Taiwanese tourists take long way home
DUO FLEW IN TO BUY TWO HONDA MOTORCYCLES FROM GOREY DEALER
TWO Taiwanese women arrived in Gorey last Friday to pick up a pair of brand new motorbikes that they plan to ride home across Europe and Russia over the next two months.
Jenny Lee and Julia Yu spent the last month arranging the purchase of the Honda CB 500X bikes from David and Gary Rynhart in Adventure Motorcycles Ireland which is based in Gorey Business Park.
‘ They were searching online for motorcycles for sale and came across Adventure Motorcycles Ireland,’ said David and Gary’s father Derek Rynhart. AMI specialises in trekking bikes with the aid of Rally Raid Products in the UK.
He admitted it was a slightly unusual way to do the journey as it might have been cheaper to buy the bikes in Taiwan and ride them to Ireland and leave them here.
The motorbikes, which are manufactured in Thailand, cost €7,000 each, but with extras, the total bill came to around €8,000 each.
AMI has a sister company Overlanders which organises motorcycle tours, and the Rynharts have taken bikes to Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, Morocco, and more. They normally ship bikes out for touring abroad, but this is the first time they have had such an unusual sale where someone has flown in from so far away to ride a bike home.
Jenny and Julia flew in to Cork before travelling up to Gorey. They both have excellent English and spent a few hours with David and Derek, getting familiar with the motorcycles and the equipment. They also picked up a few tips and advice from them about travelling across Europe and Russia.
‘ They were delighted with the bikes,’ said Derek. ‘We recommended the model. We’ve used it many times in the past. They have been riding since they were children, so they are quite experienced, but on smaller motorcycles.’
The distance between Ireland and Vladivostok is over 12,000 km but they expect to cover much more ground than that.
They will spend the next month touring around Europe before moving on to Russia, where they expect to spend a month riding across to Vladivostok where they will catch a boat home to Taiwan.