taking your bike the the US of A

[skunk160]

anyone taken theyre UK bike to the US with them?

possible? doable? painfull? regretful? red-tape-tastic?

[donteatpeople]

Probably best to just hire a left hand drive one when your out there.

[skunk160]

hardy har har
it is to larf!

[skunk160]

oh its not for a holiday its for a "permanent" move
i want to chop the buell ive had for a while now for a GSXR and if i cant bring the GSXR over with me easily ill sell the Buell and buy in the US

[skunk160]

yeah i figured as much......jsut got an itchy wallet for a GSXR

[scoobz]

skunk, check out criagslist.org (free adverts) and then the right hand side of the screen for the regions. GSXR's up here in Seattle are great value, I nearly bought a year old one here for $6000 ish.

[scoobz]

It was dollars indeed.

Craigslist is the way forward, like ebay but free!

I bought my bike off there and it was half what there are in the UK. It was over $1500 dollars cheaper than they are at the dealers and biketrader.com

I'm stunned craigslist isnt as big in the UK to be fair.

[skunk160]

Good call Guys....just trawling thru there now

Scoobz whereabout in Seattle are you? mail me what you think of the place...my missus is worried its going to pi$$ down with rain more than in the UK

[scoobz]

skunk,

I live pretty much downtown. Seattle is a really cool place, no trouble or problems after dark. Its a bunch of hippies living here and a very eclectic (sic) one at that.

As for the rain, its no different to the UK except with better summers, spectacular scenary and surround mountains and skiing 2hrs from town.

[skunk160]

Thanks Scoobz, soounds good, ive only ever heard good things about Seattle...part from the weather

Ill be seeing SEA-Tac(that sounds so cool) first hand this weekend...well Redmond mostly, if only for 3 days

>> Edited by skunk160 on Friday 17th March 11:54

[Mark_SV]

Hi everyone - Has anyone hired a bike in the US? If so, what was your experience and advice?

[scoobz]

Hi Mark, I hired a Harley for $100 a day.

Easy peasy.

[Mark_SV]

Cheers. Where did you look for motorcycle hire? Or did you just Google?

[maclf01]

oye skunk, Seattle international raceway is around kent but at the beginning of september or late august they usually have a chraity that brings out some hotshot road racers ( bikes) and they go out on track with the amateurs. I can't remember the exact date but the event is called the Seattle 100 i beleive. Scoob might know more.