Hi all. Sorry about the lack of updates. It`s not that I haven`t been doing anything, on the contrary I`ve been very busy working with getting eveything ready.
UPS finally came through with a decent offer. 1000$ shipping each way. On top of that comes 500$ worth of customs papers. Apparently some special papers are needed, to avoid paying import taxes going into the US and again when returning here. The UPS representative has been very helpful in explaining to me how it works, and they even offered to handle everything for 200$. An offer I definitely couldn`t refuse
A big thank you, to all of you who have been helpful with advice regarding shipping, both here in the diary and through PM`s
Time to build a shipping container:
The size of the frame pretty much dictated the shape of the box, that has to stay below 1 m3. Lenght and height of frame +roughly an inch is the same as the inside measurements of box, and width was adjusted to just stay below the 1 m3. Had hoped to be allowed to make a square box and put it on a pallet, but was told the size of the pallet would be added to the final measurements. That`s the reason for the "fork lift opening" in the bottom of the boxframe.
Finished box. Believe I have more hours in this thing than I have in my blower setup.
An unexpected problem was that I´m not allowed to ship to a private person, but have to ship to a company.
Wes of Four Aces Cycle Supply, has very kindly agreed to receive the bike, and keep it until I come and pick it up
A few photos of the finished bike before disassembly:
In front of the container. Not much room to spare it looks like:
Still have to figure out where to place the numbers
Believe the sides of the fairing will be ok, but in case of a classchange to non streamlined I´m lost. Can`t see any way to mount plates without violating some rule. Bill has been in touch with tech, and they have promised to take a look. So far the plan is to just bring along the plates and a bunch of printed stickers with the numbers, and figure it out on the salt, in case they don`t get back before I start packing.
Still waiting on my leathers to come back from the taylor, but helmet and gloves have been bought, and I´ve started collecting spareparts from Ebay and other sources. Shipping price is independent of weight up to a metric ton, so may as well bring everything that can be crammed into the container
Tom: I´d really love to meet up with you some day, and pick up some of that "go fast" knowledge you have aquired
. Maybe, just maybe I`ll show up at BUB`s in a couple of years