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Andreas,
Thanks for the information.
How much was the charge for sending motorcycles from Irkutsk to Moskow?
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160 kg restriction?
I just heard that there is a new restriction to the weight of the bike - max 160 kg. Does anybody know about that or did someone ship very recently (considering the weather probably not). I´m planing to ship back from irkutsk to moscow too. Any infos highly appreciated.
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I just heard that there is a new restriction to the weight of the bike - max 160 kg. Does anybody know about that or did someone ship very recently (considering the weather probably not). I´m planing to ship back from irkutsk to moscow too. Any infos highly appreciated.
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see Nath's post earlier in this thread. You dont have to ship it as "a motorcycle". You can call it "Used Auto Parts". Call it "scrap metal". All of which could possibly be true. You might be planning to use the bike as spare parts for your car, or you might be planning to scrap it. So it cant possibly be wrong.
Even if you do ship it as "a motorcycle", just say it weighs 155 kgs even if it weighs 220.
Issues like these in Russia are non-issues. Its not like Germany. There are a million ways around them. You just have to be creative.
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Andreas,
Thanks for the information.
How much was the charge for sending motorcycles from Irkutsk to Moskow?
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Hello Chris,
we paid 163EUR for each bike (Triumph Tiger and KTM 990)
and 645EUR/person for the 1.class tickets. Plus around 200EUR at the station for the nice transportboxes.
1.class means that we had a 2-person compartment. 2.class will be 4 persons (half price) and 3.class where six persons without a door (the cheapest).
If you buy the ticket at the station it will become cheaper, but in this case I think you need a least one with perfect russia-speaking.
Just as Info: Transportcosts from Moskau to Irkutsk are much more expensive, because there is more material taking the direction to east.
Andreas
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2wks on a train
How many miles riding is it moscow -vlad, on the tran sib.?
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How many miles riding is it moscow -vlad, on the tran sib.?
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Hey Tez ... 9300 km (5750 miles) is the railway ... I reckon road would be very similar.
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