bike shipped
Yesterday I rode the bike to the Forwardair terminal in Morrisville, about 10 miles from home. there they had a metal shipping container ready for me.
I had specified the medium sized container, they have a small and large size as well. Because the KTM is so tall, I started to prep the bike by removing the fairing, a simple six bolt operation. The Touratech dash that I recently installed is taller then the stock one, so I had to unbolt that so it would lay flat.
Then, it was time to empty the gas tank. It is a simple matter, jujst disconnect the fuel line and drain the gas into a gas can. Trouble is, I forgot to put the cann into the back of the truck my wife drove over to pick me up, so I was left with draining it a bit at a time into a couple of empty waterbottles, and emptying those into the gas tank of the truck. Repeatedly. So if you do this, bring an empty gas can.
Once that was accomplished, it was a simple task of rolling the bike into the container, tying it down (There were six tiedown points) shutting the doors and putting my own padlocks on the doors.
Oh, I also put a bag of equipment and five tires in there, you can use the excess space to transport gear.
The bike will arrive in Seattle on Tuesday, plenty of time to spare if there is a delivery hiccup.