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My bike number plate had fallen somehow while I was riding on my bike. How and where can I get a new number plate?

I recently encountered a problem with my Daihatsu Mira L700S after performing some repairs. I removed the rack for maintenance purposes, and since then, I've been facing persistent steering alignment issues. Despite two wheel alignments, the problem persists. One noticeable symptom is that whenever I hit a bump, the steering alignment seems to shift.Could this be a result of a loose rack end, or is there another underlying issue?

Posting similar thread (Some time Back) so OP could have some idea about Engine Rebuilds done properly. regarding the place, last i heard they had moved places.

Here lies the problem! This is sadly the issue with a majority of the garages int he country. They do not want to repair anything...just swap something out and get you out the door. If it doesn't work, they know that you will come back to them, and if it does work, they get you out of the door fast enough that they are able to undertake a new job. This is also partly the car owners' fault as well. They simply want things done cheap and do not want to pay for the time spent on proper diagnosis. Without doing a proper diagnosis and narrowing down the possibilities...you are just going to be spending money on everything possible cause under the sun hoping that each thing you do is going to fix the issue (so first it will be the PCV valve...next it will be something else...and if you are truly unlucky they will lead you to the point of replacing piston rings and then a new engine and then repeat the whole process all over again because it's a new used engine). By experience, I can tell you that when you do something this way that seems to have fixed the issue....99% of the time, it hasn't fixed the issue but merely masked the symptoms. So....even if you have to endure the current pain...just find a place that will do a comprehensive diagnosis. Not someone who will do the whole "mahattaya mekata aluth enjimak..." talk by just looking at it for a whole 30 seconds. 1. Where are you? That will help people to tell you of garages with positive experiences. 2. It seems like you said burning oil...like how bad is the oil burn?

Not yet. I am hoping to do as you suggested.

It is @Gummybr

Actually not, I asked a few guys but they are not happy about repairing it. I can't find a good garage in my area. Could you guys please suggest me a good place? Thank you everyone for your answers! ❤️

Interesting, didn’t really know that. And yep, it’s an NSX. I’m not sure whose turn it is next, so over to either @Gummybr or @iRage?

Actually, that is partly folklore. For starters, that popular video clip of him driving the NSX in loafers—well, that was not a test drive for development. It was done two or three years after the car's launch when Senna was invited to the launch event of the NSX-R, the GT and something else. Honda did claim that Senna was a proud owner of a NSX, which he enjoyed. Honda also claimed that based on his experience with the car, he had provided suggestions. They went on to suggest that Senna's suggestions, amongst others, were taken into consideration for the development of the GT car and the R (things from these cars trickled down to the facelift as well). Honda never confirmed or stated that Senna was part of the development team when the NSX was being developed. This is based on the motoring magazines of the time and the bible of the NSX.

Maye Senna had a say in this

Here you go.

Correct . It's Smart ForFour. Recently saw 1 in Nuwara Eliya. Take the turn.

Smart ForTwo/ ForFour? I’ve seen a ForTwo multiple times in Kohuwala a few years back, but haven’t noticed any nearby in quite some time.

Here's the next one

Ah, I generally visit that place at their Colombo 7, deans road branch

Yes it is. I saw an exact same colour today morning

Wagon R from our neighbor

Ok then here is the next one. Very popular Make and Model in Sri Lanka.

Yes.

So the vehicle dimensions also fall under kei car dimensions? Interesting how there are ways to exploit even the Japanese regulations.

This would be the way to go - I hope OP has taken the car to a proper mech and done a compression test. What I hear is that in the past people almost always tried to repair/rebuild engines. In recent times with the availability of recon engines garages tend to go for the more easier -'replace' method. Replace should be a last resort. Of course these are not 'new' engines they're usually engines taken off wrecking yards. Having said that I need to mention that from what I have seen when I was engine hunting for the Starlet usually (i cannot stress the importance of the word usually - yes there could have been an engine a sumo wrestler used to throw at his opponents )a 15 YO Engine that has run in Japan and a 15YO engine that has run in Sri Lanka are in entirely two different conditions

Right-o ! Over to you ! It's a Caterham Seven 160S. 160 being the power to weight ratio. Actual power is 80ish horsepower (for non JDM cars) and 62HP for JDM cars. Well..sort of. Read below. It has a Suzuki kei engine that is just 660cc (those found in everything from Every vans to Altos) and the body sticks within kei car dimensions (thus almost like it was designed with the yellow plate classification in mind). UK and other market models have 80ish horsepower whilst those destined for Japan were (originally?) detuned to be 62hp in order to meet kei car classification. However, there was a loophole. The kei car 62-64ish hp limitation was part of the self-imposed horsepower restrictions by the Japanese manufacturers in the late 70s/early 80s (the gentlemen's agreement you hear about. Which was initiated by a strong government request). So, technically the hp restriction for kei cars do not apply to non-Japanese brands. So as long as the dimensions and capacity requirements are met, a foreign car can have even a 300hp. It will be classified as a kei car. Just like a 2000cc Japanese sedan will just have 180hp but a Euro car can have 300hp but still fall in to the same tax bracket So..(word has it that) the first few Japan-destined 160S were 6oish hp, whilst the latter ones came with the full 80+. There are grey import vehicles which still are not classified as kei cars because of the registration of the original country of registration.

Oh and on the V8 - https://www.evo.co.uk/caterham/7/6641/caterham-levante , https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-spottedykywt/caterham-seven-levante-v8--spotted/40702 I am sure the V8 were two Japanese motorbike engines put together.

I will leave the answer here. From one of our threads.