Friday, July 27, 2007

7/27: Gone daddy gone

We took the bike to the shipper, for the final time. Turns out he is a rider (1100 Honda of some sort), which makes me more comfortable leaving it with him. He'll do the final prep- airing down the tires, disconnecting the battery, and draining some of the fuel. We left him with some clear hose and a 5-liter bottle to put the fuel in.

We also had to pay for it today, just over $1200 in cash. We thought we'd be able to put it on a card- nope. So we went to about 5 ATMs to cobble together enough money- most banks around here only allow you to remove $400-500 per day. We were able to get it out, though. It'll probably be an additional few hundred once things are finalized.

Also bought some big duffel bags today. They are heavy and have rollers on the bottom. They are big enough we should only need one or two, rather than having four smaller ones.

I booked a flight from Portland to LAX to pick up the bike. It is early on August 8. Hopefully I can fly to LAX and walk to the cargo terminal to pick up the bike. Then I can air up the tires, connect the battery, and ride to the closest gas station. Next is to ride to Matt's house, where I'll replace the bearings and rear axle spacer. From there, I'll ride home. Good times.


// posted by tedder @ 7:25 PM  
Comments:
Ouch!

Good thing your bank didn't shut down the card due to suspicious activity.
# posted by McAuliflower : July 28, 2007 7:31 PM
 
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