whats the furthest youve been to buy a bike

skidlids · 06-Sep-2009, 02:17

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Originally Posted by deej

mad,stupid or dedicated ??? lol

All three
as I remeber the saga of the Silverstone trackday

Iconic944ss · 06-Sep-2009, 10:51

A feeble 620 UK miles is the best I can offer

12 hours of driving with a trailer on the back of the car does not make for much entertainment, especially when you don't have a CD player either!

Was worth it in the end though......

RickyX · 06-Sep-2009, 12:22

Bought my first 748 in Paris.

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.....

phil_h · 06-Sep-2009, 22:01

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.

deej · 06-Sep-2009, 22:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by skidlids

All three
as I remeber the saga of the Silverstone trackday

now there was no need to drag that up again kev lol

glad to see im not the only daft one prepared to travel for a bike

WeeJohnyB · 07-Sep-2009, 15:49

Once went to just north of Manchester to buy a bike....it wasn't the end of the world but you could see it from there

WeeJohnyB

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06-Sep-2009, 10:51	#2
Iconic944ss Registered Forum User WSB Hero Bikes: 1993 - 944SS & Aprilia Falco Posts: 7,795 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: north east A feeble 620 UK miles is the best I can offer 12 hours of driving with a trailer on the back of the car does not make for much entertainment, especially when you don't have a CD player either! Was worth it in the end though...... Reply

07-Sep-2009, 15:49	#6
WeeJohnyB Registered Forum User Big Twin Posts: 1,993 Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Herts Mood: Channel Swim is now a (bad) memory not a dream Once went to just north of Manchester to buy a bike....it wasn't the end of the world but you could see it from there WeeJohnyB Reply