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Hi Mike,
Pleased you got the visa OK.
Have you got the bike insurance sorted yet? It's a number of years since I have been in the USA and on previous trips I have just brought it after arrival. Insurance in Canada appears to be harder to obtain without a state Licence and or state registered bike.
After a lot of phone calls and emails with copies of documents I found this company in Florida, best cover (3 levels to choose from), best rates. You have to buy 12 months but if you cancel they will credit you without penalty. Quite easy to deal with compared to others I have tried.
Virna Figueroa
The Sunrise Group
816 Executive Drive
Oviedo, FL 32765
PH: 800-478-7648
FX: 407-977-7004
E-mail: sunrisegroup@cfl.rr.com
Web: The Sunrise Group
You are on a tight schedual so you may want to sort it out before you go.
I hope the weather improves in canada before we get there, winter seams to be hanging on for ever this year.
Steve
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Hi Mike,
Pleased you got the visa OK.
Have you got the bike insurance sorted yet? It's a number of years since I have been in the USA and on previous trips I have just brought it after arrival. Insurance in Canada appears to be harder to obtain without a state Licence and or state registered bike.
After a lot of phone calls and emails with copies of documents I found this company in Florida, best cover (3 levels to choose from), best rates. You have to buy 12 months but if you cancel they will credit you without penalty. Quite easy to deal with compared to others I have tried.
Virna Figueroa
The Sunrise Group
816 Executive Drive
Oviedo, FL 32765
PH: 800-478-7648
FX: 407-977-7004
E-mail: sunrisegroup@cfl.rr.com
Web: The Sunrise Group
You are on a tight schedual so you may want to sort it out before you go.
I hope the weather improves in canada before we get there, winter seams to be hanging on for ever this year.
Steve
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for that, I'm just looking into insurance at the minute, I'll contact Sunrise for a quote. I've been in touch with one company which was very expensive.
Are you heading to Central and South America?
I'll let you know how the insurance goes.
I'd like the weather to improve in the UK too!!
Regards,
Mike
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14 Apr 2008
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Originally Posted by Michael Greeve
Hi Steve,
Thanks for that, I'm just looking into insurance at the minute, I'll contact Sunrise for a quote. I've been in touch with one company which was very expensive.
Are you heading to Central and South America?
I'll let you know how the insurance goes.
I'd like the weather to improve in the UK too!!
Regards,
Mike
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Mike,
The cheapest Quote from Sunrise is $281. This is Liability only and includes Canada. For Canada the minimum liability for interstate cover has to be CAN$200,000.
The US$281 is for 12 months and we are planing around 4 to 5 months, they will refund any time we don't use, so if we only use 4 months we should get $186 back.
The next best was $208 for 4 months. but the quote took 3 weeks to arrive.
Thankfully I have a scanner otherwise it would have been much harder to organise.
We will ride central and southern America, should get to Mexico around September.
Steve
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I'll be in Central America about the time you get down this way. Email me at terraxpeditions at gmail dot com and give me some updates.
Scott
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Is anyone going to be making a similar trip about the same time?
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Yes. I'm starting in Texas the 2nd week of July. Although I'm planning a much more relaxed pace (6 months, with atleast one month staying put somewhere learning spanish early in the trip).
I'm looking for people to meetup/ride with as I'm currently solo for the bulk of the trip.
If you're going to be in Mexico before July, you're welcome to stay at my house in Houston. While on the road I'm pretty free-spirited, I'm plan obsessed leading up to a big trip. Anticipation/planning is half of the experience for me
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Yes. I'm starting in Texas the 2nd week of July. Although I'm planning a much more relaxed pace (6 months, with atleast one month staying put somewhere learning spanish early in the trip).
I'm looking for people to meetup/ride with as I'm currently solo for the bulk of the trip.
If you're going to be in Mexico before July, you're welcome to stay at my house in Houston. While on the road I'm pretty free-spirited, I'm plan obsessed leading up to a big trip. Anticipation/planning is half of the experience for me
dg
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Hi Dave,
Nice to hear from you. I don't think I'll be in Mexico by then but I'll forward my BlackBerry email (not set up yet) so we can keep in contact but thank you very much for the offer, I'm sure we can meet up somewhere.
It's surprising just how much there is to get organised before the trip, it's taking up most of my time just now but I know it will be worth it. I can't wait for the trip to begin.
Regards,
Mike
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