All this information is awesome. I just have one question.....do the same rules apply to purchasing a bike / vehicle in Peru? I cannot seem to find any info on this. After reading many threads on the HUBB, I am confident in all laws involving Argentina and Chile, but there seems to be little info on Peru....

Can anyone help?

Hey Sorry if im missing things here,

My plan is to buy a motorbike in chile, ride south and cross into argentina. Ride north and into Bolivia and then enter Peru. from peru if money is still in my bank im thinking of Ecuador and Columbia. So with the paperwork explained above ie the RUT and the Padron is this possible? i know that people have struggled getting into peru from chile but what about my route? What are the Central americas like for border crossings on a Chilean motorbike?

Any help would be brilliant. If its not possible i may have to buy a bike in each country, tour it then sell it before crossing the borders (not much fun)!

Thanks,

Eddie

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Hi Eddie, yes the route you propose is fine. I have done it, other people on the HUBB have done it, i know people who are currently doing it.

Hi there, I'm going to be in Chile later this year with hopes of buying a motorcycle and seeing where I end up so all this information has been great. Just wondering if anyone is aware of any issues with getting into Brazil on a Chile registered bike owned by a non Chilean? Look forward to hearing more. Cheers

For the most part, no. In my understanding, it is (nearly) impossible for a non resident (or at least short-term tourist), to buy a vehicle in Peru and legally leave the country with it.

OTH, to buy a vehicle in Peru and not cross borders seems relatively straight forward.

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Hi, I'm reviving this thread for selling a bike in South America rather than shipping home. With Argentina being so strict I was hopeful that it may be possible to sell a moto in Chile ?
According to the post in ADV rder: Selling a bike in Argentina. | Adventure Rider
It appears I can sell a UK registered bike legally in the Free [Trade] Zones of Puntas Arenas in the south and Iquique in the north - Is this TRUE?
Many thanks

OH just found this thread - processing info now...
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...que-free-70039

I spent a good bit of time in Punta Arenas as my bike broke down there and I was in touch with other travellers that wanted to sell their bikes in the Zona Franca", I was in contact with local bikers and bike shops and even with Aduana.

To sell it to another foreign traveller using a socalled "Poder" is more difficult in Zona Franca than other parts of the country. The reason for that is that the Notariuses down there not willing to write such a Poder for a foreign person to another foreign person. Dont ask me why - I just followed another traveller that tried really hard to sell his bike to another traveller and he was doing the canossa walks to Aduana and all the Notariuses in town several times - in vain.
You can import the bike permanently to Chile which will take at least a month and you will have to pay a whole lot of tax and fees - and according to the new rules the buyer will not be allowed to take the bike out of the country if he is a foreign tourist.

On the other hand - it is possible to sell it to a local citizen. He will still need to import it to the country and get chilean plates on it and the chilean owner will only be allowed to use it in the Zona Franca region but are allowed to take it outside for 3 months at a time.

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Hi guys, my wife and I have arrived in Santiago to start our 6 month trip north. I have two options:
- buy a US registered bike (2009 KLR 650)
- buy a Chilean bike on chileauto through Suzi Santiago who are confident they can get us out of the country.

The US bike would be easier to sell in Mexico, but does anyone foresee any issues getting this out of Chile or any other countries?

thanks

Following the message above, we bought a Chilean registered moto (VStrom 650) and have been travelling down the Carretera Austral for the last few weeks, as far as the General Carrera lake and then back north to Futaleufu. Today was the big day that we would cross the border into Argentina and I am pleased to say that there were no issues at all. Thanks to whoever suggested using SuziSantiago in the above thread as Noam was brilliant at ensuring that we had all the right papers etc when we bought the bike in Santiago.

If anyone is still interested in buying a motorbike in Chile to travel North, but worried about whether it is still possible to leave the country as a foreigner I can say that it is definitely still possible!

Now we plan to drive North for the next 5 months before selling the bike in Colombia.

Thanks for the update. It would be nice to know the details of the paperwork hoops needed to be jumped through.

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Hi - I was asked to provide the following 4 documents in order to cross the border out of Chile.

RUT number/screen shot of RUT document, obtained in Santiago using address of a person living in Chile. I used the address of one of the guys from Suzi Santiago, but I met people at Hostel Casa Matte who used the owners address there too.

Padron document this is your ownership document and can take up to 21 days to be available following your purchase of a bike. You can pick it up from any Civil registry office in Chile, which means you can start to travel around while you wait. They just print it off a computer but we got it laminated too to make it look a bit more professional! As I purchased a second hand bike through a dealership, they sent the transferencia contract off in order to start the process for the name change - i think the previous owner may need to do this, but others on this forum probably know more than me about this. NB - I was told that if i needed to leave chile before the padron came through i should be able to cross by showing the transferencia document instead (basically proof that the transfer of ownership is in process, signed by both seller and buyer), but this will depend on your crossing.

Sworn document, (not sure of its name in spanish) this was recommended by Suzi Santiago and they actually had a good look at it on the border. It is a document obtained from any notary that essentially promises that you will return to Chile in order to sell your bike. Apparently there are ways around this if you do not actually plan to return but it seems useful to get either way. This is perhaps the loophole that you are talking about.

International insurance[/B] we bought this online from https://www.hdi.cl/seguros/seguros-d...nacional-rci/#

Hope that helps let me know if you want me to send images of any documents etc.