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Hi folks,

We've been riding from Europe across Asia the last few months and due to arrive in Vladivostok September 7th or so. (see http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...r-a-wave-82280)

We'd love to not part with our beloved DR650 and send it back to the USA, but still yet to identify a way to ship that isn't far more than the worth of the bike. I've contacted FESCO shipping, and also Yuri in Vlad to see what they say about schedules and costs.

Will anyone be in Vlad in September and want to share a container to Seattle, USA? We're flexible on the ship date - it can go as late as November if necessary.

Any other recent info or tips would also be appreciated!

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I just heard back from Yuri and he says there is a container going to Vancouver mid-September and cost is $1650 per bike. That's as much as my bike is worth! Seems way high to me given that a whole container costs $5500 and you could probably get 10 bikes in there.

Do post up a message if you want to share - maybe we can bring the cost down...
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Is there seriously no one here in Vladivostock that needs to ship to the USA/Canada? FESCO will give a 20' container for $4800. With 4-5 bikes, this would be pretty affordable. Anyone out there?

If not, it seems that the only option in Vladivostok is to work with Yuri, who is not good to work with. His prices are very high and he is not upfront about the total costs involved even when asked directly. Today I'm told by the agent he works with in Vancouver that it will be $700 per bike in the container for port fees and handling, and another $500 for storage. In addition to Yuri's charge of $1650, that's a total of $2850 to ship the bike. Absolutely ridiculous.
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Hi Gary,

yes, shipping prices are absolutely ridiculous, but its the same all over the world. Why? Difficult to say, but I would say because of the movies of the two British actors motorcycle traveling has become a fashion and as for any fashion people pay ridiculous amounts. For a helmet people pay now 800 Usd or more, for a riding suit people pay now 1500 Usd or more, and I could continue with this list. So what is 2850 Usd for shipping? As they tell a tourist in India, when he starts to bargain *you can pay*, so as long as we pay this ridiculous prices for everything, prices will even go up. My 2 cents worth ...

Gary, we met on the road in Osh, remember the rider with the old DR 350 (value 800 Usd ), so you made it to Vladivostok, enjoy Vladivostok and what ever you do, dont pay this ridiculous prices for shipping.

Greetings from Tbilisi mika
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Yo Mika! Hope that you had a good time in Kyrgystan. We had a blast in Mongolia.

This route from Vladivostok to N. America seems particularly bad. I shipped from California all the way to Europe and it was $700 total, so I was not yet so jaded about it...
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I just heard back from Yuri and he says there is a container going to Vancouver mid-September and cost is $1650 per bike. That's as much as my bike is worth! Seems way high to me given that a whole container costs $5500 and you could probably get 10 bikes in there.

Do post up a message if you want to share - maybe we can bring the cost down...
I´ve personally sent a DL650 by sea from Sydney to Helsinki for a bit less than 700 euros, and that included absolutely everything at both ends. This was in April 2008, though. I would expect to pay at least 1000 now.

Just checked, that the distance of this shipping was about 9400 miles, while Seoul (couldn´t find Vlad from airport search) to Seattle is 5200 miles. I do know, that distance is not so important, when you send by sea, and that this is not fully comparable to sending from Russia to the US.

But have you investigated, if you could send your motorcycle as LCL (less than container load) seafreight out of Vladivostok (..or Busan, South Korea)? That was the type of freight, that was used in my case.

Entire containers might be good, if you´ve got many bikes to send as one consigmnent... but +1600 Usd per bike, I don´t really know about Vlad, but in general, that does sound a bit steep. I take this totally out of my hat, but I would not be surprised, if I could send a MC from Seoul to Seattle by air for 2000-2500 Usd. That would be much quicker, too.
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My last shipping experience also included everything at both ends. This time around, I did the paperwork, handed over the deposit, delivered the bike to the warehouse. Two days later received a message from the receiver in Vancouver that there would be another $1200 due on their side that the shipper told me he had 'no idea' that they charge.

No LCL out of Vlad. S. Korea looks like it would be more than $1K for us and the bike to get over there on the ferry.

A container from Vlad to N. America with FESCO costs $4800 for me and I'm sure its cheaper for a regular shipper, so yes, $1650 per bike in a container that can fit at least 8 bikes is absolutely taking the piss. I can't imagine why handling costs are $700 dollars per bike in Vancouver. Basically, if you want to leave Vlad with your bike, you are going to get absolutely reamed on both sides.
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California all the way to Europe and it was $700 total,
this is a reasonable price, if not even cheap.

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Sydney to Helsinki for a bit less than 700 euros, and that included absolutely everything at both ends
also this is a normal price.

I paid 460 Euros all in for Munich to Valparaiso in 2011, some Germans had organized a container and we drank a lot of (that was also included in the price) in Valpo.

So, you can still find a good deal.

Gary, now it is thinking outside the box, to get your bike over to America. Good Luck. mika
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