So I moved up to Wellington...

[Korea]

Matey, I'd be ropeable if that happened to my precious.
Precious.....
er, where was I?
Oh yeah, what does ropeable mean???

[jim.cox]

Oh yeah, what does ropeable mean???

something between
Rather upset
and
Really f*cked off

[Baldyheed]

Am moving house soon, and must admit, I will leave the bikes round a mates house, and then pick them up later. When I shipped the ST over from the UK it was properly crated but the idea of just tying my bike to the side of a van 'no worries mate, we will put a blanket over them :O' just does not appeal.

[James Deuce]

Oh yeah, what does ropeable mean???

Ahem. It means: Too enraged to think clearly enough to avoid being caught by a cowboy's lasso.

I sense a new motorcycling movie: Brokebike Mountain.

[Her_C4]

I feel for you big time. I moved about 12 months ago and the moving company managed to allow all the furniture to fall over in the back of the van as they moved it before packing it properly. Nothing was covered with blankets and they dropped a big mahogany chest of drawers on the ground without a care.

Nearly every item of good furniture was damaged with big scratches and dents every where. I was furious, but they cared less and my frustration only made them more careless.

As soon as I saw them eyeing up the Duc I rang a friend and asked him to come around and pick it up for me.

Thank god I did - I was ropeable enough over the furniture, if the bike had been damaged as well I expect I would now be doing time for GBH....

[Chickadee]

Great to hear you are nearer, but bugger about the damage to your metal baby. Hope you get it sorted, if you've paid insurance for part of the moving fee let them cough up full value for damage.

PS Take the Mrs and Kids out to Plimmerton Beach, really nice out there (where I grew up). There's some nice costal walks too around the bays and Cambourne Hill (opposite the turn for Plimmerton which crosses a railway line).

[NZsarge]

And this is what the moving company did to my bike. Apologies for the blurry photos -- I could hardly tell when I took them, what with the red mist.

So, now to find a decent repair shop in the Porirua to Paraparaumu area and get me a quote.

Ohh...dude, that would gut ya. Thats a bad buzz mate.

[Colapop]

Crazefox does do insurance jobs... He can do them through his work.

Call him. PM me for his number.

[car]

Crazefox does do insurance jobs... He can do them through his work.

Call him. PM me for his number.

Unfortunately, I've already arranged for TSS to come and pick the thing up.

[car]

Ohh...dude, that would gut ya. Thats a bad buzz mate.

Well, I spent the day raging and generally being an unpleasant person to all and sundry but, you know, if this is the worst thing that happens to me this year, I'll be a happy man.

But I was exceedingly miffed.

[car]

And this is what the moving company did to my bike. Apologies for the blurry photos -- I could hardly tell when I took them, what with the red mist.

To put a cap on the story, and to give them their due, the moving company were apologetic as hell, moved pretty quickly, and have settled today -- the money's resting in my account. Just have to call TSS and tell them to let rip with the implements of destruction.

[nudemetalz]

Totally agree with Crazefox's work. He's done some fantastic painting of my Guzzi.
Give him a go.

[Deano]

Good stuff - as far as I am aware they have up to $1500 carriers liability per unit.

No insurance required for that.

[car]

Totally agree with Crazefox's work. He's done some fantastic painting of my Guzzi.
Give him a go.

He's on my list. Thought I'd get the winter out of the way first, though -- I'd hate to pay for good paint and then grind it into SH1 after coming off on some cold wet muck. I'll get TSS to do the exhaust re-sleeving, replace indicators and the like, but save the cosmetics for spring.

Depending on the good crazefox's workload, that is -- I once spent a horrible summer sitting inside, staring out at the glorious sunshine and phoning the paint shop to ask where my bloody GSX-R750 panels were. Torture, it was. Even just the tank, all I needed was the tank. Eventually they got the bodywork back to me, all freshly Corona'd, just in time for my bottom end to let go. Man, those SRADs weigh a lot more when you're pushing them.

[nudemetalz]

Thing with Corey (Crazefox) is that he'll say it'll take a week and then 4 days later it's ready !!
Have a look at my profile picture. He painted the sidecovers and rear tail section (it was a non-standard browny-red) to a factory finish semi-gloss silver/grey. I was just blown away with the quality.