If only I were closer

Deleted account 220319001 · Jun 5, 2020

Santa-2512 said:
I would never pay anyone to go and do something i could do myself,

Seems a strange logic when it costs you 5 times what it would for someone else to do it and zero time lost doing so.

Santa-2512 · Jun 5, 2020

Cabby said:
Seems a strange logic when it costs you 5 times what it would for someone else to do it and zero time lost doing so.

But thats what makes it fun, and part of the adventure.

Plus if it's a bag of shite when you get there, you can call the seller a cnut and have a nice train ride back to chill, or enjoy the ride back .

Time is immaterial if it's your time and thats how you want to spend it ..

(and didnt you read the post quick before i'd edited it lol)

Deleted account 220319001 · Jun 5, 2020

How many times have you travelled 700+ miles return to pick up bikes as I'm guessing you're not at the NP.

Deleted account 210901001 · Jun 5, 2020

Anyway......

She’s worth the trip for sure ..

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Santa-2512 · Jun 5, 2020

Cabby said:
How many times have you travelled 700+ miles return to pick up bikes as I'm guessing you're not at the NP.

Every year Dec 24th /25th it's one hell of a ride

wilbjr21 · Jun 5, 2020

S92GS said:
Anyway......

She’s worth the trip for sure ..

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Happy new bike .... I would have done the same. :okay

Looks just great.

Deleted account 220319001 · Jun 5, 2020

S92GS said:
Anyway......

She’s worth the trip for sure ..

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Loverly.

You still got the scrambler as well ?

developer · Jun 5, 2020

I always do nationwide searches to find the right vehicle - recently drove 4 hrs to test drive a car which was the right spec. If you end up with a goodie, it's worth every minute

fizzer · Jun 5, 2020

S92GS said:
Anyway......

She’s worth the trip for sure ..

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my water cooler gs i jumped on a plane in newcastle 35 quid to bristol,easyjet ,rode it home ,all done in half a day,my r nine t scrambler i drove to harrogate with the trailer,home in a couple of hours ,for the right bike why would you not ,anyway its normally a good day out .
the urban gs looks brilliant ,just get some proper tyres on it

Malcvtr · Jun 5, 2020

Surely someone has flown to New Zealand to buy a bike then ridden it back? Please post and it should put a stop to the, “I once rowed a boat to Tromso to pick up an FS1E” type comment. Cheers.

wreck diver · Jun 5, 2020

Very nice Mark,have a safe ride home.

simondippenhall · Jun 5, 2020

Malcvtr said:
Surely someone has flown to New Zealand to buy a bike then ridden it back? Please post and it should put a stop to the, “I once rowed a boat to Tromso to pick up an FS1E” type comment. Cheers.

Well I flew to Namibia last September to pick up a bike and ride it back....only it was my own bike that I had parked there.

suspect that’s not what you were looking for, Malc?

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Rushy · Jun 5, 2020

S92GS said:
Anyway......

She’s worth the trip for sure ..

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Wow you got home quick

Very jealous of that purchase :drool

Deleted account 210901001 · Jun 5, 2020

I wish mate. That’s on pick up

So far so good. Cambridge now and 90 pc dry roads

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Neil W · Jun 5, 2020

In the past (mainly pre and early internet days) I have travelled on a number of occasions to inspect with a view to buying immaculate cars or bikes for myself or for friends and at least 3/4 of them were utter mingers and not as described from an obviously rolled and badly bodged Golf Mk1 GTI (badly welded replacement A,B and C pillars and roof full of filler) to a couple of bikes that had drilled out frame numbers (they were reported to local police station).

Not so bad nowadays but cann't be arsed to travel more than say 100 mies from home and sure as f*ck cannot be bothered to venture into the southern part of the country .

richardbd · Jun 5, 2020

bristolsaint said:
2nd hand boxers do come up for sale on this site occasionally

...and often they're "technical"

Nutty · Jun 5, 2020

It’s a cop out. On our little island nowhere is too far. In 2012 I bought a new M3. Got a cracking deal from Douggie Park in Glasgow. Flew up, night at Cameron House, then drove home the next day through the Lake District back to Surrey. Happy days. :beerjug:

I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

Deleted account 220319001 · Jun 5, 2020

The Nutty Duke said:
It’s a cop out. On our little island nowhere is too far. In 2012 I bought a new M3. Got a cracking deal from Douggie Park in Glasgow. Flew up, night at Cameron House, then drove home the next day through the Lake District back to Surrey. Happy days.

I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

You flew up, hardly a thousand mile round trip in a van is it.

Nutty · Jun 5, 2020

Cabby said:
You flew up, hardly a thousand mile round trip in a van is it.

Doesn’t matter. Should I have cycled up? It’s a pathetic cop out when folk whinge about having to drive for a few hours for something they want.

Deleted account 220319001 · Jun 5, 2020

The Nutty Duke said:
Doesn’t matter. Should I have cycled up? It’s a pathetic cop out when folk whinge about having to drive for a few hours for something they want.

Drive a few few hours ? a thousand mile round trip is NOT a "few hours drive"

If only I were closer

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