I was very lucky a good friend and his brothers (one of which used to own a GL1500) arrived in Devonport this morning to do a trip around Tassie on their bikes so they detoured to Launceston on their way to Strahan this morning to inspect it for me. It passed inspection so the deal was done. Next stroke of luck is an old work colleague whom I visited in Launceston two weeks ago, according to Google, lives 850 ms away, literally around the corner so he will pick it up for me and store it until I fly in on the 17th April. Most likely will just boat it to Melbourne and then ride it home but have asked for prices to freight it from both Melbourne and Adelaide.
It comes with a hydraulic ATV/bike lifter, see photo,which I would like to sell so if any one in Tassie has a use for it please pm me.
The Lifter
The Bike
Thanks for all the offers of help boys. Not sure if I will be just going straight to Devonport and the boat once I pick up the Goldwing or visiting my cousin in Cairns Bay, if I do hopefully I could catch up with some of you on the way past.