From London, United Kingdom to Phoenix, United States - August, 2003

The odyssey of shipping my new Africa Twin from the uk turned into an ordeal as soon as the bike landed in phoenix, az...

my friend and i purchased two new leftover '02 africa twins from doble honda phone 020.8668.8851) in london in june of this year....

the manager at doble, mike, was great to deal with..was very happy with the price paid for the bikes, and then he crated in orginal honda crates for only 50 pounds each bike--they arrived without damage of any sort...

Mike arranged the air shipping with nearby fwx eaton freight, who had them on a non-stop british airways flight to phoenix in two days.

The problems started in phoenix, the bottom line being that it's much easier to clear goods thru cutoms if you're not a resident of that country. Because we are USA residents, a problem. After several false starts, we finally gave up, and had them trucked via bonded company to warehouse that straddles the usa/mexico border.

Cleared into mexico quickly, no problem. The company that finally cleared them was import/export international phone 619.671.2324
importexport -@- earthlink.net

The owner, dan williams was easy to deal with, speaks english and spanish, and made everything happen within 24 hours of the bikes' arrival in the warehouse there.

Summary: doble honda in london--the best!
fwx eaton freight--the best!
dan williams, import/export international--the best!

If shipping bike into usa with intent to go into Mexico, suggest shipping into los angeles or san diego, let dan williams take it from there...