Lesson learned costs the costs bike pick up

**birdhandler** · 22nd June 2008, 17:25

Well they are so bad after all, if you prefer to learn from others read on

Rush of blood to the head and bought another bike on trade me out of New Plymouth,

Quote obtained to get bike to Auckland from bike courier company $252.00
another rush of blood to the head (must see my GP), hired a ute (don't have a car with a tow bar would have saved $80.00)) and trailer cost all up with gas (700km) $280.00
Hmmmmm:
Views of Mt Egmont on a clear day and happy local bikers priceless, rather than mastercard,
i will be using a courier company in future.

Cheers

**munterk6** · 22nd June 2008, 18:03

There is also the time it cost you to do it, and the risk of breakdown/crashing etc to be taken into consideration.....yep, get the courier company on the job!

**ajturbo** · 22nd June 2008, 18:19

sometimes it is better to pay someone eh!!!
i am slowly learning that...

**Pedrostt500** · 22nd June 2008, 18:34

yea some times it is better to use the courier, but it also takes the fun of a road trip out of the equation.

**Mully** · 22nd June 2008, 18:35

Or fly down and ride it back.

**Mystic13** · 23rd June 2008, 00:07

Yep, did the fly down and ride back a couple of weeks back. The road works North of New Plymouth were mostly done but it was still a cold ride.

Loved it though and total cost less than $140. Seller picked me up at the airport. And right now on www.grabaseat.co.nz you can get airfares to New Plymouth for $49.00. That would have saved me heaps.

Bought a 250GPX for my partner. Would I do it again. I actually thought it was pretty stupid. The last time I rode something so small and with no power was when I was learning to ride and had my first bike. When the trucks are doing 105-110 kmph it takes damn long time to pass.

I have to say though it was still a great half day ride. Yeah I'd do it again.

**howdamnhard** · 28th June 2008, 01:29

I would probably fly down and ride it back if it was on the same Island , but if across the water after costs of ferrying bike over straights would use courier.Anybody noticed the annoying way the bike you like always seems to be far away?

**Finn** · 28th June 2008, 01:50

Am I the only one that doesn't quite understand the thread title?

**Gremlin** · 28th June 2008, 01:53

Originally Posted by Finn

Am I the only one that doesn't quite understand the thread title?

stop reading my mind, I was just in the thread a couple of min ago... and spent a wasteful minute or two trying to make out the title

**Mikkel** · 28th June 2008, 01:54

Originally Posted by Finn

Am I the only one that doesn't quite understand the thread title?

Nope - neither that nor the OP.

**Patch** · 28th June 2008, 05:20

Originally Posted by Finn

Am I the only one that doesn't quite understand the thread title?

just another quality piece in here

**thepom** · 28th June 2008, 11:17

Picked up a gn250 for my girl from the west coast and rode back to christchurch much to the derision of other bikers,big fat bloke on a tiny gn.....got wanker hand signals from other bikers...hilarious....would do it again just for the laugh.....

**Steam** · 28th June 2008, 11:42

Originally Posted by thepom

.....got wanker hand signals from other bikers...

Who the hell would do that? Dicks! Weird. I rode a GN for a year around NZ, never got anything like that. Just friendly waves or nods.

**Taz** · 28th June 2008, 11:55

Can you tell me exactly what the title of this thread means?

**Taz** · 28th June 2008, 11:57

Originally Posted by thepom

Picked up a gn250 for my girl from the west coast and rode back to christchurch much to the derision of other bikers,big fat bloke on a tiny gn.....got wanker hand signals from other bikers...hilarious....would do it again just for the laugh.....

Shouldn't have given those harley guys the learn then.... You know they aint got no sense of humor. Specially when a lil GN overtakes them.