Shipping my bike

[McGee]

How much would it cost I am honestly lost.

I have found a few articles about it and one person was saying it would cost $2,000 and another one said $1,300 and that is not including insurance.

I have tried getting qoutes but have not got a reply or a sucessful qoute online.

I mean thats a bit expensive if those prices are true.

I dont know shall I sell the bike or keep looking ?

I mean once converted I would have enough to buy an 02 - 04 bike and maybe insure it.


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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[brooky]

Damn, That does sound pretty expensive. Is that air or sea?

To be honest Its down to you, Your bike is very nice But would you really want to sell it to move onto an older gixer?

Just out of interest, How long would the shipping take to get the bike over here?

J
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[sickpup]

About £1000 to ship then add VAT and import duties then reg fees.

[Whosthedaddy]

Chances are it would go by sea.

When someome relocates and wishes to take everything including the kitchen sink, or in your case a damn fine GIXER, then the person would pay for a proportion of one of thise cargo container thingies based on the size of the aforemetioned item(s).

The problem being, if the container is'nt filled, then its not shipped until it is Thus, it could be weeks if not months before the bike gets here.

Then, the VAT man may want a word, may need the lights adjusting and other stuff completed for an MOT, then theres registration to boot.

It may be worthwhile leaving it over there and buying one over here
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[McGee]

[Type_Mo]

NOOOOOO...Buy me a ticket to come out to you and ill ride it back for ya
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[Delvard]

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[Whosthedaddy]

[Irezumi aka Reuben]

It's alot of time and effort and will cost a fair amount, don't think as much as a grand but certainly towards that mark.

You will also then be riding an import bike which could bump up your insurance.

Just sell your's and then buy a new one when in the UK.
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[WavyGravy]

have a look here, addresses, testimonials etc
https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tripplan/transport/shipping.php
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[McGee]

Cheers Gravy,

So it will cost about $1500 on average, I will have a word with the old man when he gets in from work
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[colezxr]

im not sure how much it would cost, but have you thought of riding it home, obviosley not on water, get a ferry then ride through each country, and have a good time doing it
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[Mister James]

Why don't you make an offer to some salty mariner, offering to be Tom the Cabinboy to his Captain Pugwash?

You might get yourself a tasty discount!
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[Mister James]

I went away and did some research - you probably want to go along these lines:
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[McGee]

[Wave2k]

have you checked to see if the bike needs any emmisions changes or anything, i know that when i bought the duke, the bloke was moving to the US and he said he would ship it but it has to have loads of things changed due to thier safty nazi culture and would end up costing thousands.
just wondered if it needs anything to comply with EU regs to get a V5 or mot
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[Misc]

Mcgee it's not worth all the hassle & money, by the time you've sold the bike & saved $$$$ on shipping you could of got a nice bike in the U.K

[ram_doom]

Mcgee, hate to say it, but you may as well sell up and pick another up over here 0% finance at the moment too...

Though I do know of this nice kwak 400 which may need slight attention going for a song
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[WavyGravy]

another option would be to ride down to latin america and put it and yourself on a banana boat to southampton, rates are very negotiable depending on whether you sign on as 'crew' or passenger, i've heard of people doing this for next to nothing ... the banana boats have a capacity for about half a dozen passengers as well as crew, if i emigrate to the states i'm seriously considering doing it ........ the boat wont have bananas though - wrong direction .............. wouldnt know where to start looking for a price though, maybe email fyffes to see what ports they use over there
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[McGee]

[Whosthedaddy]

[kawakid]

Do you have a UK license for when you get back?

I think your okay for the 1st year, then you have to do a test.

1 bennefit, you can ride to it (and I don't mean like 125s do). I have a
mate from india, who did his car test like this.

Some countries you don't need to do a test, but seems we have little faith in the license standard of americans. To be fair I have american relatives and they don't drive to our standards.

Good luck.
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[map]

If you want to ship the bike then sea freight would be the cheapest option.

For air freight then this site can arrange it. You can enter the from and to destinations to get the quote. Apparently if you ship from Canada it's cheaper than shipping from the U.S.

If you want a holiday then you could also try shipping to Europe then riding into the U.K., e.g. Washington D.C. to Paris = $1,272.00, Washington D.C. to London = $1,357.00.

Another contact is David Grist, owner of HC Travel, [email protected], who might be able to offer shipping advice. In 2003 the quote for shipping a bike from the U.K. to the U.S. was around £400, taking a month to arrange and 2 weeks transport by sea. The company info is here.

This site may also be useful, but bear in mind originally posted in 1993 and need to scroll to the bottom for recent (2004 ish) info.

HTH
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[lilredmachine]

Why so expensive? We got the Buick (18ft long by 6'7 wide, 2.5 tons of metal) shipped across Florida on a flatbed, then on to a roro ferry across the atlantic to southampton. Including shipping, VAT, insurance and duty it came to £660 ($1,000ish) total. It should be far less for a bike, surely, especially if you can ride it to a port.
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[m99dws]

There's a few on here you can get a more specific quote from:

https://www.motorcycle.co.uk/lists/shipping.html