See Shipping the Bike page here on HU for lots of tips.
Also note that today, all wood crates must be made of heat treated (bug free) wood, and stamped as such. Metal crates such as the one the Forwoods made to ship their Harley numerous times eliminate that potential issue. SOME countries aren't fussy, but they're becoming fewer.
If made of untreated wood, your crate CAN BE destroyed on entry, and you will pay a fee for that, and a fine. They may or may not remove the motorcycle first!
You MIGHT be able to get a treated wood motorcycle crate from your local dealer, and do a rebuild from there. I've done that myself and it works fine.
Also note that sometimes you can just load the bike on a pallet and save all that aggro, depending on where you're going and from where. Canada to Europe with Air Canada, Lufthansa to many destinations, Bogota to Panama and USA, all just their metal air ship pallets.
Do let us know what you do and how it works out!
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