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Old 02-01-2014, 04:09 PM   #20
Mr Gazza
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Norwich
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I am down here in Norfolk. When I was searching for my Monster earlier this year, all the good'uns seemed to be in Aberdeenshire or Northern Ireland.
I actually priced up a plane ticket to go and see the Aberdeen one (Kinloss I think it was), but it just put too much on the price and there was the adventure of riding an unknown bike home about 500 miles or so..!!

Eventually the wait ended and I found what I was looking for in Trowbridge...Still 200 miles from my door, and it was a non runner too, so no chance of riding it home.
It cost me £200 to get it home in a borrowed Transit and it was a long days drive.

Bearing that in mind it could make those bike hauliers seem like quite good value.?

It's not quite the same as being able to see what you are buying in the flesh, but these days it is so easy to send endless photos from all angles, and there are all sorts of ways to avoid being stiched up...Like buying from a known member on here for instance..
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