Yes, you have a lot of exploring to do. Don't worry too much about people thinkin you are paranoid, how about the girl who keeps her Kawasaki zx6r in the lounge room, she loves her bike. I'm not allowed to. How did you get it home?
That's funny! You tell her to move over and make room for ya? I live in a nice area, but I still can't see leaving it outdoors. I've owned a ton of (used) cars. With the exception of the 16 passenger van, I believe I spent more on the bike than I ever did on any car. I don't think it will be out of my sight for awhile. I'll probably be nervous leaving it in a parking lot to go in a store and such.
After a week or so of folks saying they could do it then backing out or changing their minds and knocking on neighbors doors and getting ridiculous quotes for $600 from transport companies, I checked into Ushp and Mapdispatch and such. What a frustrating experience those proved to be. I began emailng every single ad I could find on Craigslist in my area and the Richmond dealership's area and a fella emailed me back yesterday with a phone number. So I called him. Turns out he is one town over and only a few miles away from me. He said if he got his vehicle back from the shop putting a new exhaust on in time he would call me and we could do it that day or today. A couple hours later he called back and said we were set. I was thrilled.
He was great. He came and picked me up. He showed up in this awesome humongous new cargo van with a lift deal on it. I literally had to climb up in. It was nice and he said it was his smaller tires. lol. I can't picture the big ones! Folks stared at it and asked about it when we stopped for diesel. He had all the straps and such that was needed and knew what he was doing. I don't think that bike moved an inch all the way home, not even on the stretch where he decided to take an interstate route part of the way and did 70mph the whole time. All for $100 bucks. He surely deserved more than I could afford to pay him for it. We chatted the whole way about the roads, scenery, landmarks, foods and such in different states and places and he told me some about his time in South America and Hawaii. Other than my nervousness about getting to the dealer right at closing time it was a pleasant and enjoyable experience. He goes all over too, not just here, so if anybody ever has a need shoot me a pm and I'll give you his info how to reach him. I hope to never lose that phone number.
Thanks all! I'm gonna see if I can scrounge up some tools and make it sure everything is tightened up and all and maybe check out what numbers are on that carb. It's got weird tires on it, never heard of 'em before...Yup, I'm like a little kid with a shiny new toy, gotta check it all out.
