Surprisingly not, only spent about 3 minutes chatting with them in the embassy... guess it helped being an ex soldier, they love that kind of thing. Canadian border was even easier, they were stunned and amazed to see an English licence plate and just waved me on through.

Ahh man that sucks, hope she's healing up well and it wasn't to bad a of a break. 2 years that's awesome! Anywhere you'd recommend going whilst I'm here? Currently in Montreal and heading down to Toronto in the morning, that's if the storm going on here let's up a bit. If you find yourself heading back down south give me a shout.

Nick, I used James cargo. They ship out of heathrow and had my bike in New York in a week from me dropping it all off. Was a bit pricey but I was doing it short notice and it is the height of summer.... my plane ticket wasn't that much cheaper. If you're bringing one over this way make sure to apply for an EPA approval letter for importing your bike, takes about a week to get back. If you want to know companies for travel/motor insurance just give me a shout.

Drove up through the white mountains on the way here was absolutely amazing, kind of wish I'd stopped and stayed there a bit longer... all the moose are a bit of a hazard though!