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Offline Freakshow

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Re: Shipping from U.S. east coast to Aus west coast.
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2012, 04:55:01 pm »
to your door thats not far off the mark.
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Re: Shipping from U.S. east coast to Aus west coast.
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2012, 03:13:04 am »
may be for you but way off for me. mine is an easy pic up in ashfield

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« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2012, 12:39:56 pm »
Do you need to get it titled, my bike just arrived and it only needed a bill of sale.


Every shipper I've spoken(about 7) to said YES.

my champion roller cost 350.00 as it was the same as a motorbike





Did you need a title to ship a roller ? or is that considered parts?

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Re: Shipping from U.S. east coast to Aus west coast.
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2012, 01:05:46 pm »
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Did you need a title to ship a roller ? or is that considered parts?
A roller is considered parts.
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Do you need to get it titled, my bike just arrived and it only needed a bill of sale
You're lucky, nearly everyone I know bringing bikes in has had to have title on complete bikes. I didn't have title on my last two bikes and had to go through a bit of drama to have someone remove the engines at the shippers yard before they'd load them. It used to be that a bill of sale was all you needed but the US Feds changed the rules in a bit to prevent stolen bikes (Harleys mostly) leaving the country.
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How are you guys getting it shipped so cheap?  Mine was $1000 all inclusive (but it did get shipped to Melbourne instead of Brisbane and it's gettting delivered to my door for free)
It really pays to shop around, the difference in shipping costs vary quite a lot. I've paid as high as $1000 plus and as low as $350. No university degees are needed to work out which one I'm using now, especially seeing he ships into my beloved Sydney. ;)

What a lot of newbie bike importers overlook is internal shipping. Buying a bike east of the Rockies in the US will usually cost $500+ to get to the West Coast shipping yards. Then, when the bike finally arrives at your importers yard here on Oz he'd better be in your home city or you're up for transport to your front door...add another $300-500. A bargain on eBay can soon turn into costing you more than a locally sourced bike if you don't factor in those things.
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