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22 May 2016
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Regarding the battery. AC now told me that as long as you don't have an alarm the battery does not need to be disconnected.
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23 Jun 2016
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The AC deal is not so great to South America, but I was told today that they may start going to Bogota, but it hasn't happened yet. I am giving up and will buy a motobike in Colombia.
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23 Jun 2016
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Hi Ride4Adventure,
Very curious to hear how you turned out on the other side?
I am thinking of doing the same trip but from Toronto to Dublin.
Thanks
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30 Jun 2016
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I thought I'd share my experience at the moment of trying to air freight from YVR to LHR. I live in the UK and used Moto Freight to fly the bikes from LHR to YVR, and all went very smoothly. Moto Frieght handled all the paperwork.
I'm currently in correspondence with Air Canada about getting the bikes back from YVR to LHR. They have told me that I am not permitted to do the paperwork myself, including the Dangerous Goods Declaration, and that I must use a specialist agent to do it. They have said they will reject the shipment otherwise.
So regardless of what the DG regulations might be, Air Canada are putting additional requirements in place, at least from YVR and at least for me.
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18 Aug 2016
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Article I wrote on AC shipping
Hey All-
I shipped my bike from Montreal to Frankfurt and stored it with Knopf. Whole process was very easy. I had a lot of friends asking for details so ended up writing an article with step-by-step instructions that some of yo may find useful. So here it is. Hope it helps!
https://www.bikeminds.com/thethrottl...e-us-to-europe
If you end up using the info drop a comment on the article and let me know how it went.
Cheers
Malcolm
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29 Oct 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wander4days
Hey All-
I shipped my bike from Montreal to Frankfurt and stored it with Knopf. Whole process was very easy. I had a lot of friends asking for details so ended up writing an article with step-by-step instructions that some of yo may find useful. So here it is. Hope it helps!
https://www.bikeminds.com/thethrottl...e-us-to-europe
If you end up using the info drop a comment on the article and let me know how it went.
Cheers
Malcolm
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Hi Malcolm,
Many thanks for your write up, I'm sure inmates would find this a very useful for their decision how to ship/fly and ride their bike in Europe.
Cheers
Dooby
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5 Dec 2016
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Hi guys,
I didn't read al the previous pages but can anyone tell me where to get info about on which routes they can take a bike and estimate costs?
If you use AC for your bike, do you really need to fly with them yourself or can you go with a different company?
Thanks!
Bossit. :-)
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