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USA to Argentina/Chile
We have a 950 Adventure we want to get from the US down to Argentina/Chile for mid-late November 2008 - We live in Colorado and can ride the bike to a shipping point. Bike will stay in South America. Any shipping referrals for us?
How about any Dakar racers going early that have room in a container?
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shipping direct to SA ??
I'm in COSTA rICA and will be leaving for Dakar - BA -and a lot of side trips in 2-3 months. Crossing to Columbia and driving down - maybe shipping to Valparaiso instead - but probably,driving.
Are you planning to ship direct to SA or part way ?
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Hi Jim,
Shipping from USA direct to Argentina/Chile.
Air OK for upto $1,000, but not likely at that price. Argentina has some advantages, but much higher port charges.
Cheers!
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Chris & Erin,
First I want to thank you for your web site journal it has truly been inspirational, to see what one can do if they want to break out of the box. You have shown a lot of people what could be done, after finding your web site we have been to Alaska, Mexico and New Zealand, not long trips but we are working that way.
Now back on topic, My current plan is to ship moto to South America and start riding m/l first of January ‘09. So if you find a good way to ship yours down sooner (and it works out) I would be very interested in details. I have also picked up on others that were planning on shipping down this winter and thought that if we had the right number of bikes and could coordinate all the details maybe we could fill a container. I know at least one tour company that ships a container out of Texas to Santiago for a tours, maybe they would coordinate for a fee or tell us who does it for them.
Second question, you said you planned on leaving you bike in SA. My plan is to do South America on the installment plan, six weeks this winter (summer down there), more next year then ride it all the way back in the third year. Where and how can I store bike without going crossways of the temporary import rules.
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Thanks for the reply and kind words, Bob. Hope your upcoming adventure is as fruitful as you desire.
Any info we gather on shipping you are more than welcome to, and I would love to hear about anyone you know shipping down for late Nov 2008 that would like to share a container. At this point, we can gather the bikes in BA or Valpariso - makes no difference to us. I am in the preliminary phase of this, but hope to know more in the coming weeks. A lot of the tours ship a little later, but certainly worth asking the question(s).
As for storage, etc, again, haven't gotten that far and may not get it sorted til we're actually down there. There's always options, just have to get enough whispers out there and something will happen. :-)
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I have kind of came to the same conclusion on storing, just go and see what happens, The worst that could happen is I would have to take a month or two and ride it back. Have always said planning is just so you know what your not doing that you were suppose to be doing.
As for who else is shipping down this winter, I have not kept a list but will see if anyone answers in this thread and see who is willing to commit. I have some flexibility in when I go down and it could be cost effective to ship down early and fly down to get it out of port ride for a week then fly back to grind till the first of the year.
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