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Old 24 Nov 2004
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INFO about Buy & Sell Bikes in Argentina.

Hi all
Too many folks are asking me about to buy or sell Bikes in Argentina, I compile all this info (part is from here) And I’m open to answer more questions. I guess!!!


It’s possible for a foreign people buy a bike register in Argentina?
Yes and No; It’s possible but it’s illegal leave the country until you have the bike whit you one year, sorry that’s what the law say!!!! Other ways exist but not to the right way!!!!
At the registers office tell me is possible for you to buy a bike register here, only need the passport and an address here. But you need to check very well the papers and the legal situation of the bike what you wants because not all the people has the paper in order here. But you have remembered that you can’t leave the country before one year.
If the plan is to make a round trip in Argentina whit out cross any border it’s well but if it isn’t the idea the only one possibility is to buy a bike to other traveler
Mika a fellow Traveler says:
“My girlfriend and me bought a bike in BsAs Argentina in 01.2002 and sold it after 23.000 km in Bogota Colombia. We bought a Honda XR200R Model 2000 in nearly new condition; the bike was made in Brazil. To find spare parts easier it would be good to buy a bike made in SA - and also it is easier to sell. One option is also to buy a bike from a traveller over the HUBB.
Paperwork: We registered the Honda in BsAs in my name - a nightmare of paperwork, but possible. But than we had problems to leave the country with the bike and had to make fake papers for the bike ... so, Argentina is not the best place to buy. ……
For more details email me direct
Mika Kuhn “
Maarten Munnik says:
“Hi,
Be very carefully and get info at customs BEFORE you buy anything.
As far as I know it is NOT allowed for a foreigner to leave Argentina with an in Argentina registered bike.
That would be a nasty surprise when you are at the border.
Maarten”

Actually I am selling my used bike to another
traveler. Is it still a problem then?


There is no problem to sell the bike to other foreigner traveler, but there are a couple of things to think about it:
When you come in to our country the custom give you a temporary importation with your name in the papers. They will put the info in the computer system or not (this is a third world country) when you try to cross a border they will check that the name in the bike’s papers were the same that the driver name. So if the new owner tries to cross by the same place as you come in, sure he will have problems. If he crosses by other border, the chance of problems is smaller. I know that there is a paper work that you could do in the custom in Bs As to transfer the temporary importation. A few months a go Simon Kennedy and Rachel do that when they sell her bike to Kate and Rob Preston. Put in contact with them to inquire more information.

I have found out that I also have to get a new
registration paper for the buyer of my bike, if he is to drive back to
Canada on it legally.???

About the registration I don't know how can you change the owner (if the bike is register in Canada) from here!!!!! Maybe if you put in contact whit the embassy they can help
you, is the only way I can think. To register a bike from other country in Argentina forgets
it!!! From so many years the imports of used bikes is close also if you
find the way you need to pay taxes for a lot of money. And if you can solve
that the new owner need to be an Argentine citizen or can't live the country
whit the bike in the first year!!!


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