Now enroute to Fairburn, GA Gettin' closer (!)
On Mar 5, 6:53 pm, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > Close. > > Most commercial trucks are equipped with satellite transponders these > days. > > The company keeps me updated by email. > > On Mar 5, 6:37 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > You must have installed a tracking cookie on the bike :) > > > On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:24, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- 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.
