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Last years US trip!!

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Link to my blog from my trip to the States last year.

Rode Coast to Coast and back, 8000 miles. Great!

(Blog reads from the end back so scroll down and go to earlier posts in order to read in order)

www.coasttocoastandbackagain.blogspot.com
 

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Wow..! what a great trip.

Sounds like the Boeing factory tour was a good bargain, will keep that one in mind.
The traffic cop who gave you the hassle must have thought you were a typical Amercan squid on a rice burner, prob just as well he didn't see the state of your tyre later on :eek:.

Anyway enjoyed reading through it and would be interested to know what sort of price you paid for shipping the bike? :yo::yo:
 
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Shipping costs were about ?600 from Southampton to NY and then ?500 for return, Baltimore to Southampton.

I was going to buy a bike in the states and then re-sell it and was prepared to lose a grand, so for the same sort of price I had my own bike with luggage.

From getting stopped in Seattle till when I noticed the tyre was about 2000 miles difference, I had had the bike serviced in Seattle so knew it was fine then!! Still, lucky to notice tyre when I did as it was only bad in one place!!
 
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