Buying a tourist bike?
i`m right now in chili and looking for a bike to ride from south up to bolivia and brazil. i`ve been reading a lot about buying new bikes as well as used ones, esp. here.
after searching for a while i`ve to say that the one sold here are expensive as hell or there are no used ones around (e.g. south).
on the other side it seems that a lot of bikes are sold at the end of the trip, obviously without sound paperwork. how is that done?
please please help me with some info!
some questions:
1. is it posible to buy and ride anotherones bike? how can you register the bike properly if it`s registered in the states or another place (i guess not at all)?
2. is a power of attorney enough to ride for a while? i think you can cross the border on rented bikes as well! if you keep the plates, what is about the insurance?
3. does the photoshop-story still work? and how?
4. can you buy bikes as foreigner in areas like punta arenas (tax-free), register and ride it through chile and other countries?
any info to one of the questions is welcome!!! i`m running out of time (and patience...)!
thanx
nick
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