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Where to buy a bike in Santiago
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My girlfriend and myself are arriving in Santiago in a few days in order to buy a second hand bike and travel up to Colombia.
I am looking for advices on dealers/shops/areas where to buy the bike, thanks for your help! ![Helpsmilie](https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/images/smilies/helpsmilie.gif) Also, how painful is the paperwork to get the bike in our name?
Gloria (Colombia) and Sebastien (Sebastien)
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Hi, you can go here and do a moto search, the ones that come up highlighted in yellow are from dealers, click them to get the dealer name:
Chileautos.cl: miles de vehículos nuevos y usados
Alternatively a couple of larger places which I have researched are:
Ruta Motard - ::: Ruta Motard ::: - Motos y Autos para tí !!!
Procircuit Chile - Procircuit Chile
If you have limited $$ I would recommend 2x Honda CGL 125, they are SO cheap and supposedly very reliable.
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But once you get to Colombia....
But once you get to Colombia will you be able to sell it there? I'm considering a similar trip.
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If you are planning this trip when you buy the bike make sure you get the document from the Notaria ´Autorizacion´and you will have no problems leaving the country. I would suggest a buyback arrangement, the Autorizacion can last 6 months so you could ride in a circle and sell it back to them then (and draw up a contract prior so they don´t rip you off). You can not purchase a motorcycle and leave the country with it in your name unless you are a RESIDENT which means living in Chile for a year! Maybe it wasn´t true in the past but it is definitely true now. I believe you can cross borders with the rental papers though, if you choose to rent.
As for selling it in Colombia I think you could sell it to a farmer or something but I am not sure if you could ever go back to Chile as they would charge you with illegally exporting a motorcycle.
Any questions don´t hesitate to ask
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