Smuggling ingestible substances out of Colombia in a motorcycle qualifies as extreme idiocy. Recently they've required a mechanic to accompany bikes to customs inspections--the better to disassemble bikes whenever they get the urge. The OP was lucky.
Girag's normal price is about $900. It was $900 last November, for example, when Copa was flying bikes and charging $600. They do not normally represent that they'll do your customs stuff for you; instead, they insist that it's not necessary. Sometimes the customs people themselves agree....but if you return you'll regret the absence of exit paperwork. The aduana booth is at the entrance to the freight section of the airport; you'll pass it on your way to Copa or Girag. Get receipts and stamps and whatever else they'll part with, and save it faithfully for your return trip.
Note that even at $900 for the bike and several hundred more for a personal ticket, it's not much more expensive for a single person than shipping by boat. I'll leave it to someone else to say something clever about the relationship between supply, demand, and pricing.
Hope that's helpful.
Mark
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