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31 Jul 2020
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Originally Posted by PanEuropean
I investigated the possibility of shipping my Canadian motorcycle to Australia, so that I could ride around that continent for a couple of months on my own moto.
I discovered that one has to purchase a carnet (essentially a customs bond) to admit a foreign vehicle to Australia for tourist purposes. The carnet costs about $1,000. So I abandoned that idea.
I note that your profile shows that you are from Perth, but your inquiry is about shipping bikes from the USA to Australia. So I can't tell if you are interested in permanently importing the bikes, or just temporarily importing them for tourist purposes, with the intention of exporting them again.
Either way, I think it's going to be a big headache for you. Physical transportation will be the least of your concerns, the problems are going to be either the carnet (for a temporary import), duties, taxes, and conformity to Australian vehicle regulations (for a permanent import), and quarantine & sanitizing (steam cleaning, etc.) of the bikes in both cases.
In other words, unless the two bikes are really special (classic bikes, collectors' items, etc.), I think you will probably discover that it's not worth the effort.
Michael
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If a vehicle is brought into Australia as a personal import, the requirement to adhere to compliance rules is avoided. I know this from personal experience. Unfortunately an individual can only bring in one personal import in a five year period. A personal import still has to comply with roadworthiness rules, but need not have a full compliance inspection and be fitted with a compliance plate. The protocols are as dumb as a sack of arseholes.
As regards shipping, the cost of air freight seems high at first glance, but when the cost of handling is added to sea freight, it comes out fairly level.
Bikes Abroad in Melbourne have quoted me for air freight from Perth to LA at about $4k AUD including handling and crating, I would imagine LA to Perth would be similar???? Bikes Abroad are easy people to deal with.
And I second Pan's comments about carnets, they are a royal pain in the duck-run.
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