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Originally Posted by Slapshot
As for weight, add 50lbs to the wet weight of the bike and that will be close enough.
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Hi Julia:
The above suggestion is quite valid, because unless your motorcycle is made out of lead, you will wind up paying "dimensional weight" to ship the crate, rather than actual weight (mass). So you can stuff your helmet, riding gear, etc. into the crannies & crevices of the crate before you close it up. The whole crate will get weighed when you drop it off at the cargo facility, you don't have to worry about precisely weighing it before you drop it off.
I have shipped my bike between Canada and Europe many times, but never in a crate - it just gets loaded into a ULD and stuffed in the aircraft. Shipping to Asia, and crating the bike, will be much more complex than that.
Be aware that depending on the destination country, you may need to have the crate constructed out of specially marked wood, this to ensure that no unwanted insects, fungi, etc. get inadvertently transported to your destination via the wood that the crate is made out of.
Michael
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