Vacations: Ship your bke or Rent one?
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RE: Vacations: Ship your bke or Rent one?
The wife and I went to the Hawaii State HOG rally last year. I checked on shipping my bike over for it. $3,000 for shipping, 30 days over, and 30 days back.. plus it has to be drained of fluids, and fluids put back in after uncrating.
We rented a SG for $150 a day.
The $3,000 sucked, but 60 days without my bike????? [sm=bs.gif]
I would like to go to Europe one day, and tour. For that I'll have my bike shipped over.
Here's a plug for the folks in Hawaii. If you EVER get a chance to go... DO IT!!! The rally is always the 2nd weekend in October. You will NEVER meet a more friendly, hospitable group. When we were there, they had the earthquake. All power was lost on the island. The rally folks had already ordered dohnutsand had them delivered (before the quake hit). They had lunch ordered for the whole rally group (heated on sterno). You couldn't buy gas.. no electricity for the pumps. They rented fueled up 15 passenger vans and took us out on the planned ride route to show us the sites, and tell us the history behind them. When the rally was over, there was foood left over, and they gave it to us out-of-stste folks, because you couldn't get food anywhere.. no way to cook it. Southern hospitality on steriods!!
We rented a SG for $150 a day.
The $3,000 sucked, but 60 days without my bike????? [sm=bs.gif]
I would like to go to Europe one day, and tour. For that I'll have my bike shipped over.
Here's a plug for the folks in Hawaii. If you EVER get a chance to go... DO IT!!! The rally is always the 2nd weekend in October. You will NEVER meet a more friendly, hospitable group. When we were there, they had the earthquake. All power was lost on the island. The rally folks had already ordered dohnutsand had them delivered (before the quake hit). They had lunch ordered for the whole rally group (heated on sterno). You couldn't buy gas.. no electricity for the pumps. They rented fueled up 15 passenger vans and took us out on the planned ride route to show us the sites, and tell us the history behind them. When the rally was over, there was foood left over, and they gave it to us out-of-stste folks, because you couldn't get food anywhere.. no way to cook it. Southern hospitality on steriods!!
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RE: Vacations: Ship your bke or Rent one?
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The rally is always the 2nd weekend in October. You will NEVER meet a more friendly, hospitable group. When we were there, they had the earthquake.
The rally is always the 2nd weekend in October. You will NEVER meet a more friendly, hospitable group. When we were there, they had the earthquake.
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