LA to BA on Loan Bike? Possible?
 

People,

How is it? All good?

Putting together another PanAm lollop, possibly on a test bike. But could I do LA to BA (or vice versa) with a photocopied title and notarised letter of permission from the owner slash manufacturer? Any ideas? Any known border full-stops where they only accept owner-riders?

Thanks, chau, suerte,

Dan (in Managua, Nicaragua)

DAN!!!! You still alive???:eek3:
Hi
From BA if you will ride a local loan bike the owner need to make some special “Blue Card” (this is right new) but I don’t know about to cross borders with that, I bet its only valid to ride on the country or maybe cross to limited countries. Before the authorization in front of a notary was enough to ride a lend bike and cross to neighbors countries at list.
From here on a foreigner bike, forget it. The Temporary import its untransferable.
Other options maybe but I don’t know. Sorry
What about your Dakar here?????????:biggrin:
Cu…I hope
Javier…
www.dakarmotos.com

Course I'm alive. And well. And living in Managua. I'm (maybe) talking about a bike with an Argentine plate and a notarised letter of authority.

How's life in Managua Dan ?

Simon & Mischa

All good. One of my favourite ugly but interesting cities. Just like Manchester. How's the firefighting?

Are you going to write any trip tales ? I stopped getting Bike when your articles stopped appearing as they were the only thing worth it.

Job's ok apart from the ever increasing goverment initiated Bull**** !
Rather be on a bike in the middle of nowhere !

Dan is Back!
 

Good to hear you're about Dan. Are you going back to that beach over on the
Caribe side?

I just can't imagine trying to negociate borders with a bike listed in someone else's name. Nighmare. PLUS...from what I've heard the manufacturers won't let press bikes out of the USA. Liability thing of some sort.

No reason you couldn't work out a deal were they just give you a bike.
Put it all in your name. That way they are off the hook and you have a much
easier time of it. Doubt they would ever want it back anyway unless you do a
Ted Simon kind of deal.

Don't know if you have contacts in LA for the Japanese OEM'S there, but I could see the savvy ones working with you on getting a bike. BMW gave you one bike, maybe they'll bite again?

What bike are you thinking of trying to get? (I know, the free one....)

I've read two things in BIKE recently. A month or two back they said you were
working for a MotoAdventure outfit in Costa Rica. Showed a pic with you and
Mr. 9mm. Interesting.

The latest issue out now says you're back at BIKE and we can expect to see your work in the near future.

Any of this true?

Best!

Patrick in San Fran

Javier - The Dakar's dead, baby. Not even you could save it now...

Bruce - How is it? Yep, hopefully writing trip tales again, both for Motorcyclist in the US and Bike in the UK (if they'll have me back)

Si - Don't let the cabrones grind you down, man. Throw a sickie, book a ferry, pack a credit card, hit the road. In three days time you'll be chugging a cold Atlas on the Bay of Tangier or a mint tea in Chefchouan, chuckling over maps filled with dusty pistes that need spanking like cheeky monkeys.

Pat - Hello, mate. How's San Francisco? Cool? Caribe side of Nicaragua? Just spent a week out on the Corn Islands. Gorgeous. Just don't tell anyone. The new bike is still hush hush, but it could be very groovy. And that wasn't Mr 9. It was his hillbilly cousin, Mr 45. Amusing for about half an hour, but not really my favourite things. The only caps I want to pop are on the top of beer bottles. Talking of which...

Chau, suerte. Dan Walsh

Yes! it's possible!
 

No worries on the loan bike, Dan, I've just done a 12 month trip on one, LA to Ushuaia and back. I have an (almost) genuine but slightly dodgy transfer document from Australia, which more-or-less states that the bike is in my own name. It's a very scruffy piece of paper, with the details all written in by hand. Any unscrupulous traveller could easily make the document on their computer, but I wouldn't of course suggest doing such a thing.
Because the bike has Australian rego, there hasn't been one border crossing where anybody has felt the need to question the ownership. They're all happy to accept my word that Australia doesn't issue Certificates of Title.

It may be more difficult with Argentine plates, where everybody is familiar with the documentation and it's all written in Espanol.

Good luck with it.

Grant F

Good work on the website, man. Some great pics.

[QUOTE=Dan 23]
Throw a sickie, book a ferry, pack a credit card, hit the road. In three days time you'll be chugging a cold Atlas on the Bay of Tangier or a mint tea in Chefchouan, chuckling over maps filled with dusty pistes that need spanking like cheeky monkeys.


You haven't lost it !

Cool, I'll keep an eye out. :-)

Your writing is some of the most realistic I have come across, I always prefer to hear about the ride and not the Bike.

Have you ever considered compiling stuff into a book ?