So you are indeed going across the border into Texas to exchange the bike for another ?
This raises the possibility of several new problems .
You do realize that a NEW TVIP for the different bike will still expire at the same date as your current ,old ,FMM .
This will bring the need sooner than later to make sure you exit Mexico and cancel both documents before the end of that shortened period .
Of course, if that is your intent it does not matter , but if you want to stay up to 180 days you would again need to renew both before they expire so as to not forfeit your TVIP Security Deposit.Another dash to the border?
If you were to cancel both the TVIP and FMM before going into Texas you would have a clean slate and a full 180 days open to you when you buy the new documents . The only extra monetary cost to you would be the new FMM.
Ease of crossing the border back intoMexico would then depend on the mood of the day .

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Great points — we’ll cancel both documents and then enter Texas. When we return with the new bikes, we’ll grab new FMMs and new TVIPs for the new bikes. And all this we can do in Colombia, as you previously detailed so hopefully, without needing to move through NL, correct?

? “” without needing to move through NL ...”” ?

Colombia bridge IS NL .

Nuevo Laredo and all border crossings downstream are in the state of Tamaulipas .
Nothing to fear about being in Nuevo León . Monterrey and a whole lot of other good riding is in NL .
That bridge is specifically there because it is in the middle of the only small section of that state to run up to the Rio Grande . There were plans in the works to upgrade highway NL1 into a major trucking route for the cross border trade , but it is still only a two lane paved highway . Most gringo tourists seem to have a fear of travelling any road other than Mex 85 , just to get away from the border. After crossing at Colombia many ride south on Mex 2 past the hundreds of trucking yards to get on the bypass in the outskirts of Nvo Laredo and crank the gas on to “escape” to Monterrey as fast as they can , sticking to the toll road 85 which bypasses all kinds of interesting Mexico .


The Mex 2 runs along the river valley and is a prime route to Nuevo Laredo if you turn south out of the gate of the Colombia bridge terminal , or if you intend to take the Bypass for the quicker access to Mex 85 south to/ from Monterrey.
However , as I mentioned before , there is the option of taking NL1 south ; that nice state highway begins about 1km away if you turn NORTH out of the Colombia bridge terminal gates .
And NL 1 can be followed all the way to the north suburbs of Monterrey , but you can also turn off to the west on NL31( formerly Mex 31) Monclova and there
pick up on Mex 57 to Saltillo or Mex 31 to Cuatrocienegas and La Laguna / Torreon/Mex 40 and so on .
If you are going to be in Mexico now during “ covid” you might ask well take it cautiously but still do it up properly with seeing the UNCROWDED sights . Be careful , wear a mask in the presence of others and wash hands .And let us know how it all goes .

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