AirFreight Bike to Oz??

[denill]

Has anyone freighted their bike to Australia or have knowledge on what is involved.

Like costs etc........

Thanks guys in advance

BillW

[Eyetie]

You would be best to seafreight it, One would assume it is not a brand new bike (i.e no fuels/oils in it) therefore it is treated as a Dangerous Good, Seafreighting would be over half the price, if you can withstand a longer transit time.

[vifferman]

Now who was that racer (during the 90s??) who disassembled his whole bike, put it in his luggage, and airfreighted it that way?:spudwhat:

[Blackbird]

I was talking to our local physiotherapist yesterday - she and her partner are taking their Harley to South Australia in September. I think they're doing it in a container and it takes around 7 days. She said it was going to be about $1600 all up. I know it's not by air but if you're interested, I could put you in touch with them if you need to know anything about documentation etc.

Geoff

[White trash]

Now who was that racer (during the 90s??) who disassembled his whole bike, put it in his luggage, and airfreighted it that way?:spudwhat:

Happened last year. Mason Wilkie had his RM85 packed in their luggage to go the world champs.

[bugjuice]

Happened last year. Mason Wilkie had his RM85 packed in their luggage to go the world champs.

holy cow.. that'd be an effort! What about the extra weight charges etc? I take it, it was probably cheaper to pay those than to ship it?

Would love to have seen that..

Yes, hello Miss. Here's my passport, my ticket, carry on, and *ahem* my luggage..

[Eyetie]

Perhaps the airlines could change there standard blurb at check in any ciggarette lighters, sharp obects, motorbikes in your bag?
Lucky they weren't x-raying bags back then.

[wari]

I wOZ goina shippa bike to europe furra mate .. woz only goina cost $260 US if I cratedittup my self ... so shirley ya couldo the same thing to oz .. fur less ...

[vifferman]

Happened last year. Mason Wilkie had his RM85 packed in their luggage to go the world champs.

It wasn't him I was thinking of. It was in either the '80s or '90s, and it was (if I remember correctly) someone who was racing in Australia, and who took the bike apart, and spread the bits through several bags and 'smuggled' it through customs (I think he was actually 'caught' but they waved him through).
I tried googling it, but it didn't turn up anything.

Someone here must know? :spudwhat:

Anyway, getting back to the original question, it'd be very expensive to airfreight a bike, because it would have to be crated, so with the bike plus crate, you'd be up for freight on 300 kg. Cheaper to send by surface. Or ride it wherever