Tips for packing motorbikes for air freight Here are our tips for packing Motorbikes for air freight based on our experience: Bikes need to be cleaned immaculately before shipping (especially when trying to get them into Australia. MDF or steel crates are ideal as they get around quarantine issues and the need to use certified…

When originally planning a trip from Alaska to Argentina one of the biggest initial dilemmas we faced was the decision about what we were going to do about bikes. Buy Locally or Take our Own Motorbikes The first choice was whether or not to take our on motorbikes. Here are a few points on our…

Crossing the Darien Gap With Motorcycles – Our Experience Click here for our updated article on how to cross the Darien Gap with Motorcycles >> When you’re looking at crossing the Darien Gap with motorcycles from Panama to Colombia there are two main ways to do this (and a couple of unconventional ways like these guys –…

Our experience importing motorbikes into Canada by air in 2011 … After packing the bikes and our send off we had a few days to get ourselves together before flying out for Vancouver on 26 May. Pretty uneventful flight over, partly thanks to the fact that we were on one of the new A380s which…

Our experience taking our motorcycles on the Inside Passage Ferry to Anchorage in 2011 … MV Kennicott is the pride of the Alaskan Marine Highway fleet and we joined 185 people heading up on the six day journey up the coast to Alaska from Bellingham. The car deck was packed with shipping containers on trailers,…