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Hey folks, anyone out there that has gone through the paperwork of temporarily importing their bike in Baja, anywhere south of the border. I came over the border at a quieter spot, east of Tijuana, and I couldn't do it there (or so they told me at least). I was told I could do it in Ensenada but now I'm here and now they tell me I can't do it here... I don't want to try and do it at the madness that is the Tijuana border crossing (backtracking involved too, no me gusta), anyone else know where else I can do it. I know La Paz in southern Baja is an option, might not drive down that far though before I hit over to the mainland. Got a friend that swears to me there's somewhere in between here and La Paz I can do it, but he can't remember the spot, anyone know of this one??
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Believe it's either La Paz or Tijuana (or Mexicali, Agua Prieta, Nogales, etc.). If I was in Ensenada, I'd suck it up and backtrack.
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back you go!
We did a similar thing but after getting to ensenada realised that we would have to go back.

Does not take long at the border - you don't have to go back into America unless of course you get in the wrong road queue like we did!!!!!!!

Everything you need at the border crossing and really helpful people too.
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Yup, ok, all settled, just being lazy really, back to Tijuana I go. I'm waiting on my title to be delivered though, can I do it with my registration does anyone know, or do I need both??
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Yup, ok, all settled, just being lazy really, back to Tijuana I go. I'm waiting on my title to be delivered though, can I do it with my registration does anyone know, or do I need both??
I would just try it with the registration but don't tell them that there is also a title. I did it with my registration on the mainland (Agua Prieta) and it wasn't an issue. In fact, as a Canadian ...or at least as a British Columbian I don't even have a title. It's not something our provincial government makes available to us. All we get are the registration papers. This got me across all Central and North American borders. But one cop did give me a hard time while trying to extract a bribe ...I won in the end!


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Don't ever let on that there is a missing piece of paper. No one knows. Registration will be fine throughout, and if it's not just tell them that your state/province/country doesn't issue titles.

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