GSXR into Renault Clio. Observe the win.

[D O G]

So after not having a bike for several months, I was in the position to pick up my old GSXR SRAD - my 1st ever bike which I sold to my friend before we moved to Aus.

Since then he's dropped it once, then it got nicked from his back yard, the ignition chopped about, then dumped in a ditch. That was last September, and since then it has sat in his friend's back yard, untouched. Sacrilege I tell ya.

So I was going up to Newcastle this weekend, and arranged to pick it up as I'm buying it off him. I had the amazingly awesome plan of taking it home in my Clio. I removed all but the driver's seat, leaving a nice bike-sized void in the body of the car, ready for insertion.

Apologies for the slightly crap pics, old skool camera (I'm not allowed to use the good one!).

One semi-stripped SRAD:

https://lh4.ggpht.com/_6FQHCpCMOcc/TBXklMhG0oI/AAAAAAAAA3s/6mK-zLQOCl4/s800/DSCN2041.JPG

Bike neglecter on the left, storage provider on the right.

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Halfway in...

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Snug in it's new temporary home...

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The view from the driver's seat...

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Tbh, it was a LOT bigger than I had anticipated, but it all went in - just! Covered it with a sheet and drove the 325miles home in the pissing rain, taking it very easy!

All I have to do is fix it up & save some cash for the insurance etc etc. Plan is for it to be ready for summer 2011, when my licence will be clean again.

It sure is nice to have it back!

[Feasty]

Lol, that's hilarious!! Well done that man.


However if I might say I think you could have done one better and posted a thread with the title: 'GSXR smashes into my Clio'.
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[Grimnir]

Epic!

[ws4936]

Was the mirror like that, or was that from getting it in?
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[pepperami]

you are a very silly person .... i will never moan about not having transport for my bike and bike bits again
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[DrDonnyBrago]

HAHAHA good job. I had considered doing this with my car and small capacity bikes but getting a gixxer into a clio is very impressive .

[cyberglass]

I would of gave you karma but you didnt open the sun roof and have a mate sit on it in full armor while you were driving.
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[thx1138]

That beats someone taking my old cg-125 away in a london taxi hands down!

[swiftb]

Awesome. Cant believe that slotted in there like that.
Good job.

[bazza]

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[Ratmonkey]

now that made my day seeing that. The best bit is that Ive got a Clio too and the wife wants a bike soon, might be a plan
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[Mr Hammers]

Haha, that's mental!

Now, if you put the car inside a box van, the van in a lorry, and then take the Chunnel...

..you'd have a bike in a car in a van in a lorry in a train.
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[locked]

HA
that is quality!
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[Mr_Cynical]

Top marks for ingenuity and execution!
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[Mudskipper]

I was quite pleased with myself for stuffing the CB into the boot of my 306, but this is 100 times more impressive!!
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[tatters]

I,m suprised it fitted with out taking the front/rear ends off, l had to do this to a scrap KLR for spares l picked up last month the guy l got it off was shocked when l started to strip it down to put in the back of a bran new BMW.
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[L-Jam]

That is fucking amazing!
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Excellent work.
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[V2]

Amazinly epic! makes me think of

https://memegenerator.net/yo-dawg/File/41040/yo-dawg.jpg

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[Jayy]

Brilliant!

[L4Isoside]

Very, very, brilliant!

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Hero.

You weren't tempted to start it. Even a little bit?
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[Andy C]

Your my idol. Good work!
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