From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Dakar, Senegal - April, 2007

FLYING A MOTORBIKE:

* HOW MUCH IS IT:

There is two price for sending a box, we have to take the higher one:

1- Volumetric weight depending of the dimension of the box (in cm: volumetric
weight= height x width x lenght / 6000 )
2- Real weight of the box

The scale for the price depends on the weigth: the heavier the box is, the less
expensive it becomes per kilo. (200 to 300kg, 300 to 500kg, more than
500kg...)Sometimes, il is beter to take the price of 500kg (if the motorbike
weight 350 kg, with the crate, it should be around 450kg) so it is possible to
make a bigger crate, there is less work to do with the motorbike.

The price is composed of:
- Air fret (weight x (rate of flight+ fuel surchage))
- The crate with fugmigated wood (depends on the destination) (170 us$)
- Manutention
- Dangerous Goods (50$)
- Airway bill (50$)
- Fees for the doll
- Agency fees.

* CRATING THE MOTORBIKE:
- You need to buy everything to attach and protect the motorbike
- Empty the tires
- Empty the tank (it is possible to let 2 L with Thai Airways)
- Disconect the battry
- No external tank (oil or gasoline)

warning: on my motorbike R1150 GS Adv, The oil from the transmission had leak:
at the top of the transmission, there is an air pressure system, and a bit of
oil as left the rear bearing. Be carreful, this kind of thing may block the
motorbike in a airport. You will have to go there and clear the things. For me,
I had something under to the oil was absorbed.

* KATHMANDU TO BANGKOK

CARGO AGENCY IN KTM (Katmandou)
eagles eyes cargo
eagl...@hotmail.com
or eagl...@wlink.com.np
(977-1-4262233 ou 977-1-4268236)

From KTM to BKK, we had to pay 652 US$ everything included.

In BKK, the first two days of warehouse are free. It is better to take a flight
just after the motorbike ones. But you have to be careful, if you need to cancel
your flight because the motorbike has not left the country, you will have to pay
100 US$/ tickets...

At first, we wanted to send te motorbike to Lima from Katmandu but the plane
from Indian airline was too small so we had to change our mind: Send it via Thai
airways to Bangkok and there, send it to Lima. Thai airways is the only company
which can handle big crates from KTM!!!!

THERE IS NO CONECTION BETWEEN COMPANIES..... So if you need to go from A to B,
you will have to find a company wich goes to A and B.... From KTM to Lima, it is
impossible... So we had to fly the motorbike to BKK. From here, we found a
company wich as imported the motorbike to fugmigate the crate, then they did the
paperwork and AirWayBill to send the crate to Lima. Air France or Lufthansa can
do it from BKK to LIM.

In BKK, to get your crate, you have to go to the free zone( ask for a map and
take free autobus). To get the crate throw the customs, you can ask to a fret
agency (half a day) or yourself, but you have to take a whole day to do it.

* BANGKOK TO PERU (LIMA)

We paid 3360 US$ and 220 US$in Lima to get the crate.
In Lima, we filled the "Carnet de passage en douane" and had the motorbike in one full day.
The motorbike flew with Air France: BKK-PARIS-LIMA

It is better to speak spanish, it is not so easy to clear the motorbike.

* BRAZIL (RIO DE JANAIRO) TO SENEGAL (DAKAR)

It is really difficult to find an agency in Brazil to fret the motorbike abroad.
It is almost impossible.
We had two choice: By sea with Grimaldi, or by air.

Grimaldi wanted to charge us 3100 US$ without the port fees in Rio and Dakar...
A motorbike take the place of a container so they charge us the price of this
space.... This is really crazy....

So we asked for the rate by air. and we did it by air.

In Rio, there is an agency which did a great job:
Perseus
Rua dos Andradas 96 SL 304 e 305
Centro - Rio de Janeiro
(Marcos Soares (55) 21 2108-4859)
www.perseus1.com.br

Crating the motorbike, fugmigation, delivery to the airport and agency fees :
1158 US$

Air freight: rate (3.85+fuel surcharge 0.6), 460 kilos : 2047US$
handling, Airway bill and dangerous good: 190 US$

The total cost is around 3400 US$ everything included. It should be less
expensive than by boat with the port taxes.

The motorbike will fly tomorrow, I hope we will not have any surprise.

If you need to contact me for more information, do not hesitate:
http://tdmenbaroudeuse.free.fr