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Pietri Jean-Pierre · Just Starting Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 2

hello,
we are planning to visit Russia with our motorcycle.
is it possible to travel one way from moscow to Irkutsk by train with the motobike in the freight wagon ?
What could be the price of the motorbike transportation ?

Yours

jean-pierre and françoise from Paris

davidg · Just Starting Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 2

Yes you can do it - it's easy and cheap. You should ship it by freight and fly there. I just flew my bike to Baraul and rode it from there to Irkutsk - great trip. About 80% of the road was paved; 20% unpaved but manageable.

WayToRussia · Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:37 pm Post subject:

Yes, it's quite easy to do: you should go first to the train station your train departs from (if you're going to Irkutsk, it's Yaroslavsky railway station in Moscow, metro Komsomolskaya, circle line). You need to find the freight department there and arrange that you bring the motorbike on a specified date. The cost of transportation to Irkutsk will be about 7R / kilo, so if your motorbike weighs, say, 200 kg, it should cost about $50 to get it delivered to Irkutsk. However, really, they might add some extras on top, so I would count on something like $150 US, which is still not too much for a 5000 km way... There's a company that specializes in trans-siberian freight transportation, i found them on the internet and don't know anybody who used them, but you can try contacting them to see how much it would cost: http://www.baikalsr.ru/

If you send something by plane, it will cost you about $1 per kilo (to Irkutsk). So, if your motorbike weighs 200 kg, it will cost $200 one way. It is provided by a reputable company EastLine (they own Domodedovo airport, so they are reliable), and you can contact them at logistic@eastline.ru

Pietri Jean-Pierre · Just Starting Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 2

hello,

Thank you both for your advice , we follow oon preparing the trip !

Jean-Pierre and Françoise

DITTRICH · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:41 pm Post subject:

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/cgi-bin/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Northern+Asia&number=48&DaysPrune=365&LastLogin=

The above links to the North Asia forum of the HUBB - horizons unlimited bulletin board. The site is specific to motorcycles and there is alot of useful information about Russia here. Not that WTR is bad, but HUBB is also very good - and by the way - I drive a car - so no biased opinion!
Rgds
Les