I’ll just add that I bought and sold a bike through Toby’s shop. He’s above board. The sale took a longer but it will happen. I have a friend who had the same experience. If you don’t want to wait for Toby to find a buyer for your bike, sell it yourself. All he is offering is to handle this if you don’t want to.

As to the border issue, it is what it is. Toby has been in Peru for years and has the experience to tell you how to deal with it.

At the end of the day, a traveller could arrange the bike and deal with the border issue themselves. But it requires research time and time to arrange paperwork, etc. Toby’s service is to make all this easier if you don’t want to deal with all the hassle. But he can’t make the bike purchase/sale and border issues as easy as your home country. He can just help you work with the system in Peru. I arrived in Peru and had my bike in a day or so. Toby has mechanics so can modify or deal with any issue before you leave on your journey. As he mentioned he’s helped lots of riders (and rides himself) so he know where to go and provided good advice on some routes

I’ll add that travelling in South America (or any place far from home) will always be more adventurous than local riding. That’s kind of the point. But finding locals who know how things work and can help will make any trip easier. Toby did that for me.


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help in all ways is good ! but I think any foreigner that wants to purchase any moto in South America has there work cut out for them and its never going to be the way you think it should be.
Colombia has its exceptions Runt>Purchase>Soat
if you are buying second hand from a local make sure the yearly taxes have been paid It is like a lean on the registration, and transito will impound the bike if taxes haven't been paid for 5 years. the plate number it can be looked up from the government website Transito and where ever the moto is[ plated this is the number that stays with the bike] the municipality>department is where the taxes have to be paid
Normally the dealers with good reputation have clean titles but beware This is Colombia and small shops may not
The 2 Ktm dealers in Bogota will sell you a moto and purchase it back but I only think its limited to a 390 and lower
this is a low hassle way to get on with riding But you will take a hit when selling it back