S, That sounds interesting. I would like to see a picture or two if you find them. I hope this is the last time I have to ship a bike internationally but you never know.
Dennis G. - Seattle -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sfox618 Sent: 10 September, 2009 00:13 To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: A better way to ship a bike Dennis, I have two crazy friends, well most of my friends are crazy.... anyway, they are from Austria and ship there bikes all over the world. What they did was take a base pallet like you have and create there own frame around it. Some of the clever things they did are 1: the sides are all 1" steel posts - (the square stuff with holes in it). So when they unpack there bikes then lay them on the base and use that clear plastic packaging wrap to secure them to the pallet. They then ship the pallet to there destination. 2: all they need to put the crate together is two socket wrenches. 3: They have a cross member that goes from one side post to the other across the seat. This keeps the bike in place. They have other points to secure it but the single cross member pushing the bike down on the seat really works well. 4: Once the bike is in the crate they wrap the whole thing in that clear plastic shipping wrap. That way the customs people can see in and if they do need to get to the bikes it's just a matter of cutting the plastic and then re-wrapping. I hope that all makes sense. I'll see if they have any pictures but I will be surprised if they do. Keep um rubber side down. S On Sep 9, 3:14 pm, "Dennis" <[email protected]> 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. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
