Hi all,

I am planning a Round the World journey for 2020 and am having difficulty finding information on flying my bike (GS1200) and I from Magadan to Anchorage.

I want to know how much it will cost me and the best contact details so I can plan and budget.

Is there anyone out there who has done it who could provide me with some details?

Very grateful for any advice.

Life is short, make it wide

Bruce (Australia)

You might to take a detour by Vladivostok as there is no russian custom office in Magadan. The man to contact is Yuri Melnikov from Links Ltd., he knows how to get the bike down to Vladivostok and how to ship it to the United States.
His service has been used by a lot of riders and is well recommended.
ymelnik at links-ltd dot com

Hopefully Bubbla's answer works for you.

NOTE: There IS NO DIRECT MAGADAN TO ALASKA SERVICE, either by air or sea that we know of. There is no reason or demand except from us travellers!
Everyone ships to Vancouver or Seattle and goes from there.
Sorry for the bad news.

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There is an air service from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky via Yakutia Air, but it is seasonal and conditional (no guarantee it will be restarted next summer), and anyway, it is via a narrowbody 737 that cannot take bikes as cargo.

So, yeah, not much hope there unfortunately.

Vlad to Vancouver will cost 1650 bucks will will be shipping 2 bikes round sept 2020. So thats the cost we have been given

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Hi Knocky, thanks for the advice. I am looking at flying my bike, but your post mentions 'shipping'. I take it you did not fly your bike? Awesome rate ($1650) if it is a flight.

Check the Air Canada threads for shipping in and out of Canada - the summer rates are terrific - but do NOT go everywhere, and you must fly on the same flight. Last word is Canada / Europe only, but that can change at anytime and is worth checking.

See several threads here:

Trip Transport - Horizons Unlimited - The HUBB
e.g.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...our-bike-93151

Note: "Shipping" can be air or sea.

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I know years back shipping your bike by air from Magadan to Ankorage was done in the past, but I am sure its a pain.
If your doing a RTW and your going to go to Vladivostok why not have you and your bike hop on th Ferry to Japanand ride Japan and then Ship from Japan to America?
Just a thought.

Bruce:

Before I retired at the end of 2013, I frequently flew between Alaska (usually Nome) and Magadan as part of my job, which was to deliver newly manufactured Canadian aircraft to customers in Asia and the South Pacific.

At that time (I suspect nothing has changed since then), there was NO air service of any kind between far Eastern Russia and Alaska. For sure, there was no air service between Magadan & Alaska.

At one time, many many years ago, there was an infrequent scheduled service between Magadan and Alaska, but it was shut down due to lack of demand - the operator could not make any money on it.

The cost of chartering is out of this world. Once, I had to charter a small aircraft (a King Air) to deliver a critical aircraft part from Nome to Anadyr, and it cost me $15,000 USD to do that.

So, the short answer is I think you have no hope at all of finding any kind of air service that will deliver you from North America to Magadan. You might be able to find scheduled service from "somewhere" that will take you to Vladivostok, but it is unlikely that there is scheduled air service from anywhere in North America directly to Vladivostok.

The other thing you need to be aware of is that unless you are willing to break the motorcycle down into very small pieces, a motorcycle can only be shipped on a wide-body (twin aisle) aircraft, such as a 767, A330, etc. These aircraft have sufficient height in the underfloor cargo area to accept a motorcycle. Narrow-body (single aisle) aircraft such as B737, A320, etc. only have about 1 meter (1 yard) of height in the underfloor cargo area. Plus, cargo is loaded by hand (not by mechanized pallet handlers) on narrow-body aircraft, which limits the maximum weight of any individual crate.

Michael

Hi Michael, thank you for the advice. I really appreciate it.

I have changed my plans and will ship my bike to Vancouver to commence my trip. I stupidly thought that if Ewan and Charlie did it, I must be able to. But then they wouldn't flinch at the $15K USD to charter a flight. I feel like a dill.

Thanks again for your help.

Bruce

Hi Bruce,

I'm only a new member so I can't direct message just yet,

I assume you are doing the London-Magadan section with Compass? I too am doing the same trip and plan to do the Alaska/Newyork section afterwords. Getting the bike across being the biggest issue. If there was a charter option maybe splitting costs makes it doable, bike rental in the US from my limited searching seems quite expensive and very restrictive location wise.

Liam

Liam:

See my post #10 above.

It cost my company $15,000 US to charter a small aircraft to carry a 25 pound aircraft part from Nome to Anadyr (that's about 1/10th the distance of Magadan to Anchorage).

Trust me, it would be much cheaper for you to abandon your motorcycles in Russia and buy new ones in Alaska than it would be to charter an aircraft to move the two motorcycles between Magadan & Anchorage.

Michael

Hello,

(Your post is a few months old, but still... ) Might I ask who/which company gave you that quote? Yuri in Vladivostok, or someone else? That's by far the best price I've heard.

I may be in Vlad in Sept 2019, so this is of great interest.

Thank you kindly.

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Knocky,

I am also very interested in the details of your shipping deal. I plan to be in Vladivostok in June 2020 - shipping to Vancouver for $1650 seems like a good deal. So what is the company you are going to use and how much are you charged for a seat

Regards