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Old 18 Jul 2006
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Arrow selling a Dommie 650 in Venezuela/Columbia
A quick question

has any one recently tried selling a foriegn owned bike in either Venezuela or Columbia lately?

do they put a stamp in your passport at the border when you get get your temp import doc, or can you just sell the bike for cash (at a discount of course) and fly home with no probs

if anyone is interested, ive got an ´89 650 dominator with 40,000 miles, front screen, rear rack, recently rebuilt monoshock, tools, spares all included, (as well as a few scratches) and full chilean paperwork

the bike has got me from Santiago to TDF and now currently in peru about to get the boat to brasil, with no mechanical probs, just servicing and consumables, chains sprockets etc

price $ neg, (it cost me USD$3200 in Santiago in march but i think youll find me quite reasonable)

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Absolutely NO idea if you can sell it in Columbia. Ask the canadians. In Colombia you can't, at least legally.
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Gday mate
Hey wicksey, this is Juan from Belen Argentina, on the XT remember?
I am home in Manizales, Colombia, where are you?
More than welcome to swing by if you are around.
See ya,

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gday jaun,

good to hear that you made it home mate,

im currently in iquitos waiting for a boat to the brasilian border, ( damn peruvian independance weekend!)

if i remember correctly your bike was australian registered, did you temporarily import it into columbia, or did you import it properly

if you imported it temporarily, did they stamp your passport with the bike details or not?

Also in your opinion would it be a good idea to ask the customs official at the border not to stamp my passport, and to offer a "fee" for this service, or would this land me in all sorts of trouble?

If i make it to columbia, there is a good chance that i will stick to the east coast, (its looking like a pretty quick visit actually) so i dont think ill be able to make it to manizales, but thanks for the offer mate

take it easy

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I've been in and out of Colombia for the last two years, and they definately do NOT put a stamp in your passport for the bike. You get a separate importation certificate that is usually valid for 60 days, renewable for up to 6 months total.

Venezuela DOES put a stamp in your passport for the bike importation.

If you want to sell your bike in Colombia, you shouldn't have any trouble leaving the country without it, either on a flight or by a land border. I've left Colombia various times without my bike, leaving the temporarily imported bike in the country, and they've never said anything about it at the airport or border.

The only problem is, no Colombian will want to buy the bike since they can't import it. Your best shot is to a foreigner who will eventually take it out of the country, once the sale has been authorized by a notory.
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Hey Phil
You are pretty close now. What exactly do you mean by "colombia's east coast..."?, there aint none as far as i know. There is pacific coast which has no roads, and caribbean, in the far north. You will most likely have to go through the center of the country, Manizales is not far off the pan american hwy, welcome to stay if you want to swing by, beautiful region.

Regarding paperwork, yeah, i entered with a temporary permit for 90 days, it was hard work getting it since i am colombian, it took a lot of talking and explaining but i managed. It is not a problem for foreign visitors though and they do not put a stamp mentioning the bike on your passport, the permit comes on a separate piece of paper.

Now i am struggling to see if i can legally import the bike and register it as a colomian bike (it is australian registered right now). Not easy but i am giving it a go... If it doesnt work i will try to sell it to a foreigner who can ride it out of the country, or else by parts.

All the best on your trip mate and hope to see you again,

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