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27 Sep 2017
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I am currently going through the very process of buying from a dealership and what hes saying is correct, you only need a passport, you should have a moto license but they never asked me. I am buying from the aktdealship 1 block from the Exposiciones metro stop here in medellin. They walked me 1 block over to a small garage setup who did the runt. You NEED to know your blood type for runt, i had to go 1 block the other direction to literally give blood for this bike. It was around 215 dollars for the paperwork. Everything is right there and convinient. Runt will take a day or 2 for paperwork. I can then legally ride this bike anywhere in Colombia that can handle me. I hope to sell the bike in 2 weeks, but may end up keeping it, eitherway the akt bikes are cheap enough where this isnt a terrible idea though i origanlly was supposed to stay here longer getting my moneys worth. 2 weeks puts it about same as a rental but I dont need to return the bike in a certain city. 3+ weeks and it might be a great idea. Hell I can leave it in the streets with keys in it and fly home, and treat the lost money as if i paid a rental.
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To confirm what we already knew, I now have the bike and was waved over by the cops 10 minutes into the ride, as expected everything was in order and we chatted about Cambodia of all things, i haven't been to that many countries but they were impressed with my passport lol. I did get the license plate number put onto my helmet but that may not be necessary for foreigners not sure. I had 2 hrs to kill before bike was ready so walked a block and a half till I found a helmet shop. It was going to cost under a dollar, but after befriending the guy he refused to take any money even though I would rather have paid him. Viva Colombia.
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for sale 2014 g650 gs
i recently bought this bike in july with 2550 km and it now has 9000 km great bike all decked out with motorrad luggage and tank bag SOAT and RUNT
I want a g700gs because 25 more horse is needed when in the high mountain passes if you have a passenger
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