Buying Out-of-Province

HerrDeacon

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Recently I've been thinking about what bike I can get if and when I can sell my Gladius in the Spring, but as we all know it's not always easy finding something used locally that is not a cruiser or a sportbike. Not much variety at all. Just wondering if anyone else has purchased outside the province and how you went about it? Did you fly-and-ride? Get it shipped? Hire someone/business to buy and deliver?

As with anything I do its constrained by a budget so I'm wondering how much extra each of these methods will add to the price, like shipping cost, ferry ride, etc.? How did you go about checking out the bike? It's hard enough buying locally where you can check out the bike in person, difficult when they are in another province.

Also, what kind of paperwork is involved with buying elsewhere? How about buying stateside? How did you transfer the money if buying it and getting it shipped?

Sorry for all the questions but thought it could be useful to gather some info on this subject since I'm sure others could probably go this route as well down the road. I won't be doing anything until Spring but thought I'd throw it out there to see if this is something that could work for me. I normally only bother looking at ads for the east Avalon, but this way could open up a lot more variety.
 
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