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Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Motorbike transport UK to Canada

Looking to find the easiest and cheapest way to get my bike to Canada from the UK. Any help greatly appreciated.
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Hello and welcome to the forum,
Plenty of information here although next year it might be different but this is somewhere to start.

https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...-deal-80707-18
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Looking to find the easiest and cheapest way to get my bike to Canada from the UK. Any help greatly appreciated.
Hi Edward:

Welcome to the HUBB community. Have a look at the link that Mark provided, many of us have shipped our motorcycles from Canada to Europe many times, and there is a wealth of information available here in the forum.

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Also check out www.motofreight.com
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Try Motorcycle Express - I can testify that, when I was researching, they were the easiest and cheapest and when we went with them the service, flight, everything was faultless.
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Try Motorcycle Express - I can testify that, when I was researching, they were the easiest and cheapest and when we went with them the service, flight, everything was faultless.
I second that suggestion. I've used Motorcycle Express several times in the past and always been happy with their service.

Ask them to quote you both Canada-UK (implies London) and Canada-Paris (or Amsterdam). It's very expensive to ship in and out of the UK, especially in and out of London, and considerably less expensive to ship in and out of Paris or Amsterdam.

If you are in Eastern Canada, ask them to quote prices ex Toronto and ex Montreal. Sometimes it is cheaper to ship out of Montreal, and it's only a 5 hour ride from Toronto to Montreal.

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Absolutely PE, we flew from Paris to Montreal, which was the cheapest option. We were on the same flight as the bikes so went straight to cargo. 2 hours after landing we were riding our bikes - brilliant
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