Well, we all got here safely...

Me and the two bikes, to Jersey. Me in the cage with SWMBO and dogs on
the fast ferry. The bikes in a 20-foot container. What a right royal
PITA it was draining all the fuel out of the bikes. Automatic
petrol-taps are great for safety in a bin, /very/ inconvenient when you
need to empty the tank! On the Zest I was able to syphon most off and
get the last three teacups out by loosening the tap on the bottom of the
tank. The Pan? no way Jose! There /is/ no drain point on the bottom of
the tank. I managed, eventually, to disconnect the fuel-line at the
(automatic) tap and then run a live from the battery to the pump and run
it for a couple of minutes at a time until it would pump no more. Was
pleasantly surprised when it only ran for less than a minute to empty
the carb-bowls and die. God knows when the air filter was last changed -
it was filthy!

Anyway, the good both started first push of the button when I put
a few litres in from a can this end! Just need a new air-filter. I
wonder how long that will take to get and how much I'll have to pay for
it here?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Derek Turner

Kewl. Enjoy.

D'you still want this here trailer, BTW?

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the

<Scratches head>
Why did you have to drain the tank ?
Did you drain your car tank as well ?
</sh>

I flew 2 bikes to the states, they only requested that they be no more
than 1/4 full (went 3/4 full anyway).

For the return by ship, both tanks are full of absurdly cheap fuel
(2.50USD/USgal) [1].

[1] Just filled the XJ900 yesterday, 15.50 UKP, I was filling 2 bikes in
the US for 16.00USD FFS !

 

So you paid to export fuel to somewhere where it is a third of the price?
I've got some coal. Are you going anywhere near Newcastle?

 

YTC

 

Conditions of carriage imposed by the removal firm. The bikes went on a
container ship, the containers couldn't carry any inflammable liquids,
gasses or aerosols of any sort. Nor shotgun shells nor for that matter.
Took all those in the car on the ferry, where there are no such
restrictions. Probably something to do with the ferry being equipped to
fight fires while there's no crew in a container?

No, that went on a roro ferry with lots of other vehicles with fuel in
their tanks. If I'd driven the bikes on the ferry it would have been a
different matter but even I can only drive one vehicle at a time!

 

I know you're not very good with tanks and capacities but it was the
export of expensive fuel to which I was referring, not the import of
cheap fuel.

 

price?

a) I did the best to empty the XJR doing 100+ all the way to the shippers
b) I wanted to not have to arse around looking for a "gas" station if it
turned out to be some god forsaken hour at JFK [1]

Paging Eddie

[1] As it turned out, "gas" station was 1/2 mile away from AA cargo.

 

Well, learn to post below the relevent paragraph then

 

Sounds like bollocks, removal firm probably don't know what they are on
about. The 2 bikes are currently on the way back from NY[1], in a
container, other option was a RoRo, neither stipulated anything about
fuel, and keys have to be with bikes so they can be started and moved.

Trailer ?

[1] Hopefully

 

That feels awfully familiar - when I filled up the K on Thursday I
realised that for two quid more, I had just put about 16 US gallons of
petrol in Ann's Jeep.

Proper petrol price shock, that is. And of course IIRC petrol's got to
get more expensive again on Monday...

 

My SV came back from Ottawa in a container and it had to be no more than
1/4 full. The keys stayed in my pocket.

I reckon your shippers just wanted to HAGM.

 

Quite. It's an educational experience, watch two TCs collide

 

I don't think they were gardeners

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/HAGM

 

Stoopid yanks, small gallons.

Aye. Ferkit, its only money

 

YTC#1 says...

Talking of money, how much was shipping to and from USA?

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YTC#1 wrote:
If I'd driven the bikes on the ferry it would have been a

Yebbut I'd have had to borrow or buy a trailer and get a towing-hitch
fitted to the cage, all at /my/ expense. The DHSS are paying the
removers and there was room in the containers.

 

**** me. I didn't know immigration controls had got that tight. So, we're
sending dole bludgers back to Jersey now. That'll teach them not to join
the EU!

 

That would be the States of Jersey DHSS for whom SWMBO now works

 

To fly, approx 1000ukp one way
Ship approx 500ukp.