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Old 23 Oct 2011
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From Finland to London???
Hi,

I am interested to ship a Vespa from Finland to London - next June it will be the World Vespa Days there...

Could anybody recommend any safe shipping company which can deliver my Vespa?
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well...it's actually one of the absolute best touring bikes ever designed...sorry to appear rude, but is there any reason why you can't just ride it there and back ? (it would certainly work out cheaper)


Ps....I just love Vespas, and my PX200 is taking me to Iran next year
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definitely ride it to the UK, and back.
At that time of year you will have about 19-20 hours of daylight here and eternal daylight further north.
If you are tight for time, then just use a van, with a co-driver if you are really tight for time.
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Or check out Motor-rail if for any reason you're short on time...

However I have to say that getting to a Vespa meeting, on your own vespa from far away is just about at the top of the ....not to mention the coolness-scale...
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Thanks for your advises

Unfortunatelly, I have no spare time (no less than 5 days one way) to ride by myself. This May we went to Norway from St.Petersburg for the same meeting - it took 4 days.. And some guys were from Sicilia, spending 10 days or more one way...

And in case of some problems which could happen on road with scooter - it is needed at least one day extra to planned.

So some of us intend to use a shipping company from Finland (it will be cheaper than from Russia directly, and less formalities...)
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