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From: Lozzo on 20 Mar 2010 16:18 Timo Geusch wrote: > Lozzo wrote: > > > Timo Geusch wrote: > > > > > I'm tempted to bid on a bid in the grim North and I'm just trying > > > to figure out what the logistics of getting it back to Kent would > > > be. > > > > > > Trouble is that it'll take a day and half for the round trip > > > (eight hours up by train if yer lucky, 7 hours back by bike). I > > > wouldn't mind asking one of our recently unemployed but I'd be > > > worried that he'd burn the bike instead (yes, it's got BMW > > > written on it). > > > > How unemployed do you have to be before you are able to swallow your > > pride and offer your services? I don't smoke any more, so I > > shouldn't be carrying anything that would enable me set fire to it. > > Well, if you're up for it I'd be happy for you to do this. I promise I > won't try to take photos of you on a BMW, either. Well, maybe one or > two... I have a black visor. Count me in. If you win the auction drop me a line and I'll make myself available. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: YTC#1 on 20 Mar 2010 16:38 On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:59:22 +0000, DR wrote: > Timo Geusch posted: >>YTC#1 wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:20:53 +0000, Timo Geusch wrote: >>> >>> > Any suggestions how to get a bike (MOTd, registered and all that >>> > jazz) from Cumbria to Kent? >>> >>> If you don't mind it in stages, I could pick it up for you. >> >>I'll keep that in mind. Your place is a lot easier to get to (St Helens, >>right?) than the middle of nowhere in Cumbria. > > Just out of interest, whereabouts in Cumbria? The middle f nowhere, of course, can't you read ? <http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=middle%20of%20nowhere&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl> -- 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: Timo Geusch on 20 Mar 2010 16:35 Lozzo wrote: > Timo Geusch wrote: > > > Lozzo wrote: > > > > > Timo Geusch wrote: > > > > > > > I'm tempted to bid on a bid in the grim North and I'm just > > > > trying to figure out what the logistics of getting it back to > > > > Kent would be. > > > > > > > > Trouble is that it'll take a day and half for the round trip > > > > (eight hours up by train if yer lucky, 7 hours back by bike). I > > > > wouldn't mind asking one of our recently unemployed but I'd be > > > > worried that he'd burn the bike instead (yes, it's got BMW > > > > written on it). > > > > > > How unemployed do you have to be before you are able to swallow > > > your pride and offer your services? I don't smoke any more, so I > > > shouldn't be carrying anything that would enable me set fire to > > > it. > > > > Well, if you're up for it I'd be happy for you to do this. I > > promise I won't try to take photos of you on a BMW, either. Well, > > maybe one or two... > > I have a black visor. > > Count me in. If you win the auction drop me a line and I'll make > myself available. Will do, your offer is much appreciated. -- Morini Corsaro 125 | XL250 Motosport | R1150RT | 3 1/2 Sport Laverda SF2 BOTAFOF #33 TWA#10 The UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/index.html "Je profite du paysage" - Joe Bar
From: DR on 20 Mar 2010 17:15 YTC#1 posted: >On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:59:22 +0000, DR wrote: > >> Timo Geusch posted: >>>YTC#1 wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:20:53 +0000, Timo Geusch wrote: >>>> >>>> > Any suggestions how to get a bike (MOTd, registered and all that >>>> > jazz) from Cumbria to Kent? >>>> >>>> If you don't mind it in stages, I could pick it up for you. >>> >>>I'll keep that in mind. Your place is a lot easier to get to (St Helens, >>>right?) than the middle of nowhere in Cumbria. >> >> Just out of interest, whereabouts in Cumbria? > >The middle f nowhere, of course, can't you read ? > ><http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=middle%20of%20nowhere&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl> England's third-largest (I'm sure it used to be second, did Lincolnshire grow or something?) but eighth-least populated county contains a lot of places which could be considered "the middle of nowhere". However, now I know it's Seascale, which is more like out on the west coast of nowhere, about an hour from me. -- Darren GSF1200N K3 From acceleration comes exhilaration.
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 20 Mar 2010 22:07
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Timo Geusch" <tnewsSPAMMENOT(a)unixconsult.co.uk> saying something like: >Any suggestions how to get a bike (MOTd, registered and all that jazz) >from Cumbria to Kent? I thought you were divesting yourself of surplus motorcycles? |