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Originally Posted by South America Voyager
I live in Medellin full time 5 years and had a bike but sold it 3 years ago after I purchased my car.
So the advice given above is correct but you don't know what you don't know, suppose this happens:
Your in the US and you have a friend on your bike here in Colombia, your friend gets stopped and just maybe some document is not in order so......the transito tows the bike, now there the bike sits until YOU the owner pays any fees and costs and retrieves it, when? The bike will sit in a yard until you, the registered owner, comes and retrieves it but what if your not in Colombia for some months.
Additionally gawd forbid your friend gets into an accident, I know as I see 2 or 3 motorcycle accidents EVERY time I drive into Medellin, does your friend speak Spanish? Does he know the process for what to do when there is an accident
Is your friend licensed to drive/operate a motorcycle in Colombia?
It is all at risk, me personally I would never lend my bike out rather I parked it in my secure garage parking space as I did not want the hassles when I was back visiting family and friends in California.
And what if the bike gets stolen? You are SOL and bikes get stolen all the time here.
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Imagine leaving the parking lot with intentions of a nice ride, Then around the first corner is a Check stop with Transito Cops and they flag you over The borrower probably thinks ahh routine traffic stop No problem I have my shit together, then the tansit cop looks at your plate and asks you for your Carnet de Propedad and so on. Then he says PicoPlaca and your operating a vehicle with the corresponding last number on the plate that is prohibited on that day of the week or one Saturday a month
Your busted your bike is impounded and the owner is the only one that can get the bike out of impound after going thru a Mill of bureaucracy and paying 15 days of Colombian wages to get it out, Ah sorry sir I did not know
I have met a few foreigners with Colombian plated bikes that dont even know about Pico Placa, Believe Me you dont want to go there its Molino de Mierdas
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