paperwork was all very important stuff. Things that I need to be legal…
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February 8, 2006
Doing Business in South America
At the end of last year a survey came out about the processes and costs needed to start a business in over 150 countries. Run by the World Bank Group and the International Finance Corporation , their Doing Business website revealed that…
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February 6, 2006
Siambretta Parts – Needle in a Haystack
After a day’s break, I headed back into town to look for some very needed parts on my newly acquired bike. Three things stood out as needing repair soon:
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February 6, 2006
Siambretta No Go – Flat Tire!
I woke up this morning, ready to head to town and begin another list of items on my paperwork trail. Time was fast running out by the time I reached my bike as I had just completed a number of essential tasks for the morning. On reaching…
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February 4, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Owner Missing
It was 8am and I was waiting out on the sidewalk for my friend to turn up in his car. We had made this arrangement a couple of nights ago and as the time grew later I became concerned that he had forgotten our appointment. For me this was…
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February 2, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Getting the Bike
It was in between meetings, we had just finished our staff meeting and now there was a worship time with the students, that I talked with Sergio about our need to head into town right now. We had arranged to meet the real owner today at 11…
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February 1, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Er, Siambroken
Blind Purchase Proud as punch, I took off on my new motorbike. This was my very first ride on it. It did not occur to me until after the purchase that I had never actually looked at the bike or checked it out for any mechanical failures or…
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