above is the thread to my story of how and where i bought my 749
the shorter version is that i live in Cornwall,the bike was in Belfast so i drove to Liverpool flew to Belfast,overnight ferry to Birkenhead,ride bike back to airport and trailer home via Poole to collect a 748 for my mate, 700 miles on the road and god knows how many by plane and boat,overall a 35hr road trip.
Went to see it first (Eurostar). Couple of weeks later went back on Eurostar with leathers etc. Bought bike and rode back to Sussex. First thing that happened in UK was I got stopped for speeding. Luckily had French plates plus fluent in French so feigned being a frog...too much paperwork for Kent rozzers so they let me off.....
I've recently bought a 1929 AJS from the southern-most part of Holland ! Yep, I went to holland to buy a danish registered old british bike Drove there via Eurotunnel, rode the bike around an industrial estate a bit, and then handed over a big wodge of euros and popped it onto my trials-bike-rack for the journey home. Left at 4am got home at midnight.