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I met a guy who lived in Bali, and was bringing his bike there from Europe. Sure enough it was firmly stuck at Surabaya seaport! But maybe this was more of a permanent import, that he was trying to do. Also met a German biker, who was having his bike stuck for weeks at Jakarta airport, with carnet and all, and he said customs demands from him an approval letter from the United Nations!! He certainly was only planning to visit Indo.
I would not count on clearing customs there very quickly, unless you go Belawan or land border from East Timor.
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I would not count on clearing customs there very quickly, unless you go Belawan or land border from East Timor.
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Yes Indo is an "interesting" place when it comes to getting bikes through. I knew a guy who moved to Bali from Australia, lived there for a few years, then moved back to Australia. In all that time he was not able to import his antique motorcycle. I guess he got it back when he returned to Australia.
If I ship to Sub, I will use a shipping agent there who says he can sort it out. In fact he says I must go there if I want to be certain of getting in without drama. I would not even attempt to do it myself
I got over the border at Nunukan (first port south of Sabah) in three days. The customs manager said I am supposed to have an invitation from an Indo motorcycling club. I hope to have that one covered for the next trip. As to getting a letter from the UN, that could be quite difficult.
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Just a thought
Col,
Have a think about giving your negotiation and search skills a burl. Even if it costs a small bribe here and there, you will save a small fortune and quite a few head aches more importantly time!
2 up on a 200, yep a little cramped but still good fun and you dont need to carry much at all, thats the beauty of Asia. You will find mechanics, clothes, food and good accommodation everywhere, better still it's all cheap as chips and and about 1 10th of the hastle!
A word of caution:
Offer half of the bike value (do your homework) as a deposit and not much more, heard about scams where your bike gets pinched by the vendors mate, a nice little double whamy!
Just food for thought mate,
Cheers Dave
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Don't Girag and Copa use 737s on the Panama-Bogota route? Lots of bikers, me included, have used them with no problems often flying on the same a/c. Ride safe.
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In late 1999 I airfreighted my BMW R100gs from Cairo to Addis Ababa. This is what I wrote on my website at the time
Flying became the only option. The bike wouldn't fit into through an A320 Airbus of Egypt Air or a Boeing 757 of Ethiopian Airlines cargo door. Only Lufthansa's A300 to Addis Ababa had a door big enough.
From Chapter 5 The Big Trip
Since then this topic hasn't been of interest as I can only usually afford seafreight, so don't know about any other aircraft.
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