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125GP Champion
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Worthington, OH
Moto: Empty Garage
Posts: 3,418
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Based on Lefty's thread and another thread over at VFRW, how far have you traveled to buy/pick-up your bikes??? Lets see who went the farthest and who went the shortest.
My VF500F was in Elkhart, IN. 335 miles give or take a few.... Funny story, my R6 was 400 miles to Berrien Springs, MI. I drove through Elkhart, IN to get to Michigan. So I drove right past the house my VF was at a year or so later. When the guy told me Elkhart, I didn't make the connection. But I started to drive into the town and I somehow I knew I had been there before. ![]()
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Viff6N Mutated Warrior
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Texas
Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N
Posts: 8,704
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Flew 400 miles and rode back. 800 miles if straight shot but we made a trip out of it. So over all I tallied about 1400 miles.
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Trip's Assistant
![]() Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Imported from Detroit
Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic
Posts: 12,149
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I think once I went about 15 miles... whew... it was ruff.
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Chaotic Neutral
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt
Posts: 13,992
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The madura came to my house, so about ten feet
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Where to next?
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: OK to the C
Moto: TL1000R, Hayabusa, R1150RT
Posts: 1,333
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Hayabusa: about 10 miles to the dealer.
![]() TLR: Asheville, NC. 1940 miles round trip. Rented a U-haul trailer when I got there and brought it home. BMW: Greensboro, NC. 1150 miles. Flew out, picked it up, rode it home. Riding a motorcycle is an adventure. Why not make getting it an adventure too! ![]()
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Moto GP Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,022
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Buell was out in PA by markos place so it wa sjust under 200 miles
Futura was in burlington vt that was about 350 miles triumph was in branchville ct that was a measley 71 miles ![]() |
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Nomadic Tribesman
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Brampton, Canada
Moto: '09 ER-6n
Posts: 11,150
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Never had to go further than about 20 minutes away. Call it 20 miles.
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With MORE TYEstosterone
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: TX
Moto: '12 KX450F / 08 YZ250F #512 / 07 KX65 #1
Posts: 1,429
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The first 06 YZ I had was 4 whole miles from my apartment to Kasson Yamaha... BUT I don't know if it can be counted because I had to haul it to my wifes house 20mi away to store it there because of where I lived.(before we were married and just "friends")
Furthest was when I traded my ZX10 for the Motard at about 1AM in the middle of BFE... 252mi away. That sucked. Didn't get home till almost 4am, and felt like a creep driving around with a motorcycle in the back of truck that late at night. Ya I had all the paperwork but honestly, it's in the wee hours of the morning, I'm tired, I'm pissed, I have to piss and the last thing I wanted to do was explain why I had a motorcycle in my truck to a cop who pulled me over because hes bored. Needless to say I'm not a fan of traveling to get a bike. I'll wait and find a deal locally or I won't bother. There's no point in saving $1000 over the phone and using $1000 in gas to go get it only to possibly find out it either doesn't exist or a dealer wants to rape me on unspoken charges. I know it isn't always the case, but there isn't a bike in existence that is worth it to me. |
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
Posts: 10,799
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CBR 30 miles
KLR Canada
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Trip's Assistant
![]() Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Imported from Detroit
Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic
Posts: 12,149
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I sold and shipped my 9R to a guy in Florida. Does that count?
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