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From: Mike Buckley on 5 May 2010 16:18 In message <2010050521301125228-doesnotcompute(a)gmailcom>, doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> writes >On 2010-05-05 19:54:03 +0200, "Dr Zoidberg" ><AlexNOOOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> said: >>>> If anyone has experience of Cali/Pacific highway?shipping wheels out >>>> there, feel free to put your two penn'th worth in... > >Well, I lived in the LA region for 2.5 years, so I'm sure I can help >you out with info. > >Route 1, Highway 1, PCH, depending on what you want to call it is a >lovely road, and should definitely be ridden, along with some of the >attached side roads (17mile drive in Monterey, the canyons at Malibu >etc). > >Spending 2 months to do route 1 would be extreme overkill. You can do >Los Angeles to San Francisco in 2 days without breaking sweat. You >could extend that to a week if you saw all of the 'big' things worth >seeing (Monterey Aquarium, Hearst Castle, Muir Woods blah blah blah). > >Christ, I only took 11 weeks to do 47 States, although that was pretty hectic. > >For 2 months, you could do an really good "Western US" trip cover San >Diego to Vancouver and as far east as Yellowstone. > >>> Easier to hire a bike surely? > >Seriously expensive for 2 months. > >> For two months , might it be feasible to buy something over there and >>re-sell at the end? > >Not a hope of buying a vehicle, let alone getting local insurance >without a US address and US Identity, and given that you have to pay >sales tax on purchase, even on used vehicles, it probably won't be >cheap even if you find a way around the identity/address thing. > >Ship a bike *well* ahead (with a reputable consolidator, no cheap fly >by nights), or fly it at the last minute if needed. > > > Yeah, make sure you pick good shippers, a mate did the Ironbutt and when his Pan came back all the nice extras had disappeared between him dropping it off and picking it up. -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2
From: Owen on 5 May 2010 16:45 On Wed, 5 May 2010 18:44:42 +0100, Mike Buckley <Mike(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >In message <lca3u597l9hapgcssh835m9j7u0vut90lv(a)4ax.com>, Owen ><pericles(a)ntlXXWorld.com> writes >>I told my Boss that I wanted 2 months leave of absence to travel, each >>year. She said fine. :-) >>So I think first on the list is to ride up through California, the >>Pacific highway is meant to be quite something, Marina always said I >>should do it someday. All I have to do is work out what Im going to do >>it on and figure out the best way to do it. I shall sell the Murderer >>and the GS. I rather like the Versys or a new Bonnie. Choices, >>choices... >>If anyone has experience of Cali/Pacific highway?shipping wheels out >>there, feel free to put your two penn'th worth in... >> >> > >We did it in a car going from SF to LA, stopped overnight in Pismo beach >(don't bother, nice enough beach front but not much else), but could >easily have done it in a day. The bit from SF to Pismo is by far the >bext, although we cut the bottom corner off and took a straighter route >to LA. > >Would love to do it on a bike, ditto death valley/yosemite which we >drove through on the way back from Vegas. > >Easier to hire a bike surely? For 6 weeks/2 months? I dont think so... -- Owen
From: Owen on 5 May 2010 16:45 On Wed, 05 May 2010 18:43:20 +0100, YTC#1 <bdp-spambin(a)ytc1.co.uk> wrote: >On Wed, 05 May 2010 18:30:59 +0100, Owen wrote: > >> I told my Boss that I wanted 2 months leave of absence to travel, each >> year. She said fine. :-) >> So I think first on the list is to ride up through California, the Pacific >> highway is meant to be quite something, Marina always said I should do it >> someday. All I have to do is work out what Im going to do it on and figure >> out the best way to do it. I shall sell the Murderer and the GS. I rather >> like the Versys or a new Bonnie. Choices, choices... >> If anyone has experience of Cali/Pacific highway?shipping wheels out >> there, feel free to put your two penn'th worth in... > >Did it in 2007, took the XJR > >http://www.ytc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/USA2007/USA2007.pdf > > >As it is 2 months it is cheaper to fly your bike out rather than rent. > >Contact James cargo for a shipping quote. Im just over halfway through your bike USA journal, cracking stuff Grommit! Thanks. -- Owen
From: doetnietcomputeren on 5 May 2010 17:00 On 2010-05-05 22:45:30 +0200, Owen <pericles(a)ntlXXWorld.com> said: >>> If anyone has experience of Cali/Pacific highway?shipping wheels out >>> there, feel free to put your two penn'th worth in... >> >> When are you thinking of going ? > > Dec 2010/Jan 2011. Expect rain and clouds if you're on the coast road. -- Dnc
From: YTC#1 on 5 May 2010 17:06
On Wed, 05 May 2010 22:02:21 +0200, doetnietcomputeren wrote: > On 2010-05-05 21:57:03 +0200, YTC#1 <bdp(a)ytc1-nospam.co.uk> said: >>> >>> Ship a bike *well* ahead (with a reputable consolidator, no cheap fly >>> by nights), or fly it at the last minute if needed. >> >> Do *not* send by sea, too many tales of no bike. > > If you use a flybynight, sure. If you use one of the big boys, it will > be where it should be, when it should be, give or take. > There is a RoRo that goes from Liverpool, but that still will not give guarantee dates, I'm just saying I would not ship out, only back, too many horror stories. >> Fly bike out, sea freight it back (about 5500ukp to sea freight) > > I hope there is a nought too many on that number. I can move an entire > 40 foot container for less than that. :-), aye |