Freighting a bike to Australia?

[Running Bear]

Howdy, has anyone had experience with freighting a bike return to Australia? I'm going in July and wondering about air or sea freight. Air seems simpler, quicker and not much more expensive by the time you've costed in port fees, customs and quarantine both ways (sigh) Any recommended freight companies or helpful pointers appreciated. Cheers.

[Firefight]

Howdy, has anyone had experience with freighting a bike return to Australia? I'm going in July and wondering about air or sea freight. Air seems simpler, quicker and not much more expensive by the time you've costed in port fees, customs and quarantine both ways (sigh) Any recommended freight companies or helpful pointers appreciated. Cheers.

pm whitetrash, he works 4 a freight fwder


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[p.dath]

Howdy, has anyone had experience with freighting a bike return to Australia? I'm going in July and wondering about air or sea freight. Air seems simpler, quicker and not much more expensive by the time you've costed in port fees, customs and quarantine both ways (sigh) Any recommended freight companies or helpful pointers appreciated. Cheers.

There are quite a few threads on here about it. Forget the actual cost, its a pig of a job.

[p.dath]

Check out:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...alia+transport

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...alia+transport

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...alia+transport

[Running Bear]

Thanks for that. Wizzed off enquiries to GO!Logistics and Dave at Get Routed. Will post details as they arrive.

[Running Bear]

Message from GetRouted today:

We don't do any shipping over the Winter months - there's no demand at that time of year. We don't do individual bikes crated, we do containers full of bikes (see pic below) and our service is geared up for Aussies going to and from NZ, not Kiwis coming to Aus - sounds dumb, Eh?, but there are reasons for it.

Aussie is a difficult place to bring bikes to - you'll need a Carnet de Passages en Douane - talk to the NZAA - the Auckland office processes them - allow 6 weeks. Any freight forwarder can send your bike over if you crate it securely. Save the crate when here and send it back in the same crate.

There could be a business set up to cater for Kiwis wanting to come over with their bikes, but the NZ marketplace is not big enough to sustain a business which just ships bikes as we do to Aust & back. We only just make a living out of taking Aussies to NZ & back and this current season has been a slow one.

So... to plan B. Checking air freight options.

[p.dath]

Is the bike you are taking over a road bike? What are you going over for?

[DEATH_INC.]

Did ya talk to trashie like f/f suggested?

[sipchild]

Hay there can you keep us posted on how you go i,m thinking of taking my bike over in 2011 for a 6 week tour would like some info.

[Broomrider]

I hope shipping a bike to Australia is more straight forward than bringing one back to NZ....
When my HondaStrider moved back from Perth back in 2006 he had a container with a few house hold possessions and his Honda VFR 800 (his pride and joy at the time). When the container arrived in Lyttleton it was missing the VFR!!! ....Allied Pickfords forgot to put it in the container and there it was sitting in their yard in Perth still..FFS...

[rok-the-boat]

A bike is not always a bike. I brought a bike to NZ from Korea - but it was not a bike. It was a pile of bits in a box and accompanied my household stuff - I dismantled it first, just left the frame and engine together. Maybe that would work. Of course, keep the paperwork.

[Running Bear]

Well, sort of. It's a new Tenere 660. There's a 1200 parallel twin not far away. Erk, that'll be some trail bike. Doing a lap around Australia, anticlockwise from Sydney. Immerse myself in the culture /beer.

[xknuts]

These guys are the experts at it. But surprised at their answer on post 6.
Please post their air freight answer?

http://www.getrouted.com.au/index.htm

[CTD]

Well, sort of. It's a new Tenere 660. There's a 1200 parallel twin not far away. Erk, that'll be some trail bike. Doing a lap around Australia, anticlockwise from Sydney. Immerse myself in the culture /beer.

Now that sounds like a plan too me!!

[clint640]

We used Go Logistics to go over last year. Air over, sea back. Good apart from Qantas losing our bloody Carnets - take the carnet yourself or have it sent by tracked courier would be the only thing I would do different. Full illustrated story here:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=460829

Cheers
Clint