I have heard about:

sadikally esoofally & co

Room No. 32, Dock View Building,, No. 1, Walchand Hirachand Marg, Ballard Estate,, Walchand Hirachand Marg, Ballard Estate, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400038, India
+91 22 2262 1107

Through research here and through other overland blogs. They are supposed to be reputable! I have NOT used them yet!

good luck!

Thank you very much brendanhall. Just checked out their site and they do look pro. Sent them an email asking for quote.
Thanks again.

Great! can you let us all know the outcome! so we can see if they are worth using! also I will need a shipping services too so the more information I have the better! - hopefully some more positive feedback!

Sure. I'll let you know as soon as I get a reply.
Cheers

Hi

It wasn't cheap at all in the end. This is what I ended up doing: HU Traveller Alexandros Papadopoulos's Ride Tale

At EUR2,130 is was an absolute ripoff, but the bike did get to Athens in time and in one piece, with no further expenses. Note that the customs officials in Athens Int'l Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos) were clueless and it took them a couple of hours to understand how to treat the Carnet and to realise the vehicle had legally exited India. Also, bring a friend with a vehicle to El.Venizelos, as the cargo buildings are far away from the airline offices and they'll send you back and forth a few times (instead of picking up the damn phone!) to get papers, signatures, stamps etc. At least that's what they did back in 2009.

Basically, Eastern Cargo from Mumbai, crappy boxing of the bike, airfreight to Athens via Abu Dhabi with Etihad. (IIRC)

You can see how they boxed the bike at HU Traveller Alexandros Papadopoulos's Ride Tale - after all their "yes, of course, no problem, we will strap the bike down in the crate", they actually just built an entire wooden structure of 100kg+ to hold it in place...

Overall an extremely frustrating and expensive experience that left a sour taste in my mouth from India.

-A

Wow man what an ordeal!!!! This just makes me think I should just ride it back. Been to India last time some 25 years ago. Seems nothing's changed.

Apparently they have another trading name SECO and they have recently been slated in another thread on this site :( . I am wondering what I can do next year as I had planned using them.

I will do some research as I have family in Mumbai!