shipping bikes from the usa

[Power Stand]

I had two bikes sent in the post in boxes; it was about $1000.00 plus a surprise fuel charge of $200 a bike when it got here, bastards. $1200 shipping and $300 for one bike $500 for the other makes cheap bikes.

Heads removed from the engine, bikes posed as second hand part and were over twenty years old, customs aren’t interest in parcels under $1000 making the split up value easy. I paid a guy in the US to pick up, split, pack and ship. Making one bike $1750 & the other $1950 and still under local value. Oh, AUD was 95c to the US at the time.

[shorelinemc]

BIKES KNOW ON THE LIST CR480/YZ400F/MX400/1979 CR250/86 RM250/81XC430/82 WR430/81 450 DESERT RACER/80 WR250/78 OR390/1975KX250+PARTSBIKE/83 490MAICO/1980 RM250

[jimg1au]

SHORELINE
can you land a bike in australia for less than 500.00 aust.including all taxes and gsts.i am looking at a couple of cr125s
cheers
jim

[Freakshow]

Hey shorline did you give me 2 suzuki wheels that OLdfart picked up ?  i got them here now but i cant rememebr what you said they were off ?  How goods your memory - any ideas ?

[shorelinemc]

G`day freaky yes i did i think they where off a ts 250 no idea of yr tho

[albrid-3]

I bought a bike in from USA, nearly 10 months later freight cost me $3015 Aust dollars.

[FourstrokeForever]

Unless you have found a bike that is close to Long Beach, be prepared to pay for the bike to get there.

Anybody who thinks that Specialised Motorcycle Transport is expensive in Australia is in for a VERY RUDE awakening when getting a quote to move a bike from one US state to another.....my advice is to try and find the bike you want in California.

One of my regular customers used to do the parts bike routine.....until a near immaculte Z1000 mysteriously lost its motor, along with a few Z900 kwaka motors and other bits. Needless to say, not all employees on the waterfront are honest!

Goodluck with getting anybody to call you Shoreline. Ive had a squillion tyre kickers on here asking me this and that about transport and when I reply, please contact the office, they seem to disappear 

[BJJ]

This subject is stale.  I feel we need someone on the ground to take this further,  how about forming a committee?

[jimg1au]

i agree with mark internal shipping in the usa is very expencive.all my bikes i get from ca i wonce got 3 speedway bikes from nevarda but the owner was going to la and took then there for me.
cheers
jim

[firko]

Wec use Jason and Sherri at Patriot Express for internal US shipping. They're reasonably cheap and will work in with you as long as you're not in a hurry. http://patriotexpressllc.com/

[PEZBerq]

I agree with Firko.  Patriot Express are very reasonable.  US$350 Iowa to Longbeach.  Couldn't ask for anything better than that.