A trip to Europe
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From: turby on 26 Nov 2009 14:03 I'm in the planning stages of a trip to Europe next year. I've always wanted to do the West coast from John O'Groats to Gibraltar (via Ireland,) hitting as many beaches and surf spots as possible. Lately though, another way to do it occurred to me. I've started a spreadsheet listing places and things to do. So far, some stuff on the list are the Ace cafe, the Isle of Man races, Edinburgh Fringe Fest, Tour de France, and so on. It could be a challenge, zig-zagging across the continent to get to events, and some things won't be possible of course. (For ex., Intermot isn't until November and Documenta isn't on this year.) I have John Hermann's book - Motorcycle Journeys Through the Alps, and Southern Italy, Corsica, Berlin, and Scandinavia all have their attractions. Who knows how far I can go while the weather is good and the money lasts? It seems a tossup between buying a bike in Europe and selling it when I leave, or shipping a bike over from California. I haven't decided what bike I'll want, but a VStrom1000 is high on the list. Mebbe a KTM990 or ? There is also the option of leaving it in Europe for another time. I've found a couple of good resources: www.AbleCargo.com is only a few miles from me and they ship bikes to Europe. www.Knopftours.com has US titled bikes for sale in Germany and will store bikes. I'm open to any suggestions.
From: doetnietcomputeren on 26 Nov 2009 14:18 On 2009-11-26 20:03:39 +0100, turby <keensurf(a)hotmail.com> said: > It seems a tossup between buying a bike in Europe and selling it when > I leave, or shipping a bike over from California. > I'm open to any suggestions. Start with figuring out if you can get suitable insurance for either scenario. -- Dnc
From: The Older Gentleman on 26 Nov 2009 16:05 turby <keensurf(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm open to any suggestions. We did this in reverse, in the US, decades ago. Asked someone in the US to host us and we'd do vice versa. It worked. We're still friends, over 20 years later :-) If you make it to London, I'll lend you a bike and show you some fun time. Promise. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: YTC#1 on 26 Nov 2009 17:07 Timo Geusch wrote: > YTC#1 <bdp(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> writes: > >> Ah, boat, *do no* use a sea route for your outgoing journey. There are >> many tales ofpeople hanging around for weeks for the bike to arrive, >> when it had not even left the port due to container not being full. > > What he said, in spades. Someone shipped a 911 over from the US for some > classic long-distance rallye. They got to wave the other drivers bye-bye > and I don't think the 911 has put in an appearance yet. It's been > supposed to turn up any day now for quite a few days, if not weeks. > Yep, the 2 week to ship from NY to Liverpool, which didn't go to Liverpool but London instead took 6 weeks. -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
From: Marc Gerges on 26 Nov 2009 16:56
turby <keensurf(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm open to any suggestions. None, really, but if you make it to Luxembourg, up for a ride and a drink... cu .\\arc |