From Sydney to San Francisco - May, 2016

very easy to do the following steps help
1) American letter of entry from EPA (Takes 3 weeks to get) so bike can be imported.
impo...@epa.gov ( contact person David Hurlin).
2) Shippers declaration for Dangerous Goods, I used EnLog services at
32 Ricketty St. Mascot, Ph. 02 9669 4811, contact Ashley Denford. Cost $197
3) Customs clearance , stamping of carnet, nothing else involved.
4) Book bike on your preferred flight and date through Qantas freight reservations,and get your airway bill number. I did this several weeks before our departure and the bikes flew on the same flight we did, no problems.
5) ride bikes to Qantas freight the day before departure so that you can pack it down and disconnect battery etc, and they can strap them onto pallets etc.
At San Francisco end Qantas use a company called Mercury Airway Cargo handling, they are located a long way from the International terminal at 944 North Field Rd.
(Ph. 650 7307 4889 ). You can reach them by taking the 292 Samtran bus and getting of at the North Access rd. then about a 10-15 minute walk.
Pay Mercury $55 then they will give you paper work to take to customs ( carnets etc) which are located at 648 West Field Rd. We caught a taxi to reduce time and effort otherwise walk back to main road and take Samtran bus.
Customs take 2 secs to stamp paper work, return to Mercury and they will then release your bike, to easy except for distances involved in the locations and no suitable public transport.