Hi Paul, thanks for your speedy reply!
Yeah, transporting bikes from Oz to SA seems to be an expensive business whichever way you do it!
I just rang FreightCare - they quoted around AUD $1,800 to transport a 250cc bike from Melbourne to Joburg by ship, PLUS customs and wharf charges (indeterminate, so who knows how much extra that really is?), or about $3,200 to do it air freight. Shipping would take 5 weeks and the bike would have to be crated.
You're the second person today who says I should maybe buy in South Africa (!). So I'm already starting to wonder if that really would be a cheaper/better plan. The attraction of buying at home is that I could then spend the coming weeks/months kitting it out at evenings and weekends (I work fulltime) and get used to riding it loaded up with gear before tackling the wilds of Africa. But money is a real issue (isn't it always?), so I'd happily truncate that prep process if it meant I could get out on the road in Africa cheaply AND quickly!
Just not sure at the moment...:confused1:
Jeanie
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