Patience pays off - DREAM BIKE unlocked!

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Sites I used to track bikes and set up buying alerts:
www.mobile.de
www.autoscout24.com
00:00 - Welcome aboard
00:30 - Starting the journey
01:14 - Flying out
01:31 - Choo choo
02:18 - Epernay
03:44 - French budget hotel
04:14 - Gourmet food
04:52 - The next morning
05:27 - R2 Moto
05:59 - Dream bike revealed
07:05 - Heading for Cherbourg
07:51 - Made it to Cherbourg
10:35 - Ferry cabin
11:20 - Settling in for the evening
11:46 - Back on home soil
12:45 - How I found the bike
16:30 - Wrap up
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@MotoQuickShifter 8 ай бұрын

Fair play to ya mate really happy for you, welcome to the H2 World , Anj NINJA H2 CLUB 💚

@strongbow549 Жыл бұрын

Awesome bike. I love that chrome black paintwork, looks amazing in the sun.

@TrooperTed Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alan! Agreed, the paint is gorgeous, never seen anything like it on a production bike

@MartinGordon-wp3fj Ай бұрын

Hi Ted thanks for your reply back to me in relation to my query regarding transport of a bike from France to Ireland. I was thinking I would have to pay for both ferry journeys including the sleeping cabin for both journeys, I was surprised by your answer with a rough quote of price. Andrew.

@TrooperTed Ай бұрын

No problem Andrew, any more questions just let me know, happy to help if I can.

@wesgrainger9684 Жыл бұрын

What a thing

@TrooperTed Жыл бұрын

It's incredible, from the engineering to the design itself, I'm still finding things out about it that impress me

@worldbiker2 2 жыл бұрын

great video Al, top job! and love the bike! well wear and look forward to some riding reviews even though #itsnoducati LOL

@TrooperTed 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mike!

@thedoubleton200 Жыл бұрын

Serious bike, congratulations! Based in 🇮🇪 aswell. Looking forward to more updates on the H2 👍

@TrooperTed Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, is there anything in particular you would like to see about the H2? Putting a list together for content for 2023 at the moment

@thedoubleton200 Жыл бұрын

@@TrooperTed I suppose the engine characteristics are well documented in other videos, would be interesting to see how the H2 handles compared to zx10r's and zzr1400's

@TrooperTed Жыл бұрын

@@thedoubleton200 I rode a 2004 ZX10R for years, so will be sure to include a comparison!

@theincrediblesulk5543 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on a super rare and special machine. I am also based in Ireland where bikes are massively over priced and terrible condition and had given up on the idea of import due to New ordeal from the Uk. May now look at France. I was hesitant from France as no MOT and dealing with dealers who don’t speak English.

@TrooperTed 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was looking in the UK too but post Brexit it's an absolute mine field so decided it wasn't worth the hassle, which is a shame as I've bought a few bikes out of the UK over the years & it was always a simple process, including collection where you'd fly over early & be back in Ireland that evening.

@theincrediblesulk5543 2 жыл бұрын

Trooper Ted ya it’s a shame as I sourced several bikes from the UK too. Looking forward to the H2 updates and delighted you gave zero shits about putting 500Km on it straight away, glad she won’t be a garage queen.

@gabrielboni1 Ай бұрын

Man, this is unreal! The bike is an absolutely masterpiece! Great video mate. What documentation did you need to get from the seller/dealer? Cheers

@TrooperTed Ай бұрын

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it! Documentation, I needed to sign change of ownership, an export certificate & they had a certificate of conformity (CoC) for the bike. They kept the export cert, I kept everything else. Anymore questions, just shout 👍

@gabrielboni1 Ай бұрын

@TrooperTed thank you for the reply man. Where, can I find this export cert? Is this an frensh doc? Cheers 👏

@TrooperTed Ай бұрын

@@gabrielboni1 The dealer had it all sorted for me when I got there. To be honest it's not something I thought of in advance, but if it's anything like the UK V5 it's just a section that attaches to the ownership document and needs to be filled out and sent off to the relevant body. If you're buying from a dealer I'd say to make them aware the bike is going to be exported and they should know what to do.

@Sonicscrapyard2024 3 ай бұрын

Congrats, lovely bike you got👌 what was the story with driving it in France, did you temporarily have to insure it there to drive it to the ferry?

@TrooperTed 3 ай бұрын

Nope, I put the French reg on my Irish insurance policy before I flew out, they sent me an updated certificate of insurance & I kept that with me when riding home 👍

@Sonicscrapyard2024 3 ай бұрын

@TrooperTed ok sounds good thanks for reply

@TheGorillaBiker 2 жыл бұрын

You should nearly go back and ask them how they did manage to mess up chicken nuggets. There's an app called trainline for future reference btw, sorts everything for you in English :) I was smiling like a child at the little bike cutscene, can only imagine your excitement!! Motorways are a necessary evil sadly eh, I am a wee bit jealous of the weather :D I'd love a H2 SX myself, if I'd fit. Haha if you weren't looking back at a H2 you may be broken in fairness. Class bike lad, looked a more pleasant trip back too, well wear :) I had the same issue trying to buy the Falco, the channel actually helped in the end, the seller had a look and was like, ah yeah he's really that much of a dope :D

@TrooperTed 2 жыл бұрын

Now you tell me! 🤣

@TheGorillaBiker 2 жыл бұрын

@@TrooperTed I did have it in my riding back from Germany thingy 😂😂😂 I'm bad at communication ok!

@TrooperTed 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGorillaBiker in fairness, I watched that video, I was distracted by the Falcooooo

@TheGorillaBiker 2 жыл бұрын

@@TrooperTed I mean that's entirely fair.

@paulcreevey9168 2 жыл бұрын

No horse head this time! 🤣

@TrooperTed 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the same without my cabin buddy! 😘

@MartinGordon-wp3fj Ай бұрын

Hi i'm Andrew from Cork & i'm interested in buying a 2005 Yamaha WR250f in France as there's a big selection with not too much a high mileage. I'd like to ask you would it be cheaper for me to have the bike flown over because I only have a provisional A2 licence?

@TrooperTed Ай бұрын

Hey Andrew, you can get it collected by a courier company and dropped to your door (I did this with my KTM a few years ago). Some companies you could get prices with are Overlanders, Ted's Trucking & Jarvis Transport. I reckon it would run you about €800 depending on where the bike is located in France. Flying it over would be prohibitively expensive & needs special crates, like the ones new bikes arrive in a dealers in.

@desiIrish1 5 ай бұрын

HI, beautiful bike. I am looking to get a bike from France also. Can you help with couple of questions: - What documents do you need from the seller when purchasing? - What insurance did you get to drive? - in your opinion, is driving through UK better or going straight from France to Ireland?

@TrooperTed 5 ай бұрын

You need their version of our VLC & they also must fill out a form that declares the bike for export (you keep the VLC doc, they keep & post off the export doc). I think there also was a CoC (certificate of conformity) but can't remember 100% I added the bikes French registration to my policy with Carol Nash, no issues, they were sound to deal with Go straight from France to Ireland unless your idea of a good time is hours and hours and hours on motorways. Get on the boat, strap your bike down, go have a well deserved beer, wake up almost home 👍

@desiIrish1 5 ай бұрын

@@TrooperTed Thanks very much for the quick reply. One last question: How did you pay? deposit and pay cash on collection?

@TrooperTed 5 ай бұрын

@@desiIrish1 I had to pay in advance before flying over, the dealer insisted, I think they were only 50% sure I wasn't a scammer 😂 I was equally nervous, I half thought I'd arrive over to find an abandoned building or a long closed dealership & my money would be gone! Thankfully that wasn't the case and it all worked out brilliantly 😅

@desiIrish1 5 ай бұрын

@@TrooperTed wow that’s crazy! Thought 50% percent might be enough to satisfy as the H2 is not cheap. Did you have any issue bringing your helmet as a carry on, on the flight?

@TrooperTed 5 ай бұрын

@@desiIrish1 none, had it in a padded helmet bag and it didn't get a second look from the Aer Lingus crew