I'll work on the pictures - these guys aren't big on camera's but one can hope.
Have you read Inverstment biker? Good book about riding around the world. He had a blowout in Australia where he basically wore out the middle of his tire from going across the middle of Australia. Kind of a funny passage and really eye opening on how open Australia is. Sounds like a great place to cruze on a bike. Sean 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. > > 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 > 427KViewDownload > > DSCN2249.JPG > 414KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
