07-15-2017, 09:48 AM
In 2015, Pterodactyl and I flew to the US and rented a couple of bikes to attend the first CB1100 Forum Rally in North Carolina. It was a fabulous experience. The bike rental was around AU$2,000 for a week, and it was well worth it.
Yesterday I discovered [url=http://getrouted.com.au/]GetRouted* which tells me I could ship my bike to the US for around AU$3,500 and be allowed to ride it for 6 months on my Australian registration. Ironically, though, only 3 months on my Australian licence. So, for more than 2 weeks US motorcycling, it would be a fantastic deal. The cost to take the bike to the UK and Europe is around the same and just under AU$2,000 to New Zealand.
I must say, it's very tempting.
I haven't explored it, but these guys may well be amendable to doing the whole business backwards so you could bring a bike to Australia for an extended trip and save a shed load on rental.
*I don't think this term has quite the same meaning in North America as in Australia.
Yesterday I discovered [url=http://getrouted.com.au/]GetRouted* which tells me I could ship my bike to the US for around AU$3,500 and be allowed to ride it for 6 months on my Australian registration. Ironically, though, only 3 months on my Australian licence. So, for more than 2 weeks US motorcycling, it would be a fantastic deal. The cost to take the bike to the UK and Europe is around the same and just under AU$2,000 to New Zealand.
I must say, it's very tempting.
I haven't explored it, but these guys may well be amendable to doing the whole business backwards so you could bring a bike to Australia for an extended trip and save a shed load on rental.
*I don't think this term has quite the same meaning in North America as in Australia.