All still true, Graham. And on the upper end of the South Island's east coast, you can ride for 50 miles along empty coastline with nothing but rocks, beaches, seals and sheep along the way. Damn nice.
Dennis G. - Seattle -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Rogers Sent: 10 September, 2009 05:53 To: [email protected] Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: A better way to ship a bike and where Dennis is going to live you can ride down the other side of the South Island for 250 miles and count the cars you will see on both hands - at least that was the way it was in '86 when our family drove around the S.I. right Dennis? We were in a camper van and could just pull off the side of the road for the night along side a lake or river or the ocean. Just watch out for the mossies (dragon size mosquitoes), Graham On Sep 10, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Dennis wrote: > > Joe, > > How nice of Uncle Sam - wish he'd come and help me <smile>. No, > damn - > better be careful what I wish for. > > The riding is beautiful in New Zealand. For such a little place > (only the > size of Colorado), it's got an awful lot of great roads. You > should try it > if you get the chance. Be sure to drop me an E-Mail if you come down. > > Dennis G. > - Seattle > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph > Letourneau > Sent: 10 September, 2009 00:46 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: A better way to ship a bike > > > > > Hey Dennis, > Uncle Sam boxes up my bike somewhat similarly when I move across > the pond. > Can't say it doesn't end up without 2 or 3 scratches at > destination. How's > the riding in New Zealand? > > > --- On Wed, 9/9/09, Dennis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Dennis <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] A better way to ship a bike >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 9:14 PM >> >> >> >> >> >> A better way to ship a bike >> >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> <<...>> <<...>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
