It depends on your destination, that needs to be sorted out first, then you can decide how long you want to wait without a bike.
If you ship, you will be without for a month or more(maybe even up to 3 months depending on where it is going and how), if you fly, it can be arranged to land around the same time as you within a day or so. This will save your extra transport costs without a bike and maybe accomodation while waiting for it in a foreign country.
If you plan on Europe, I know beemerbird just flew her Vstrom650 to Frankfurt for a few grand and it was there within a day of her.
You still have plenty of time to plan, do a lot of reading of this site and decide which way and where first, then concentrate on the details after that.
For what it is worth, on my trip to the Americas last year, the dollar was SO low, I ended up buying a bike over there and selling it before I came home, a cheap solution for me as the cost of freight there and back would have been the same as the cost of the bike!
Cheers
TS
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