Thanks for that Pepsi!
I thought you might have something to say on the matter when I made my post.. I suspect that you said that at least a little tongue in cheek! I could consider moving to Portugal, but know very little about the it..last time I looked everybody there seemed to be moving to Brazil, where a lot of my industry offshored to. Perhaps I need to do more homework, all I know is I need to leave UK and go somewhere warmer and happier. I have worked in Italy before, and much as I love it, it seems to be falling apart.

Searching the expat forums this evening has revealed a little more..It seems that your initial registration requires a technical report from an engineer, with it a technical log being created for the bike. Any modifications require further engineering inspections with amendments made to the technical report.

Sounds simple, I am sure in practice it is not!

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