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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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 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.
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 👍
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?
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.
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?
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 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 😅
@@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?
Fair play to ya mate really happy for you, welcome to the H2 World , Anj NINJA H2 CLUB 💚
Awesome bike. I love that chrome black paintwork, looks amazing in the sun.
Thanks Alan! Agreed, the paint is gorgeous, never seen anything like it on a production bike
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.
No problem Andrew, any more questions just let me know, happy to help if I can.
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.
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.
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.
What a thing
It's incredible, from the engineering to the design itself, I'm still finding things out about it that impress me
great video Al, top job! and love the bike! well wear and look forward to some riding reviews even though #itsnoducati LOL
Cheers Mike!
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
Now you tell me! 🤣
@@TrooperTed I did have it in my riding back from Germany thingy 😂😂😂 I'm bad at communication ok!
@@TheGorillaBiker in fairness, I watched that video, I was distracted by the Falcooooo
@@TrooperTed I mean that's entirely fair.
Serious bike, congratulations! Based in 🇮🇪 aswell. Looking forward to more updates on the H2 👍
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
@@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
@@thedoubleton200 I rode a 2004 ZX10R for years, so will be sure to include a comparison!
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
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 👍
@TrooperTed thank you for the reply man.
Where, can I find this export cert? Is this an frensh doc? Cheers 👏
@@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.
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?
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 👍
@TrooperTed ok sounds good thanks for reply
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?
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.
No horse head this time! 🤣
Wasn't the same without my cabin buddy! 😘
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?
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 👍
@@TrooperTed Thanks very much for the quick reply. One last question: How did you pay? deposit and pay cash on collection?
@@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 😅
@@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?
@@desiIrish1 none, had it in a padded helmet bag and it didn't get a second look from the Aer Lingus crew