Shipping advice?

[supakpow2]

its $180 clams to crate it, $480 to ship it. its ALOT of dough.

if you didnt want to cough up that kinda money to ship it (and you know your gonna be spending atleat 400-500 to ship it) then you shouldnt have bought it. Who needs rain gear its 9 hours. Thats a sunday. get an AM bus ticket like 1am, or midnight, be there by 10am, shop opens pick up, youll be kinda sore, but atleats not sleepy, ride the sumpregnant dog back.

He was pretty clear that it was $180 to crate then $480 to ship. I got that. My point was that for what seems like a guy that can't arrange to go pick up the bike, and no desire to, and has no other choice than to just bite the bullet and have them ship it, then have them do it right. I think that qualifies as good shipping advice. which is what the thread is titled. 

That total cost is not that far of what any good shipping company will charge. I paid something like $800 to ship from PA to CA and the company sucked. My brother in law is a Duc nut and has bought and shipped MANY bikes (including a Baylis factory) and uses a company that trucks them in a specially designed trailor with individual compartments for each bike. THE way to go! But also almost double the cost when I was getting shipping qoutes for my last bike. Sounds like that's way out of his cost range, not just an extra $180.

+1

Had a bike shipped from Virginia to Ohio for 180$

Still have them crate it!!!
The headlight unit for a monster is over $300 if they will pay for it. or some other damage that most companies will not want to cover if they can get away with it . I was lucky with the boneheads that delivered my bike. A couple of cold cokes made them really easy to get to admit to damaging my bike. at first they said they didn't know how it happened, then, after I was really nice about the whole thing they admitted that A PIECE OF FURNITURE that was put in front of my monster slid forward when they hit the brakes too hard. Way to go Mr. I ship peoples stuff all over the country proffessionaly guy. Here's to you   

Anyway Click, I hope everything works out well for you. 

[CETME]

600 miles?

I can do that in a day, no sweat.

There is something to be said about bonding with your bike over that time. If you fly up there, and ride it home, it will be not only cheaper, but you will have an amazing adventure that you soon wont forget.

If that's something you absolutely refuse to do. Then go ahead and open the checkbook and pay what you were quoted, it's not that bad of a deal... I would still go get it though.

[Clickjack]

I guess I didn't make it clear but the main issue is time.  Money is secondary.  I would love to go get the bike and ride it home.  I have a truck, that I just replaced the fuel pump on and the new one is having issues... in other words I have to re-replace my fuel pump in order for my truck to be reliable out of town vehicle.  Time and money.  Two jobs, Grad School... no time.  I'm just trying to get on my bike as soon as possible.  Versus waiting a month and going after it.  You guys buy a brand new Ducati and wait a month to even set on it. 

Anyone ever use a Private shipper named Brian Howard? 

He is a retired trucker, and he has great reviews... and he's willing to do it for less then I can go get it for.... but He doesn't offer insurance.