The Boneville-Ural is imposible to disguise as anything but British. I don't try, it has a small Union Jack on each "corner", a Yorkshire Rose on the screen, various Welsh and Bavarian Rally stickers and I wear a Scooter helmet probably designed for Austin Powers. I have the flags of all the countries I've visited on a pannier. People just think you are a nutter, which they know from the sidecar straight off. If you can't hide you might as well just stand up and say "I'm English, pleased to meet you"
Back in 2003, given the political situation I tried looking Dutch (number plate also Yellow) in Morocco. None of th locals gave a **** ****. Good 'on 'em I say. The only negative comments I ever recieved were from football fans in Greece who were really just eager to tell me how much their team were going to beat Manchester United (or was it Liverpool?) by. A simple point to your chest and the words "Huddersfield Town" sorts that one
Andy
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