what the
 was i thinking ??
well... so i went to tristar and spoke to those guys about my problem and .... yes.. u guessed it .. they can't help me out.  'duh !!! what was i thinkin ?
The guy stated clearly that unless the bike is bought from Tristar, they cannot do anything about it. Well, i realised that it was quite reasonable on their part to say that. Why the fcuk would some one "help" you if you are not giving them business ?
anyways, i'm back to sqare one, but that atleast ruled out one of the options and makes my choices more narrow ... as if i had a lot of choices
so, i'm now approaching our official cargo handler to help me out with the importation part and plan to get the bike to Riyadh first. I'll figure out a way to register it later on myself or i may find a kind soul to help me out by that time.. who knows.
There is always something you learn when things don't go your way. I just learned that i need to apply for a "vehicle importation permit" from the Saudi dept of transportation to bring in the bike. For this i have to approach the dept thru my employers's Govt. Relations dept, after submitting an AWB no. and the bikes chassis & Engine serial no. (VIN in this case).
With this first lesson learnt, i am planning to take this issue head on and do it all myself (with some help of course..) so that others can benfit from my mistakes/learnings when they need to do something similar...
itching to ride
- Vicky
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