Land of the Rising Sun, Here I Come

LMT · January 06, 2010, 04:18:59 AM

Sorry to hear that you did missed the cut by 2%. What will you be doing now?

NAKID · January 06, 2010, 05:14:35 AM

Working on an aircraft carrier as either a radiation health tech or a preventive medicine tech (I hold both job classifications)...

geoffduc · January 06, 2010, 10:21:36 AM

Quote from: NAKID on January 06, 2010, 04:11:09 AM
Bubblehead = submariner

Thanks Nakid for the info, now don't forget about riding-house thier carbon fibre products are first class quality and alittle different to the rest of the carbon parts that are on the market for ducati's

NAKID · January 06, 2010, 10:28:37 AM

Yeah, but I'm a NAKID kinda guy...

cyrus buelton · January 06, 2010, 07:14:22 PM

Quote from: NAKID on January 05, 2010, 03:13:53 PM
So, in preparation for the upcoming move, I was looking at rates for an auto transporter. I want to tow the VW to Cali with my truck to store at my sister in law's house. The Touareg is too heavy for the UHaul trailer, Penske and Budget don't rent trailers without a truck rental. WTF??

www.uship.com bro

Ebay of shipping.

slowpoke13 · January 06, 2010, 07:36:24 PM

There's also a huge gear/parts shop about 20 minutes (by bike) from the base. Place is called NAPS. Around Yoko, it'll be the best place to pick up bits and pieces to keep the bike running, fix flats, buy accessories (for you and the bike).

Dana · January 07, 2010, 12:11:23 AM

I'm up Yokota way (2 hours north). Couple guys down towards Yokosuka. We're all on the www.gaijinriders.com forum as the local forum here was too slow.

How long will you be here?

Dana

ROBsS4R · January 07, 2010, 12:01:51 PM

I just got back from Japan a few weeks ago.

I was surprised of the lack of motorcycles I saw there. A ton of Scooters but an actual motorcycle were few and far between. I visited many cities all over Tokyo and even went as far as Osaka and Kyoto and it was the same story all over the place.

I saw one Ducati the entire time I was there. It was a Hypermotard in an expensive fashion district.

It seem like in this order I saw the most vehicles

Bicycles
Scooters
Cars
Motorcycles

somegirl · January 07, 2010, 06:07:03 PM

Quote from: ROBsS4R on January 07, 2010, 12:01:51 PM
It seem like in this order I saw the most vehicles

Bicycles
Scooters
Cars
Motorcycles

That's pretty typical of many Asian countries.

red baron · January 16, 2010, 07:28:32 PM

Congrats Chris, enjoy.

NAKID · January 17, 2010, 10:22:43 AM

It's Official Official now. I just got back from a 10 day Disney vacation including 4 days at DisneyWorld and a 4 day Disney Cruise to the Bahamas.

During my trip, I got hard copy (read: not just verbal confirmation) orders to the USS George Washington (CVN 73), home ported in Yokosuka, Japan. I must report no later than 19 Mar 10. That means I have roughly one month to tie up any loose ends, sell a bunch of stuff, schedule movers and packers for long-term storage, and prepare to drive cross country.

The adventure begins....

Got Duc · January 17, 2010, 12:59:20 PM

Air Craft Carrier?

Nice!

Good luck Chris how long will you be over there?

You can always bring the car to Nate's for the fire.....Just sayin

NAKID · January 17, 2010, 04:06:49 PM

3 years.

slowpoke13 · January 18, 2010, 04:30:13 AM

enjoy the trip. It'll be an interesting tour. It's only 2 years if you go unaccompanied. But, I wouldn't recommend that.

NAKID · January 18, 2010, 06:48:53 AM

Yeah, it was never really a consideration, but it was discussed. No reason not to bring the family, just to cut one year off the tour...

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