Scooter with a surfboard rack in central Lisbon — legal grey area or non-issue?
Moving to Lisbon for an exchange semester (living near Alameda/Técnico) and planning to get a 125cc scooter with an A2 license. I want to mount a surfboard rack on it.
I've dug into the Código da Estrada — Art. 92 technically says cargo on a moto can only be carried "em reboque ou caixa de carga" (trailer or cargo box), and Art. 56 has general load rules (securing, not exceeding vehicle width, etc.). In practice, surf racks on scooters/mopeds seem completely normalized at the coast (Ericeira, Peniche) — there are commercial products for it (Ocean & Earth "Moped Rack") and forum posts about DIY builds, no reports of fines that I could find.
My question: does anyone have experience actually riding around with a board rack in the city center (not just the coastal towns), e.g. daily commuting through central Lisbon? Is it treated any differently there, or is this just a total non-issue everywhere in Portugal? Curious if anyone's actually been stopped for it.