Our bikes have made it to Miama via rail which will then be loaded onto a cargo ship. The shipment is currently on time and is estimated to arrive in the port of San Antonio February 26, 2011.
On a related note, for those who are interested the shipping company we used is Baseline Forwarding (www.baselineforwarding.com) located in Richmond, B.C. Get in touch with a man named Marwan Barwarchi (mbawarchi@baselineforwarding.com) he will set you up with some decent rates and provide you with a quote. Shipping companies charge by volume not by weight.
You will also need a shipping agent who will take care of your shipment once it reaches the port of Chile and ends up in customs. We used a couple recommended in a motorcycle forum (http://www.horizonsunlimited.com), a woman name Martina who can be contact via email: villakunterbuntvalpo@yahoo.de. She seems to be quite experienced in dealing with motorcyclists shipping their bikes down.
Shipping process so far has been pretty straight forward... we'll see how getting our bikes out of customs in Chile goes.....
