Motorcycling makes some strange bedfellows
Motorcycling makes some strange bedfellows
This is the 2017 bobber I had when we lived in Switzerland. And my wife's 50th anniversary Vespa.
When we bought these nobody told me I couldn't bring them home to Canada. So when we came home we had to sell them both. I miss that bike every day. But recently got a new-to-me 2018 that I will mod until it looks just like that one.
Darn it, too bad you couldn't ship them home as parts. (Radar, MASH) It would be funny to look up the rules, it's possible removing the wheels or handlebars or something simple renders the entire thing as "parts." (Still, I feel your pain.)
Either way it would have to be registered as self-built. And the insurance/reg hits are significant. At least I could replace mine after a couple of years looking. My wife's vespa is not available over here at all with the package she had.
Why wasn't it possible to bring them to Canada?
Canada and Switzerland do not have a mutual vehicle exchange program for anything that isn't at least 15 years old. I would have had to ship the bike in parts, rebuild it in Canada, and register it as home-built, which is not a ton of fun for insurance and registration.
Hi. I used to have a dirt bike and crotch rocket when I was young and stupid. But never a "hard-core know what I'm talking about" biker. I haven't had a bike going on 30 years now.
I just happened to see your post, and I live your bike. You called it a bobber. What's a bobber? Is that a type of bike? If so, what brand name and model was your 2017 bobber?
Just looking at that thing is giving me the "I want a bike again" bug.