Dennis, where did you get the rack on your bike? Graham On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:14 PM, Dennis wrote:
> Two years ago, I shipped my '85 700SC down to New Zealand and I > built the crate myself entirely out of 3/4" plywood. It was a lot > of work and it was heavy and expensive. > > I'm going to ship my other bike, an '86 700SC, down there this > November and I was thinking I was going to have to do the entire > crate building exercise all over again. > > But, several weeks ago a group of us went on a big ride (235 miles > - that was pretty long for me) and along the way we stopped into a > few motorcycle places to ogle the new bikes. Up in Bellingham, we > went into a Triumph place and, while everyone else was looking at > the bikes, I was over on the side of the building staring at a pile > of metal pallets - used to ship motorcycles. > > I went inside and talked to the owner and asked if they were his to > sell, or if he had to swap them back to the factory. He said they > were his and he'd sell them for $25 a pop. Zowie - it was a deal! > > Since then, I've been back up in my pickup and sorted through his > stack and got one which was the best of the bunch and brought it > home. I've attached a photo which I hope you can see. I've also > attached a photo of the beauty I am going to ship on this pallet. > Have I mentioned I love these 700SC bikes? > > So, there will still be some building required as I'm going to make > a box (sides and top) to put over the bike to protect it and so I > can stuff other stuff inside so I get my money's worth on the > shipping. > > And, if anyone is wondering what it costs to ship a bike to the > other side of the world, it is $814, if you go direct to the > shipping company. But to get this rate, I have to transport the > bike and pallet down to the harbor myself all packed up and ready > to go and, on the other end, I'll have to go down to the harbor and > unpack it all and show it to the New Zealand Customs and > Biosecurity folks and pay them some fees as well as paying some > money to the folks in the freight yard where it arrives. > > I've be moving down permanently to New Zealand at the end of > November and so I'll be our furthest south member then for sure. > And, when ever I post anything after that, my writing will always > be upside down which is going to make it a bit hard for all of you > to read <smile>. > > Cheers, > > Dennis G. > - Seattle / '85 & '86 CB700SCs > > <<...>> <<...>> > > > > > <DSCN2248.JPG><DSCN2249.JPG> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
