From Nairobi, Kenya to Mumbai (Bombay), India - October, 2009

Flying from Nairobi is easy and relatively cheap:

The best prices at the time of shipping, where Kenya Air Cargo. They have direct flights to India, South Africa, Dubai, Addis Ababa, and Europe.
One must go via an Agent, as Kenya airlines will not deal with a privet person, and you need the Dangerous Goods Declaration. I used ""Pentagon Logistics"", whice is a local run company, from a small cubicall office.
Insist on dealing with Mr. Moses Shihondu. He is by far the best person to get the job done. An old, and respected men, that knows excly what to do. He can also clear spare parts from custom very well. The crate was self made; ask Chris at JJ's where to buy wood (30$), and rent a pickup to take it to the air port (20$).
An alternative is to have it crated at the airport, Moses know them well, they charge about 150$ for making a crate.

The bike flow in the same plane as me. it was a great :-)

India is a bigger challenge.
One needs an agent to do the clearing, and a good agent can get it out in 3 days (!!!), so you don’t pay the 85$ per day storage! So, a fast agent is well worth the money. A friend of mine did it with a cheaper agent, and paid 400$ for storage...
The issuer of your carnet will have to fax/email, confirming that your Carnet was issue by him, and is authentic and not fake.

Good luck!