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Bike transport from Sydney to NZ
Hi,

Does anyone have more recent information how to get the bike from Sydney to NZ (Christchurch preferred)?
I checked the transport part of the horizons, but info over there is quite old.
I got a quote from Tradelane 458AUD + 650NZD (this is only rough estimation), so I started wondering if any airline could transport my bike just a few hundred more…?
I already contacted Quantas Freight, but they asked me to contact Freight forwarder (Matzen Cargo and DB Schenker), because they fly only narrow body planes to NZ.

I asked a quote from Emirates, but no response yet.
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Try the company called GET ROUTED, Dave is the owner and you can contact him at dave@getrouted.com.au. I know they ship bikes there several times a year as a group. I just used them for shipping my bike to the U.S. and have to say they provided a great service, all the paper work was done and bike was delivered on time.
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Hi Jeffrey G,
I asked Get Routed, but December shipment is already full .

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If you need any help in Christchurch, give me a call.

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Hello you!

So glad to see you are back on the road and all is well.

I will be touring S Island from 27 Dec to 11 Jan (my christmas holiday from the office job in Auckland).

Have you asked Jose and Pilar who they airfreighted through?

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Hello you!

So glad to see you are back on the road and all is well.

I will be touring S Island from 27 Dec to 11 Jan (my christmas holiday from the office job in Auckland).

Have you asked Jose and Pilar who they airfreighted through?

Fern
Hi Fern,
Yes and a smile is really wide again
I try to be on South Island at the same time. Planning to tour in NZ for 3-4 months.

Jose and Pilar used Quantas. I have sent a quote request for Quantas and also Air NZ cargo (plus many others).
I think in next two weeks I need to decide how I want to ship my bike (by air or sea).

Hopefully see you in NZ
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Hi Jeffrey G,
I asked Get Routed, but December shipment is already full .

-Hemuli
I would not recommend Get Routed. My wife and I wanted to ship our Sportsters from Brisbane to Christchurch last year. We paid our deposit to ship both; explaining that we needed both bikes back in Australia after a 7 week stay. This individual accepted our deposit, $1200 for a total cost of $3500, from memory.

He then changed the rules.
Instead, both bikes would be out of the country for nearly 5 months.
Not good enough, I emailed. Refund our deposit.
He refused a refund.

In the end he won. I paid another$550, and took only my own bike.
Because NZ is my home country, I have friends and contacts and was able to buy a shitty little Honda for my wife, which we sold at a profit later! But that is another story.
It is not at all the same to do a long awaited dream holiday, then have to cobble together a "Plan B", all because some people refuse to keep a commitment made. I have the emails exchanged at the time, if anyone needs proof.

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Anyone can give me the steps what I need to do in NZ side once bike arrives (it will fly to Christchurch on Wed)?

As soon as I get my bike there, I will write down the things and how much was total cost to fly R1200GS (crated) to Christchurch.

-Customs (to get my carnet stamped)
-Quarantine (Do I need to organise this beforehand)?
-Roadworthiness inspection (I think this is right next to the airport).
-Insurance (Wil get a third party insurance).

Anything else?
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