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
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