If only I were closer

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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That is perfect, Simon. Thank you. Hopefully, no-one will be able to beat that one Great work!
 
I drove to York with a trailer, to buy a ‘perfect’ RC30.

Whatever the bike was he described and sent a picture of, it most certainly wasn’t the one he wheeled out of his garage.

Cnut.

That’s Yorkshire for you
 
Drive a few few hours ? a thousand mile round trip is NOT a "few hours drive"

Maybe not, but there’s no excuse in the UK. Nowhere is too far here, for the right bike/ car. Stop being lazy.
 
Maybe not, but there’s no excuse in the UK. Nowhere is too far here, for the right bike/ car. Stop being lazy.

It's not about being lazy it's about being practical. As I've already outlined, circa £750 costs to pick a bike up that distance plus time away or pay someone £150-£180 to do so.

I've done numerous long distance trips to buy bikes, that 1000 miler was my last.
 
Now now troops.

Each to their own.

I guess we could all maybe agree that if it from a trusted source, and it’s the bike you really want, nowhere is too far in uk.

Anyway got in at 2115

What a great day.

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And thank you to the seller too.

UKGSing at its finest.




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Drove the missus up to the borders to look at a sportster she liked - she liked it so did the deal....then as it started to piss down, decided that I could ride it back for her....300+ miles! :D

Good luck with the new bike, buddy...hope you have a great ride back. :beerjug:

Thanks mate. Back safe. Sorry I missed your post earlier :)

Where others say I love you with flowers, you do it by stealing her bike and pretending to be pissed off about it.

Win Win


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It's not about being lazy it's about being practical. As I've already outlined, circa £750 costs to pick a bike up that distance plus time away or pay someone £150-£180 to do so.

I've done numerous long distance trips to buy bikes, that 1000 miler was my last.

You think far too much.
 
All the way to Grimsby for a Merc..

Travelled all the way from Camberley in Surrey to Grimsby to pick up a new Mercedes E300DE hybrid thing. My trade in 520D decided it would sulk right on the forecourt of the Merc dealers and treated me to a display of Connect 4 warning lights. Dealer took it all in his stride and I left with a shiny new Mercedes E300DE , which did 28 miles before it shit itself and came up with a warning for a red OIL QUANTITY/QUALITY warning. Dealer took it back and lent me a very nice but quite thirsty V6 , which they picked up from my house about a week later, also returning my car in the process. I wonder where FR19DWP is now, errr not.

My point is that even with a quality dealer things can and do go wrong.. I know they are a quality dealer cos they told me so, and it says so on a sticker in their window :comfort:augie:augie
 
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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I agreed to buy a bike off ADVrider from a guy who lived in Woodland, Oregon sight unseen. So I flew to Seattle, picked up a hire car and drove down into Oregon to buy it . Ran around on the states for 3 months and then the plan was to leave it there , go back the following year to do Canada’s / Alaska and then bring it home.....unfortunately I lost my storage option and had to sell it after the 3 months.
 
It's not about being lazy it's about being practical. As I've already outlined, circa £750 costs to pick a bike up that distance plus time away or pay someone £150-£180 to do so.

I've done numerous long distance trips to buy bikes, that 1000 miler was my last.

And how on earth did you spend £750 to do 1000 miles?
 
Travelled all the way from Camberley in Surrey to Grimsby to pick up a new Mercedes E300DE hybrid thing. My trade in 520D decided it would sulk right on the forecourt of the Merc dealers and treated me to a display of Connect 4 warning lights. Dealer took it all in his stride and I left with a shiny new Mercedes E300DE , which did 28 miles before it shit itself and came up with a warning for a red OIL QUANTITY/QUALITY warning. Dealer took it back and lent me a very nice but quite thirsty V6 , which they picked up from my house about a week later, also returning my car in the process. I wonder where FR19DWP is now, errr not.

My point is that even with a quality dealer things can and do go wrong.. I know they are a quality dealer cos they told me so, and it says so on a sticker in their window :comfort:augie:augie

I’ve never known anyone have as much bad luck with cars or bikes, as you!
 
And how on earth did you spend £750 to do 1000 miles?

It cost the hire of a van for two days, circa £100, the cost of fuel, circa £100, the cost of at least three days off my work, circa £500

I'm with Cabby on his costings....but would have looked at all this before buying and binned it off or got a plane ticket...
 
I'm with Cabby on his costings....but would have looked at all this before buying and binned it off or got a plane ticket...

Bizarrely I had the bike two weeks, binned it and got £2000 of a payout more than I paid for it, so was all good in the end.
 
I'm with Cabby on his costings....but would have looked at all this before buying and binned it off or got a plane ticket...

I dont know where he gets his costings from, but clearly he's a 4 star man.
 
I'm with Cabby on his costings....but would have looked at all this before buying and binned it off or got a plane ticket...

Nope, still doesn’t make sense. There are much cheaper ways of doing it. ;)

You can get pretty much anywhere in the UK on a cheap flight in under a couple of hours, then just ride back. All done in a day.
 


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