Now enroute to Bloomingdale, IL (Chicago burbs). On Mar 3, 1:38 am, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > Did I mention bike's in Seattle. > > On Mar 1, 1:09 am, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We know all about diversions don't we? Getting that outfit to commit > > to date/time pickup was like trying to nail jello to a wall. Hope > > they don't repeat that performance on the delivery end. > > > Anyway, it's good to have it finally in transit. I'll be spending the > > meantime arranging insurance coverage, title transfer and plates. > > > Shipping was $700 and change, based on bids from 8 different > > companies. All the bids were in that neighborhood, so I used the > > eenie-meenie-minie-mo decision-making process to pick one. > > > I'm in the trucking biz myself, so I know moving the bike to Seattle > > is pretty typical of hub-based transport companies. The pickup driver > > is probably a regional guy, who'll transfer it to an over-the-road > > operation, most likely a team. > > > Anyway, thanks for the help on your end, Paul. > > > And thanks to poster Glenn Evanish for suggesting using a different > > browser to log on here. I'm having trouble getting IE9 to cooperate > > for some baffling cyber reason. > > > On Feb 29, 11:29 am, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > *Hey everyone!* > > > * > > > * > > > *I sold my classic GL1100 to one of our members here on Nighthawk Lovers, > > > and the bike is now on its way from Oregon to Georgia. I took these > > > pictures just this morning as the driver was securing the bike onto the > > > pallet. He will take the bike to Seattle, where it will change trucks > > > (although the bike will remain connected to the pallet) and begin its long > > > journey southward toward Georgia. Just the trip from Seattle is almost > > > 2,700 miles. (Just the trip from my home to Seattle alone is 450 miles, so > > > the total miles traveled will be 3,150 ASSUMING they don't have any other > > > diversions along the way...and it's likely they will.) -Paul* > > > * > > > * > > > *[image: Inline image 1] > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > *[image: Inline image 2] > > > ** > > > > Paul LeBoutillier > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > *www.hondanighthawks.net* > > > > IMG_20120229_081503.jpg > > > 148KViewDownload > > > > IMG_20120229_081433.jpg > > > 133KViewDownload
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