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02-04-2013, 10:48 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2004
Location: Capital country
Oddometer: 396
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Importing an old Beemer
Well, 12 months after buying it, and almost 4 months since delivering it to the docks in San Francisco, I now have my pristine little baby Bertie Beemer R100GS in the back yard.
From Oregon:  To Canberra:  Proof. And it runs, battery is not flat, took a few attempts but eventually got fuel in the carbs and it burbled happily away. But it's been a saga, so I thought I'd start this thread up to describe what I did and what happened so any of you contemplating something similar can hopefully avoid the pitfalls. And I'll do that once I get back off cloud nine later tonight. Cheers Peter
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02-04-2013, 10:52 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2011
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oddometer: 2,535
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congrats!!!
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02-04-2013, 10:54 PM
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All round nice guy
Joined: Sep 2006
Location: Gunnedah
Oddometer: 5,928
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Wohoo Pete!!!!
Breathe a sigh of relief  Err ill call you later this week and let you know where I am upto re the other stuff
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02-04-2013, 10:58 PM
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Commonist
Joined: May 2005
Location: Capitalist
Oddometer: 14,135
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Baby Bertie in BBQ land
Go Pete.  Are you riding it to Karuah this weekend? It is a touring bike. He will have to meet Paris soon.
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02-04-2013, 11:04 PM
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Bike-a-holic
Joined: May 2008
Location: Western Australia
Oddometer: 1,481
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 Keen to hear all details.Very nice bike BTW.
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02-05-2013, 12:00 AM
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Rankest of amateurs
Joined: Oct 2009
Location: Albury, NSW
Oddometer: 981
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Tidy looking bike
 Welcome to the slow lane 
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02-05-2013, 12:17 AM
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Joined: Jul 2007
Location: Sydney Australia
Oddometer: 11,992
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Nice one Pete I hope you have many happy riding miles on the bike.
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02-05-2013, 01:05 AM
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Challenged Adventurer
Joined: May 2006
Location: between the bings
Oddometer: 1,375
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02-05-2013, 01:44 AM
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Spelt with 2 ffs
Joined: Nov 2005
Location: Melbourne Australia
Oddometer: 11,472
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Very nice mate, congratulations.
I'm also interested in hearing the story in getting here. 
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02-05-2013, 02:17 AM
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Nov 2010
Location: Windsor NSW [near enough]
Oddometer: 587
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Now THAT is a Beemer that is worth the effort.
Congrats Peter. Will read all about it when you write it up. 
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02-05-2013, 02:43 AM
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Crazy clutch bangers
Joined: May 2012
Location: Brisvegas
Oddometer: 124
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Nice rig, been thinking of one of these for some time
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02-05-2013, 02:57 AM
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unconditional love
Joined: Dec 2005
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Oddometer: 5,602
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Nice, hasn't got the standard tank though.
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02-05-2013, 03:31 AM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: May 2009
Location: Carwoola NSW
Oddometer: 125
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I'll take a seat in the gallery
and enjoy the education, well done and looking forward to further installments.
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02-05-2013, 03:39 AM
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Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2012
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Oddometer: 26
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That is a very nice bike
{but of course you know that}I am interested to hear the story, my experience in bringing a K1 (owned from new and over 7 years old when imported) back with me from UK is pretty boring. The only "interesting" part is that I sold an old GS and chose to bring back the fancy wrapped up brick  what was I thinking 
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02-05-2013, 03:39 AM
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Adventurer
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: Newcastle, Australia
Oddometer: 18
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Nice work, I'm sure the wait to get it home would off been a nightmare.
Now all you have to do is get it nice and muddy.
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