Demon Dave

Troy, unfortunately I don't have a UK license. I could probably get one, only trouble is the Japanese regulations for converting licenses say I've got to have been resident in the UK for at least 3 months after I got the license for me to be able to change it into a Jap one I've heard that since I have a car license I don't need to take the paper test, just the practical. Was wondering if anyone knew what is involved in that...

This is a question aimed more at those who live in Japan. Does anyone have a Japanese motorcycle license? If so, how did you go about getting it? What is involved in the test and is it something someone with limited Japanese language abilities could possibly consider doing? Thanx in advance for any input

I've did have several small die cast models. I use the word did because: model car + 3 year old who loves toy cars = cars burried in the garden/smashed to bits/launched off the stairs etc etc etc Still got 3 Tamiya plastic model kits - R32 GTR, R33 GTS (in black) and an R34 GTT (they don't make a GT-V). I've had them for a couple of years, but have yet to find the time to even start making any of them! I'd love one of those 350Z's, but my son wouldn't waste any time giving it his own brand of modifications!

cool The detail on it is superb.

Well, you've got plenty of expressway between Osaka and Yamanashi to play about on I also recommend if you travel during the day you stop off at the Prince Skyline Museum on the way, it' well worth the visit.

A road with no traffic in Japan - the holy grail - does such a thing exist!?!? Nah, seriously - if you're prepared to wake up at some un-godly hour then we can have free run on a lot of roads. Being in the country, we don't have many bypasses and the like, but where we are, we can be in the mountain passes in 5 minutes. Most of the roads will be clear, so we'll be free to drive as we please. I'm planning on showing you my local circuit - we might get lucky and catch some decent action. The drive there is a nice one and the circuit itself, is small, but there's usually something going off. I was there in Sunday, with several Imprezza's, Evo's (very nice and bl00dy quick IV) , plus a handful of others - hachi-roku's, silvias, R33 gtst's and a R32 GTR to name a few. I've also got several spots selected that'll give us decent backgrounds for phots - one happens to be at the Suntory Winery (which is literally behind my place)...

No problems on parking space - my driveway can handle it, plus I have access to additional parking about 50m from my place, if you'd prefer to park there. I'm looking forward to it - the home field advantage means I'll be the car in front most of the time! Which is nice since I'm driving the least powerful car!

I used to drive an RB20E engine R33 skyline and while I liked it, it was a skyline, and it was reliable, I must admit it was exactly a performance car!

Now you're just being greedy! OK. In retrospect I wish I had kept me old R33 GTS when I bought my R34...would have been nice to have both, then with an R32 and I would have got a nice collection going

Hey Justin, just noticed it says "R32 GTSt Type M under your avatar What's the story? I thought you were going for a V35 coupe?

Well said Justin

I better back up that statement with a few observations.... Japanese drivers routinely run red lights. And not just as the light has turned red, but sometimes a fair few seconds after. And it isn't just men, everyone does it like it some kind of accepted thing/national rule. They undertake. They'll weave through traffic. They'll cut you up whenever they can. Most women seem to feel that holding a phone conversation is a normal part of driving. Men will quite happily shave while cruising along, many also read the paper of have their head burried in some manga... and my pet hate - they just love to tailgate and in my experience the women are way worse than men for this... *rant over* But, car drivers have nothing on high school kids on bicycles - seems to me like those lot all have death wishes!

In a word: BAD

Yeah, the term Bozosoku is a little misleading in the thread title. Usually people consider the bike gangs to be bozosoku, but like DaiOni said the term can be used in a derogatory way to refer to a wide range of car groups/cultures and fanatics

Aye, gotta have plenty of for the livestock

The police tend to target the bike gangs, least they do around here. It's the bike gangs that ride around like crazy, revving the nuts of their engines, running red lights and generally causing mayhem wherever they go

It doesn't look too bad, though I prefer the VI myself. Credit to Mitsubishi though, they don't like to keep their customers/fans waiting - they've yet to release the IX and they're already working on X...compare that to Nissan and the next GTR...

Daikoku Parking Area - perhaps one of the best places to see modified cars in Japan Great pics.

Ordinarily the UK uses a single (rectangular shaped) plates with a single line of numbers/letters. But import cars often have Jap style plates, like the ones pictured with 2 rows of text... eg:

Very nice Good to see a fellow Brit on the boards. When I get back to Derby later in the year, I'm hoping to make the Bubble meet. Justin hurry up and get that 350GT! I've been seriously considering going for a 350GT myself, though probably won't happen till next year at the earliest. Damn fine cars

The license plate is British style (white @ front, yellow @ rear and uses the same lettering/numbering) so it could be in HK or maybe even the UK... no mention of transmission type - but you'd have to be blind not to notice it's an auto

Damn that's expensive! And I thought my 50,000 yen a month was steep (for 7 room house, 3 room out building, 2 car garage, garden and driveway parking for 3 or 4 cars ) Of course, the downside being the house is as old as I am and the neighbourhood consists of elderly Kei truck driving farmers

hehe - rainy season is an understatement - it's been coming down hard all day and now I could almost go for a swim in me garden

Troy, Justin - no worries guys, whenever. June is shaping up to be a busy month for me (workwise) and it looks like the rainy season is upon us now too...

hehe The whole world's and island