u/holly948

Hey there! I'm holly, a mid 30s Canadian who is coming to your gorgeous country next month to ride around all of Ireland and some of Scotland. I have 30 days.

I've got all the hotels and itinerary basically booked, but one thing I haven't yet sorted is the motorcycle!

I want to buy a used motorcycle on my first day there, but wanted to know how easy it would be to sell it before I leave. Do dealerships buy motorcycles? I'm fine losing money, because renting a motorcycle would set me back over 3k, so losing 1k on buying and then selling a bike wouldn't be an issue.

Does anyone know, can a Canadian buy a motorcycle and get insurance easily enough? And do dealerships buy motorcycles?

I have found a couple of decent motorbikes with panniers and top boxes etc that would be perfect, but yeah I guess I wonder, am I being dumb trying to buy and then sell one month later?

Thanks in advance and I'm sorry if my questions are dumb.

I'm so, so looking forward to riding around Ireland! I want go pat baby goats and lambs and drink delicious Murphys and Guinness (my dog is named Murphy, partially after the beer cause it's one of my favorites, and hes black), and doing unique and cool shit on some of the days I won't be riding too far.

I created a Vancouver Island motorcycle chat group on discord and I'd love you to join!

I post weekly social meetups (ice cream and coffee meets, movie nights, barcade hangs, and more!) and of course motorcycle rides.

Who am I? My name is Holly, I've been riding for 20 years now, and I built a motorcycle discord Chat Group in Vancouver (Raincity Bike Crew, which has over 500 members), and since I just moved to the island two months ago, I wanted to build the same community here.

My discord isn't to replace or compete with any other group, it's more about chatting online and in person social meetups, playing a motorcycle tag game, sharing pet pictures, discussing local restaurants, bonding over music and TV shows and more.

Who is this group for? Anyone who rides motorcycles, or people looking to get into riding motorcycles, and are looking to make new friends and attend social meetups. JUST DON'T BE A D*%K!!!!

I DO NOT ALLOW sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, religious or NSFW content. Also ZERO tolerance for inappropriate messaging or chat towards any member - no means no.

What is discord? It's an online chat platform, and can be downloaded as an app or used on your computer browser. It is similar to WhatsApp or Slack. It's completely free to download and use.

DISCORD GROUP CHAT LINK HERE: https://discord.gg/4MGyAuRBje

Feel free to follow us on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/islandbikecrew