Nice speaking with you. Thank you for your interest in our motorcycle shipping/insurance programs.
We can ship your uncrated motorcycle by airfreight as follows:
ONE-WAY from: Montreal or Toronto TO London, Manchester, Glasgow, Frankfurt, Paris, Munich, Dublin, Lisbon
USD $1,995.00

ROUND-TRIP from: Montreal or Toronto / London, Manchester, Glasgow, Frankfurt, Paris, Munich, Dublin
USD $3,990.00

NEW YEARS SPECIAL;
If you reserve pallet space prior to January 31st 2011, you can save $50.00 on a one-way shipment and $100.00 on a round trip shipment.

If you decide to ship to/from Canada, we can refer you to a travel agent who can book your passenger ticket on the same flight as your bike.
We also can provide you with the necessary temporary insurance while riding in Europe.
Attached is the application with rates.

Motorcycle Express now offers International Travelers:
• Travel Medical, Trip Cancellation & Emergency Medical Evacuation
• Insurance (Motorcycle & Auto) for Mexico, Europe, Central & South America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia & South Africa
• Roadside Assistance/Emergency Towing while riding in the US Canada, Alaska and Hawaii

If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office. Thank youchug


Gail
International Services Manager
Motorcycle Express
Phone (800) 245-8726 (within US/Canada) Ext. 1107
Phone (516) 682-9220
Fax (516) 393-5996
Motorcycle Express - Ship Your Bike

Business Hours:
Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm EST
Our office is closed 12:30 to 1:30 pm during lunch.
Closed Saturday and Sunday

They have a calculator on their website that shows the same result. We flew with them in 2007 from Calgary to Munich for $1900 so the prices haven't gone up much. Super convenient, we even flew on the same plane as the bikes. Don't get the insurance through them as it is a lot cheaper to simply pick up your insurance at ADAC when you get to Germany.

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'84 R100RT 141,000 km (Dad's!)
'89 R100GS 250,000 km (and ready for another continent)
'07 R1200GS Adventure 100,000 km (just finished Circumnavigating Asia)
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www.ekke-audrey.ca

I paid US$1400 a couple of years ago using Warren (use Google if you can't find him on the shipping page), but that was before the rules changed. At that time I might've saved a couple of hundred by making arrangements directly with Lufthansa, so maybe this is still possible in Canada. Warren was cheaper than Motorcycle Express, AFAIR.

Based on my experience you'll need to have your insurance in hand to pick the bike up from German customs, just in case that's not clear.

Another option: Stefan Knopf used to ship a container full of bikes once per year in each direction between Hamburg and Florida. If the timing works it's a good service and reasonably reliable plus quite cheap. More Google.

Hope that helps.

Mark

Hi Extsieg. If you look at your original post, "Escaping from the US to Europe Via Air", I left some information off about Markharf's second option. I am currently working with Stefan. If you decide to consider that option, I can PM you his email to me. I must have my bike in Florida before the end of February.

Hi,

I flew my BMW GSA bike from Toronto to London Heathrow for $1300 CAD last August.

I initially planned to send it with Motorcycle express but the day i arrived seemed to be a National holiday so I went straight to Air Canada cargo at the air cargo terminal in the morning and it was ready to fly out that evening. No crating/dismantling of the bike needed, they simply strapped it down on one of their pallets. But i had to ensure that the bike had been washed ( jet washed at a local gas station the night before).
Air Canada had a assistant on hand who was certified to deal with Dangerous Goods, otherwise it would have cost me a couple hundred more dollars to get a local Dangerous Goods person to come to the terminal and issue a certificate.
All in all an excellent service, very pleased.
And things were just as good when i received the bike in Heathrow, approx 2 hours to clear in total.

Hope this helps
H A

Club Voyages Tourbec
This is who I booked my air thru. I also went with Motorcycle Express to arrange the shipping of the bike for me. I will have it on the same flight with me and will be flying into Paris. ( I want a photo with the Eiffel tower and my bike in the back ground Thats the only must do for me is get the photo after that I'll just let the wind take blow me around Europe for a bit.

It's going to cost me $1995 for the shipping. A little over $500 for the airfare and another $150 for a hotel at CDG. (I will need to get some sleep after the flight before I jump on a bike in Paris) Also looking at 4 nights in Toronto as I have to drop the bike off Saturday and was told they have to have two days to prep it. So there is another $300 easy just in hotel bills if I don't want to wait in a box. The nice part is that I grew up over on the US side near a town called Port Huron so I will have friends and family in Toronto for some company.

So Im already up to 3K and I have not even got out of the states yet. Turning into a nice little junket I also plan on staying in guest houses and hotels during my travels. I'm not up for the camping as I'll be with myself and want to be able to walk around towns with out worrying about all my crap on the bike.

So stay tuned this whole trip kicks off on 1 April with a 1100mile ride from Alabama up to Michigan....

I spoke directly with Lufthansa today to try to arrange air freighting my DR650 from Toronto to Morocco this coming May. They no longer ship 'dangerous goods', i.e. motorcycles, from private parties. The agent recommended I contact a freight forwarder.

Three major freight forwarders with offices around the world are: Panalpina, Kuehne & Nagel, and Schenker.

From what I understood from Lufthansa, a motorcycle can become a non-dangerous good if Lufthansa receives the bike crated, with the battery disconnected, and with a purge certificate (take the bike to a shop, they drain the fuel and oil, then give you a certificate). Getting the bike to and from the airport becomes an issue, however since it won't even have oil in it.

There will still be other paperwork to work out which is where a forwarder can come in handy again.

I subsequently spoke with a forwarder today who advised that if you can ship the bike under a business rather than a private party, things become easier since it's now a commercial shipment. The important thing is to have a tax identification number that you can use.

I was told that before 9/11 riding up to the cargo desk, putting the bike on a pallet and shipping it was much easier. Those must have been the days! I still have some homework to do...

Called Air Transat Cargo earlier today, uncrated bike from Montreal to Gatwick U.K. for $1550. cdn.
Cheers from Mexico

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Jimmy
Veterans UN-NATO Canada Group

http://westerncanada-un-nato-veterans.blogspot.com/

That's strange, I called Air Transat Cargo and was referred to their west coast office in Vancouver (for a flight from Calgary). They told me all motorcycle shipments go through Motorcycle Express. Their price is the $1995 mentioned before...

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Ekke Kok

'84 R100RT 141,000 km (Dad's!)
'89 R100GS 250,000 km (and ready for another continent)
'07 R1200GS Adventure 100,000 km (just finished Circumnavigating Asia)
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

www.ekke-audrey.ca

Hi Ekke
The price I got was from Montreal to Gatwick UK.

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Jimmy
Veterans UN-NATO Canada Group

http://westerncanada-un-nato-veterans.blogspot.com/

Hi Jimmy,

Motorcycle Express has $1995 for Montreal to London too.

Air Transat Cargo told me to call them back if Motorcycle Express couldn't handle me. I called back and said M/E wouldn't ship to Amsterdam so they said they would check on a rate and call back. They didn't call back so I did called them and was told that M/E would call me instead. Sure enough I got an e-mail Gail...

I don't know if the Vancouver office has different policies compared to the Montreal head office.

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Ekke Kok

'84 R100RT 141,000 km (Dad's!)
'89 R100GS 250,000 km (and ready for another continent)
'07 R1200GS Adventure 100,000 km (just finished Circumnavigating Asia)
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

www.ekke-audrey.ca

Is the bike sealed after this? If not would it not be possible to just fill it with oil and ride to the airport?

Cheers
Pete

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Buenos Aires to NYC 2012-2013: www.facebook.com/curryhunt
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Hi mcgiggle,

I would expect the bike to be sealed after receiving the purge certificate, otherwise it would defeat the purpose.

After 2 months of anticipation for my trip to Europe Im here. Woot. The bike drop-off was painless in Toronto. Sign a few papers disconnect the battery and lock a few items into my hard case and I left it standing there in the cargo hanger. One day later I fly to Paris spend way to much time finding a ride over to the cargo area. My French is all but non existent so I had to muddle my way thru but once I got over to Fret 6 or Cargo area 6 and found Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) building. Building B6 is what I had to find. I was off and walking literally due to my cab driver not knowing jack shit about the Cargo side of the house at CDG. I think most of them only know Paris and back to the airport routes. Of course he did not have any change so I told him to find some and after walking around for 20 min I told him I would give him 10euro and 10 US. He jumped at it I think I wore him out and he knew I had all day so WTF did I care? I'll play your silly games. lol I win!

So.. WFS had my paperwork and gave me a pile of it to take over to customs at the next building over. So off I went walk right in no line. Nice French lady helps me and hooks me up with 60days worth of EU travel time and tells me if I need more just find a local customs office in the EU and they can extend it. Sweet back over to WFS (B6) and wait for 45 min to get my bike after paying 85euro for airport tax. Looked like a coffee fund to me but what do I care its all the price of doing business. 20 minutes later out comes the bike tied to a pallet. The fork lift operator puts it out of the way in the loading dock area so I can take my time to unload inspect and let the bike back up.
30 min later I was rolling down the loading ramp and off to the Hotel.

Today looks to be a nice ride into Paris for some photos then Im off for North Europe tagging.

Here is a photo of the bike at send off in Toronto.



And here is a photo of it at at pick up in France CDG