International shipping for bikes

up2nogood · Post by **up2nogood** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:31 am

Has anyone sent (or had imported) a bike from OS?

Who'd you use? How much?

Thanks!

Rossi · Post by **Rossi** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:52 pm

The problem will not be shipping but getting the bloody thing thru Aus plating regulations AND if you can get it thru them you'll have to pay thru the nose for insurance

I looked at bringing mine to Aus with me but the best advice is to buy here

RG · Post by RG » Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:39 pm

I agree.

I've done some research too, wanted to bring my Bandit400 over from Singapore, but the cost of importing it is simply disgusting.
And being a 'grey import'(or watever u call it), the resale value is not very promising.

up2nogood · Post by **up2nogood** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:57 pm

How'd you go finding an importer though? Or were you using people in country of origin?

RG · Post by RG » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:06 pm

up2nogood · Post by **up2nogood** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:37 pm

Would you be awfully offended if I were to enquire as to who the local (Australian ones you found) were?

RG · Post by RG » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:21 am

up2nogood wrote:Would you be awfully offended if I were to enquire as to who the local (Australian ones you found) were?

Awfully offended? hmm...maybe...I'll think about it.

nah, just kidding.

As I'm in BNE, these guys are the most relevant to me---> http://www.importmc.com.au/contact.htm

They used to have lots more bikes in stock.

You can choose to bring it in yurself if u have contacts from the country of origin(like me). But there's just too many paperwork, the time and money spend is just not worth it for me.

up2nogood · Post by **up2nogood** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:47 am

Thanks for that. The bike I'm looking at bringing in is a custom, so the Gov is not protecting any retailing manufacturer from my efforts.

Which, hopefully, means I won't get reamed.