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Title: It's Gone
Post by: rprata on June 18, 2003, 11:07:18 AM

The bike moving/shipping company just came and took it away to sunny So. Calif. :( I won't see her now 'till July 2 :o What will I do for 2 weeks with no riding?? :x

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Post by: The Buddha on June 18, 2003, 11:18:08 AM

I guess post here and go vroom vroom at your desk/chair/couch/bed and be glad you getting to where there is far better sunshine and year round riding weather.
Cool.
Srinath.

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Post by: tiedyeguy on June 18, 2003, 11:27:24 AM

Well, I feel your pain. I'm leaving for hell, I mean Kansas City for 2 weeks, sans bike! It sucks! :x

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Post by: snapper on June 18, 2003, 11:42:37 AM

We have more rain in the forcast for the next 7 days.... so we here in New England have our own type of pain. :guns: But we can sympathize.

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Post by: akky on June 18, 2003, 12:52:34 PM

rprata, who are you using to ship the bike, and how much is it costing? Hopefully I'll be doing the same at the end of the summer. :cheers:

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Post by: rprata on June 18, 2003, 01:23:24 PM

I am using Allied Moto (an agent for Allied Van Lines). It was around 750.00 (coast-to-coast) including residential pick-up and residential delivery (at 79.00/each) .. if you can find a BUSINESS to have the bike picked up at, and another one to have it dropped off at, you can save 160.00 off that price.

Check out http://www.brunolake.com and click on motorcycle shipping. E-mail them and ask for a quote. It will depend on the mileage of the trip, and the size/weight of the bike (I assume it'll be a GS).

They were the lowest price I found.

You COULD use ForwardAir, but then you need to crate the bike up and deliver it to the ForwardAir terminal, and then pick it up from the destination terminal. They're a little less expensive, because it's just air-to-air, not over-the-road.

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Post by: Jared on June 18, 2003, 04:07:35 PM

Actually ForwardAir is a trucking company.I've used them a few times for engines and such.

They provide crates for the bikes ( you may have to wait two weeks for one...so plan in advance) for extra $$ on the shipping.

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Post by: Sportbilly on November 11, 2003, 04:12:48 PM

Sorry guys to resurrect an old topic, but I was wondering how it all went, any problems?

I'm looking to have a GN delivered to kansas and was worried about transporting a cycle without a crate...

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Post by: JohNLA on November 11, 2003, 04:19:21 PM

Rprata got his bike to San Diego but then he blew the engine a couple months back and sold it to another GSTwin member. I have not noticed him posting since then so you may have to e-mail him to give you an answer.

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