burton
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posted August 16, 2012 12:53 PM
shipping a motorcycle?
does anyone know of a good shipping company that you have used or any information on a good company would sure be helpful. thanks Burt
  
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zixxer14
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posted August 16, 2012 04:11 PM
Ride it there, it's way more fun & it is summer. Do I hear "ROADTRIP"!
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KoflaOlivieri
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posted August 17, 2012 07:06 AM
Maybe your local dealership have information about shipping companies. Have you tried calling them?
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runr2940
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posted August 17, 2012 07:35 AM
Good luck, hope you live in a big city. I shipped a bike in Feb from the middle of nowhere, NM, and it took over a month and $700 to NJ. Called several companies and had many missed pickup dates before I got it off. I will probably never do that again.
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smokinstorm
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posted August 17, 2012 10:31 AM
We had the turbo14 purchased from 1bad shipped here from Texas. Good price and prompt service. Arrived within a couple of hours of the projected time. Could not have asked for a better transaction but I'm sure 1bad helped tremendously on his end securing the bike, etc.
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2005 Turbo Busa
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1badzx12r
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posted August 17, 2012 10:49 AM
 Edited By: 1badzx12r on 17 Aug 2012 18:51
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We had the turbo14 purchased from 1bad shipped here from Texas. Good price and prompt service. Arrived within a couple of hours of the projected time. Could not have asked for a better transaction but I'm sure 1bad helped tremendously on his end securing the bike, etc.
my friend mike is using those same guys(5 star transport) today to get a bike from florida to texas..
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Quarter Pounder
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posted August 18, 2012 04:39 AM
www.forwardair.com
I've used these guys before with great results.
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kawasakijockey
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posted August 18, 2012 05:12 AM
I have shipped two vehicles twice during this past year, one away to Cali and one to here from Kansas. The companies you call to ship (5Star, etc.) are merely brokers who take your deposit and find any transporter to haul your car/bike at the price they offer them. It is then that you are at the mercy of the transporter to have a good or bad experience. Shipped my son's truck to Cali by 5star and it was a perfect transaction.
When I set up the pick-up of my car in Kansas at a stipulated time and date with 5star, the contract was dropped by 2 different transporters because of bullshit reasons (mechanical breakdowns) delaying getting the car picked up by more than a week. The real reasons were they had more profitable or mileage convenient hauls come up while enroute to get mine. The idiot liar that finally brought the car wasted my wife and I's whole weekend waiting for him to show up at the promised time with the car. He does call her Monday and drops the car off on the side of a highway instead of at our home. The car showed up on the last acceptable day of the contract. Bad fckn experience that time.
Anyway, enough of that rant. Sold my 78 Z1R to a guy in Conn and he set it up with Uship. It was about $600 and he said it was a great transaction.
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mathews
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posted August 18, 2012 05:29 AM
Actually Five Star is not a broker.More like a husband and wife team.But they did what they promised,on time,for a fair price
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kawasakijockey
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posted August 18, 2012 05:53 AM
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Actually Five Star is not a broker.More like a husband and wife team.But they did what they promised,on time,for a fair price
Mike, mine was not 5star it was 7star. I'm looking at the invoice. Robert's post must have made me think 5star. I slammed the wrong folks. Sorry.
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Get on the shortbus boys 'cause its time to get schooled.
2007 ZX-14
1.38 60ft
9.03 @ 149mph
8.95 @153 small shot n2o
8.68 @160mph 5lbs boost
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smokinstorm
Zone Head
Old Drag Racer
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posted August 18, 2012 03:57 PM
5 star sent us pics of the vehicle they were going to be using and everything. They are not brokers but the actual people that you will see upon delivery of said car/bike/etc. I'll certainly try to use them from now on when I buy another bike that needs to be shipped here and I'm looking right now.
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2005 Turbo Busa
2001 GSXR 1000
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kawasakijockey
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posted August 18, 2012 04:10 PM
Yeah, I would definately not go through a broker if I can help it.
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Get on the shortbus boys 'cause its time to get schooled.
2007 ZX-14
1.38 60ft
9.03 @ 149mph
8.95 @153 small shot n2o
8.68 @160mph 5lbs boost
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Johnnycheese
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posted August 19, 2012 04:48 AM
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