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Australian purchasing US registered bike in S.A?
Hey folk,
Am very interested in riding a bike up from Argentina through to the US over a year or so, and have seen quite a few US registered bikes coming up for sale down Argie way over the next month or so.
Does anyone know of the process for transferring ownership, mostly for going across borders ...etc?
Or is there another method of going across borders with the registration papers you're holding in someone else's name?
Anyone with any knowledge/tips would be greatly appreciated.
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Dave
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Hey folk,
Am very interested in riding a bike up from Argentina through to the US over a year or so, and have seen quite a few US registered bikes coming up for sale down Argie way over the next month or so.
Does anyone know of the process for transferring ownership, mostly for going across borders ...etc?
Or is there another method of going across borders with the registration papers you're holding in someone else's name?
Anyone with any knowledge/tips would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Dave
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Check out "xfiltrate" 's posts and you will have volumes of information on the legal way. The common way involves photoshopping registration/titles and then transferring ownership in no mans land between borders. Its illegal of course but apparently quite common.
If you can get anybody to give you the nitty gritt on exactly how this is done with photoshopping and the do's and dont's of borders transfers you will have done better than me :-)
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Well Photoshop would come in handy if it can be done that way, I am a graphic designer with my laptop...
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If you can get anybody to give you the nitty gritt on exactly how this is done with photoshopping and the do's and dont's of borders transfers you will have done better than me :-)
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It would be nice to get some specific details on this from anyone who's actually done it...?
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It would be nice to get some specific details on this from anyone who's actually done it...?
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This topic seems to be the HUB's proverbial "Elephant in the Room":confused1:
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Seems more and more that easiest way is to bus/fly to Chile and purchase there. Would be nice to have a definitive resource on the matter somewhere.
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Well, I did the opposite, if that is any help?
I had the US title, I sold to a US citizen, in US dollars and just rode across to Uruaguay for the transfer.
Basically, the vehicle TITLE will need to have your name on it, with a proper address of course, this is where PS comes in.
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So did you do any "official" transfer of title online or anything, or just cash and the papers in hand and then new owner Photoshops some "new" papers?
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So did you do any "official" transfer of title online or anything, or just cash and the papers in hand and then new owner Photoshops some "new" papers?
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Well, if all went to plan, the title deed(original) would have been given to the new owner and he would have transferred the ownership to himself and then received the new paperwork with all his details on it.
The only reason that what we did, did not go to plan was because I could not get the title to him and as of now, a year down the track, there has been no further response from the new owner.
In your case, as long as you have the ORIGINAL bike title, you can then use FEDEX or something similar to get the paperwork transferred. Use the 'doctored' version down south, no-one down there would have a clue, just make sure the copy is both sides and edges are neat and tidy
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hola deeve
I'm an aussie who went through same shit as you about rego, papers etc last year. I got endless different stories though strom was the most reliable. I bought my kawasaki KLR 650 in California in October, it had Colorado plates and I found out I couldn't register it there so I just got the original owner to sign back of title where is has multiple columns for change over, and rode out of the country with that and a rego which I fiddled on photoshop. I have had no probs at any border, except honduras which is a freaking nightmare anyway and just required some fast talking. I am currently in Argentina, so I think this is proof that worrying too much about the paperwork is ultimately more of a head **** than is worth while!!! The guys at the borders just require a title and they actually mostly preferred my photoshopped photocopied fake rego...
I am about to put my bike up for sale, it has been a dream machine, she's a 2008 KLR and her name is Dingo. I am looking to sell her in buenas aires late June or early July, you can contact me if interested, I'll be posting an add in the next couple of weeks..
happy trails mate... it's the only way to travel...
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