Over the years, Forward Air has been my preference for shipping scooters. I recently sold a Vespa VL3 on eBay. The buyer, who is in Germany, arranged for HaulBikes.com to do the pickup. I was impressed with this service. In many ways, I prefer it to Forward Air. HaulBikes rate table is pretty reasonable and it's easy to determine exactly what it will cost. The service is door to door. The driver, Pat (see photo below), was great about calling in advance and letting me know when he would arrive.

It was tough to give up my only VL series Vespa but I am out of space and have way too many projects. The VL3 will first go to Milwaukee, then to South Carolina before making the trip across the Atlantic. It seems a bit expensive to ship a project scooter such a long distance but when you consider the US Dollar and Euro exchange rates and the increasing scarcity of old Vespa's, it's not too far fetched.

I've put another project bike, an LI 150 Series 1, on the auction block. It is in need of a full restoration but it's all there. I have two other Series 1 Lambretta's so this one isn't too hard to let go. I would prefer trade it for a Series 3 or one of several "odd scoots" like a Tessy, 1950's Peugeot, or an NSU Prima. Or maybe a Fuji Rabbit or Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon. Currently there are no classic 50's Japanese scooters in my stable. Given my space constraints, I'll need to be more selective about acquiring new bikes and continue selling off my unwanted or duplicate models.