Going to be visiting NSW for 3 weeks in Sept15 ostensibly for a family wedding & plan on doing some riding whilst there (I try to avoid cars, haven't owned one for 14 years and in the last 7 or 8 have maybe less than a month behind a wheel)


Anyways to my mind there are 3 options

1) Hire
2) Buy/Sell
3) Ship one of mine there




Option 1 is probably by far the simplest and also potentially the second most expensive. Large capacity bikes seem to be around the $150 per day mark or around $3k for the period I'm out there


Option 2 is where I'm sort of headed given how I understand the insurance.reggo works over there. Look at buying (through friends) something with a reasonably long reggo for around the $3k mark. Even if I subsequently sell it for $2k for a quick sale then thats effectively still $2k less than renting.

Of course the downside is the "what if there's a breakdown, how well has it been maintained etc" sort of scenarios

Option 3 is probably a pipe dream and the most expensive especially for such a short visit.

Looking at the RAC website a Carnet is probably going to cost me around (after converting from sterling for consistency) $1100 plus there's 2 way shipping costs, quarantine fees etc however I would be on a bike I know and trust. On the down side however I would be without her in this country for an extended period whilst she went on a world cruise (jealous).


Anyways enough of my ramblings and I've probably answered the question for myself but what would you do ?