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[*]USA Canada border crossings - Anyone have experience of crossing the border into Canada and back with American bikes and British passports? Hoping it is fairly easy
[*]Bike purchasing - We hopefully have a permanent address that we can register the bikes in either Florida or Utah, but are looking for bikes to buy, any advice would be brilliant: suggestions for places to buy bikes near Seattle (private sales or trade?); good budget; anything else to consider?

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I did the US into Canada on a US bike with a UK (Irish) passport thing a few years ago. We went into Canada at Niagara and back into the US on route 173 from Quebec into Maine.

Both border officials picked up on the US registered bike + European passport issue and wanted to know how I was doing that and where was the paperwork to support it. It took about an hour to get through it all at the Maine border - although as there was almost no other traffic it may have taken a bit longer than usual. As it happened we were ok because although I'd bought the bike the paperwork was in my friend's (a US citizen) name. I was on his insurance policy as a named rider.

I know there are some states where foreigners can register vehicles themselves but I don't know specifically which ones. It was a lot harder getting back into the US than it was getting into Canada.
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Both border officials picked up on the US registered bike + European passport issue and wanted to know how I was doing that and where was the paperwork to support it.
Great that it was all doable, I am not surprised to hear that it took longer to get back into the states than leave it, but as long as you manged it I don't mind. Were you required to contact the friend who owned the bike during the process? I would be interested to know what paperwork they wanted to see.

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As it happened we were ok because although I'd bought the bike the paperwork was in my friend's (a US citizen) name. I was on his insurance policy as a named rider.
This is exactly what we intend to do. We both have family in the US so were going to purchase the bikes in their names and then figure out how to insure them, needless to say none or our family members ride bikes - I have so many questions about this so I feel like I would need to buy you a drink before asking them all! Let me know if you would be happy for a flurry of questions. Couple of bigger ones:
  1. Does the person whose name will be on the paperwork need to be present when you buy the bike? (my friend's sister lives in Florida, my uncle lives in Utah and we want to buy bikes from as close to Seattle as possible!)
  2. Did you buy from a dealer or privately? Is there a benefit to one over the other?
  3. As mentioned, none of our family ride so we may need our own insurance policy, did you explore this option before opting as a named driver?
I really appreciate your help!!
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