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Anybody out there got a line on an air cargo flight that will take my KLR from Vladivostok, Russia to Anchorage? Cargo company must carry DG's (Dangerous Goods) so the average cabbage carrier wont do. Also need to know who/where I can get a crate/box built for it? Reply off list to globeridergreg@... Dr. Gregory W. Frazier www.horizonsunlimited.com/gregfrazier __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/

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> Anybody out there got a line on an air cargo flight > that will take my KLR from Vladivostok, Russia to > Anchorage? Cargo company must carry DG's (Dangerous > Goods) so the average cabbage carrier wont do. > ...

Osama! Is that you?

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Greg Frazier wrote:

> Anybody out there got a line on an air cargo flight > that will take my KLR from Vladivostok, Russia to > Anchorage? Cargo company must carry DG's (Dangerous > Goods) so the average cabbage carrier wont do. Also > need to know who/where I can get a crate/box built for > it? Reply off list to globeridergreg@y... > Dr. Gregory W. Frazier > www.horizonsunlimited.com/gregfrazier >

I agree your KLR can be dangerous in the wrong person's hands.

Greg, Something that you might want to check out. A group of us had to ship our KLR's back to the US awhile back. We discovered that if we drained the gas tanks (which we would have had to do anyway) and most importantly removed (and threw away) the bikes' batteries, they were no longer hazardous goods for shipping purposes. Once we got them back to the US, we had to go buy new batteries. Even with the cost of the new batteries, we still saved several hundred dollars a bike. Interpretations of shipping regulations seem to vary alot, so it may not work for you, but it is worth a try. If you are having trouble finding shippers and crating companies check with the local air freight forwarders (I don't what they are called in Russian). You might want to check with FedEx and DHL. FedEx will carry bikes. Alternately check with freight arms of any big airlines that fly from Vladivostok to Anchorage. They may not carry things that big but they should know who does. Randy Hoskins Greg Frazier wrote:

> > Anybody out there got a line on an air cargo flight > that will take my KLR from Vladivostok, Russia to > Anchorage? Cargo company must carry DG's (Dangerous > Goods) so the average cabbage carrier wont do. Also > need to know who/where I can get a crate/box built for > it? Reply off list to globeridergreg@... > Dr. Gregory W. Frazier > www.horizonsunlimited.com/gregfrazier

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 Randy.Hoskins@... wrote:

>our KLR's back to the US awhile back. We discovered that if we drained >the gas tanks (which we would have had to do anyway) and most >importantly removed (and threw away) the bikes' batteries, they were no >longer hazardous goods for shipping purposes.

Aren't shipping regs different for sealed batteries? I wonder if the carriers would allow a sealed battery if it were removed from the bike...

African or European? When you start making your own hard luggage out of fiberglass fuel tank repair kits, I think you'd have made Grand Poobah of the list cheapos. "Swede" --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "chinlerocks" wrote: > Billy in Dripping Springs, TX ---aspires to be as cheap as others on > the list.