Oh ffs what did you do now..........honda ct110 postie bike - another licker gets to have a go - sold

[Parky]

I can assure you I haven’t kept it after it tried to kill me.  Centrifugal clutch nonsense.

One thing I can say is should anyone want anything exported in future I can say it really is a massive ball ache.  The processes are generally fairly simple but the shipping agent has been less than competent and you really need someone to make things as easy as possible.

When I moved my gear over from the U.K. I had a guy round to quote, agreed figures, and then they turned up and emptied my house out.  Two months later it appeared on the other side of the world.  I naively thought the shipper would turn up, collect the bike, and then that would be me done.  Oh no.....

Get a crate made.  That was a pain.  Then get the bike crated up for collection, that was a pain.  The papers!  Oh the papers.  Having to set myself up as an exporter, de registering the bike, faff about with refunds that we shouldnt have had, pay extra they should have charged and now it’s on a boat bouncing around south east Asia like the Flying Dutchman.

It would have been easier to strip it down and post it over bit by bit.

A car might be easier though, at least I won’t have to make a crate up for that

[hairnet]

you sat on it

it didnt sit on you :D

 

[hairnet]

floaty mcbastard

is back in new zealand

as of monday - the original date it should have been here landed - the agent listed on the bill will be contacted to start earning the money they will undoubtedly want

kinda works in my favour/favor (hi @PhilA) if it had landed next week i woulda had to wait to be able to deal with them/it

the speed its going it might be mid august - which again would do me a favour

if it turned up the end of july that would make my day (and my week fkin busy )

 

 

[AnthonyG]

I reckon questions have been asked in the Kiwi Parliament about the horrific potential loss of a cultural icon, and Jacinta has slapped an export ban on it. 

I like ‘Floaty McBastard’ as a ship name though, it’s got a good ring to it. 

[hairnet]

2 minutes ago, AnthonyG said:

I reckon questions have been asked in the Kiwi Parliament about the horrific potential loss of a cultural icon, and Jacinta has slapped an export ban on it. 

I like ‘Floaty McBastard’ as a ship name though, it’s got a good ring to it. 

maybe the captain is some kinda northern hemisphere bird - flies south for the winter cos thats all the places theyre going

[UltraWomble]

Is there a possibility your agent put this on the wrong boat?

[hairnet]

emails had been sent when i realised it was going back to NZ

 

[hairnet]

 

*sits on hands

[PhilA]

22 hours ago, hairnet said:

kinda works in my favour/favor (hi @PhilA) if it had landed next week i woulda had to wait to be able to deal with them/it

Wait what?

[hairnet]

6 minutes ago, PhilA said:

Wait what?

i dis you cos youve been there too long

 

[Parky]

Well Postie Bike no longer exists on NZ records as I marked it as exported yesterday.

One simple form, ten dollar fee over the counter at a VTNZ branch and we were done in two minutes.  Maybe it’s that easy with DVLA but I suspect not.  

I celebrated with a small bottle of L&P and confirmation of another shift for the Covid role.  I basically have an arrangement with the team there, basically all your shifts are belong to me although I have noticed I finish one at midnight and commence the next at 7am so didn’t really think that one through

[hairnet]

Smol bike is drinking sangria (maybe)

Looks like it'll be here end of week

[hairnet]

And after having denied knowledge of it ( the email I sent went to a general info rather than the dept I needed)

The agent has in one email been far more helpful than two months of dealing the shipper ( @ParkyI'm sorry for your grey hair)

and as I type this

 

 

The radio did this - are they trying to tell me summat

[hairnet]

[Parky]

You want this, the sound of Summer 2021 over here.  Class tune this one

 

[hairnet]

Far too modern for me doesn't start with 19

[Mally]

On 7/9/2021 at 10:18 PM, Parky said:

Well Postie Bike no longer exists on NZ records as I marked it as exported yesterday.

I celebrated with a small bottle of L&P and confirmation of another shift for the Covid role.  I basically have an arrangement with the team there, basically all your shifts are belong to me 

It's not you who just pinged me 10 days for flying in a plane I hope.

You are all the same you lot. There's now't rong wi mi.

[Parky]

Mally I just make sure you don’t keel over post jab.  So far nobody seems to have done

[hairnet]

The dinghy made it to England...........

[Parky]

Has it really arrived?  Bloody hell!  And to think just four months ago I was knackering my back loading it up outside Turners and now it’s made it to Blighty!!!

[STUNO]

Now it will be in the hands of Mr Trigger @triggerto use his crane thingy to drop it on the wharf.........in the wrong part of oldest England  !

[Jerzy Woking]

@hairnet 

 

Bloody hell, you are going to have fun on that!

[hairnet]

presume the stuff is off

boat will be on its way to gdansk apparently

see what unfolds tomorrow when i speak to them

thanks @Parky you compleat madman

 

[hairnet]

11 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said:

@hairnet 

 

Bloody hell, you are going to have fun on that!

was goona go to devon and do the thing with milward but the dates dont sut sadly

[Jerzy Woking]

My mate has done a few of his events-the postie bikes, the ADV bike comparison day, and a couple of the Himalayan days at Sweetlamb. Must be good if he keeps going back-think he is booked to do the 650 Enfield day too (on his own 650).

Nathan is a nice bloke, and has secured 5 (or possibly 6) CT125 Hunters for another organised event.

[hairnet]

so i rang them today to ask about the nova and the what happen with customs etc

their reply is oh we deal with all that the nova and the 384 form

just gotta wait now

also after being asked did the boat arrive - thats the one thing they didnt tell me 🙄 but going off their reply the stuff must be here hence their reply

ffs

[hairnet]

On 7/17/2021 at 9:52 AM, STUNO said:

Now it will be in the hands of Mr Trigger @triggerto use his crane thingy to drop it on the wharf.........in the wrong part of oldest England  !

@trigger trig dreams of being able to drop my shit on his dock

 

[hairnet]

1:06

 

[somewhatfoolish]

On 7/14/2021 at 4:25 PM, hairnet said:

Far too modern for me doesn't start with 19

I saw an advert for Now That's What I Call (shit) Music; they're up to volume 109. I feel old.

[hairnet]

6 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

I saw an advert for Now That's What I Call (shit) Music; they're up to volume 109. I feel old.

ive got the first 5 on cassette

ive nothing to play them on - theres a stack stereo in the garage that got moved from previous house

its not been plugged in in maybe 12-15 years