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Old 25 Mar 2017
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Help-Buying an Ontrario Bike in Germany
I'm buying a pristine Ontario registered KLR 650 from a buddy who has ended his ride in Germany. Here's the problem, to transfer title over to me (also an Ontario resident) I am being told by Service Ontario (Dept of Motor Vehicles) there is no way around the need to have the bike safetied in Ontario at an approved site.
I thought a German dealer could fill in the Ontario inspection form and use an affidavit to verify completion to satisfy the requirement but no go. This can't be the first time this has happened with all the Canadian ADV traffic over to the EU.
I'm looking for ideas, advice and options from the HUBB on where to go from here.
The only advice I have so far is to register the bike in an EU country using the address of my family in the UK or close friends in Belgium/Switzerland but have not followed up and am not sure I can do this as a non resident.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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No country that requires an actual inspection would allow it to happen in a foreign country as the place needs to be government approved. To register it in Europe you would have to properly import it into that country. You should check carefully the country laws as it could be some would not allow importing a KLR because of the emissions. Switzerland for example is very strict on those regards. If you can register it in Europe great, if not your only option may be to have a notarized power of attorney from the current owner while leaving it registered in his name.

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Same situation in south america where there are a heap of BC-reg vehicles because it is easy for a foreigner to buy the vehicle while in BC, but then BC makes it impossible to transfer the registration unless buyer and seller are back in BC. Plates have to be handed back, new ones issued and mandatory insurance paid.

Guess they do it (illegally) using a power of attorney
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Thanks for the input ....very much appreciated. Might be beggared on this one but will follow up on both registering the bike in the UK (might be easier with family there as the bike will not be returning to Canada if I can register it in my name) and the use of the bike for our ride if left in my buddy's name (letter of permission) as the two most viable options.
Didn't factor emission standards into this at all, thanks for the heads up and hope it' not the same in the UK.
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I imagine it'd be difficult/expensive to register a Japanese/Thai built bike in the UK. Import tax (10%) and value added tax (20%) to pay, along with all sort of hoops to jump through and other fees to pay.

I once imported a BMW from the Germany to the UK. It was a bit of a pita, but cheap enough as it was built in the EU.

Why not try to register it in the buyer's name in an easier US state?

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Thanks for the info Chris,
More road blocks and no way around them...man this just keeps getting better....not sure what you mean on registering in a US state as this is a Canadian bike, but am still exploring a couple options, the easiest of which is likely to just abandon the idea of purchase and ship one of my bikes from Canada over. It buggers up ride timing, but it is what it is.
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