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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: mainline on July 19, 2009, 08:43:41 am

Title: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: mainline on July 19, 2009, 08:43:41 am

has anyone done this and have some idea what it should cost?

I just want to know if the quotes I'm getting from sellers are accurate or have been pulled out of their bumhole.

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: vandy010 on July 19, 2009, 09:24:18 am

i'd take a guess that you've been a little "unimpressed" with your quotes...... :o

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: paul on July 19, 2009, 10:07:11 am

i got this on some early maico forks  last week

The cost would be $138.50. I may be able to break it down to make it smaller. Sometimes these old assemblies are difficult to break down easily due to corrosion. I do not want to spend too much time on it or damage the forks so I usually leave the disassembly to the buyer

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: oldfart on July 19, 2009, 10:08:02 am

Use shipping calculator to check
I was quoted $175 usd to ship a Rm rear hub ( no rim or spokes) and he came back with $25-00 usd
after I had checked with postage calculator :)

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: DR on July 19, 2009, 10:11:01 am

I had a set of PE250 forks and triples sent from the US. $90au but that was going back 18months/2years ago ;) no doubt it's risen a bit since then but to double in price seems odd :-\

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: mainline on July 19, 2009, 10:29:59 am

thanks guys, a couple were just over $100, but then there were a couple of sellers that I think must have been going to fly them over personally given what they were quoting ;D

At least I know now what's reasonable.

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: motomaniac on July 19, 2009, 12:14:35 pm

Quote from: mainline on July 19, 2009, 10:29:59 am

thanks guys, a couple were just over $100, but then there were a couple of sellers that I think must have been going to fly them over personally given what they were quoting ;D

At least I know now what's reasonable.

Always ask for a USPS quote .If the seler insists on UPS or Fedex DROP THE DEAL.!

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: LWC82PE on July 19, 2009, 12:32:17 pm

i had some sent from Canada, it was prety expensive so i got a friend to pull the forks apart and send the steel tubes by seamail and the rest of the parts along with some PE handlebars in a separate package by airmail.

get them to drain the oil. I makes it less weight and cheaper ;)

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: Freakshow on July 20, 2009, 11:32:48 pm

IT cost $100 to ship forks in AU so anything near that is cheap when you consider there are air freighting around the globe.

US send by wieght so generally unless they can fit in a flat rate box , breakeing them down wont change the actual rate. if there quoting under $125 take it. in the scheme of things is cheap enough

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: oldskool on July 21, 2009, 08:23:30 am

hi all not real big on shipping if i cant buy and pick up dont usually touch it but a bike shop i deal with in capalaba in qld specialise in vintage dirt bikes advertised somewhere to ship bikes or parts in there containers as i said dont know much about this topic but they could be worth a try just google ddr motorcycles for there contact number ive always found them to be quite friendly and helpful gary

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: msmola2002 on July 21, 2009, 11:19:13 am

USPS no longer ships by slow boat - air or nothing

approx 3kg will cost in order of 50USD or so.

Not cheap :(

as others have said, usps will be the cheapest, and believe me I have checked :(

Title: Re: cost to ship forks/triples from the states
Post by: Freakshow on July 21, 2009, 01:54:19 pm

NOTe to self..... make sure you tell them to post USPS or NOTHING.  (

(freight forwarding will add MIN $200 clearances to any item over the $100 mark if they send it via transport service.)