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Sell or Export to Canada?
Hey all
I've just completed a trip from Ushuaia to Alaska on my XT660Z Tenere.It broke down 25 miles outside of Alaska and a friend towed me in. I am now at another friends in Calgary and i am finding it extremely complicated and expensive to ship/fly it back to the UK.
Does anyone know of a cheap n easy way of doing it or how easy would it be to sell in Canada?
They dont sell them in N America so i dont know how complicated the exporting thing would get.
Any ideas welcome
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Hey all
I've just completed a trip from Ushuaia to Alaska on my XT660Z Tenere.It broke down 25 miles outside of Alaska and a friend towed me in. I am now at another friends in Calgary and i am finding it extremely complicated and expensive to ship/fly it back to the UK.
Does anyone know of a cheap n easy way of doing it or how easy would it be to sell in Canada?
They dont sell them in N America so i dont know how complicated the exporting thing would get.
Any ideas welcome
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You can't legally sell it in Canada as you can't legally import it. Sell illegally at your peril.
What's wrong with the bike? Is it repairable? I might be interested in buying it off you in the UK, if you know what I mean.....
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The rectifier has died. No problem to fix really but i am back off to the uk today so it is staying at a friends for a while. Hopefully come back soon and do more of Alaska Canada and usa.
Why cant you import to Canada??
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As Docksherlock sez, you can't legally sell/import it but.... you can sell it to anybody willing to part with the money and then THEY get to deal with any legality issues ....IF they try to register and insure it. If they were happy just to own it and ride around on their own private property and NEVER try using it on public roads or trails then it would not need to cause them a problem. It would be just like with some of the "grey market "imports, illegal for road use but okay as toys on track days and playgrounds.
The reason for not being importable have to do with the model not being inspected and homologated by Transport Canada and such offices, not conforming to CDN safety/emissions/lighting etc etc etc .A lot of bureau cratic drivel really . Yamaha didn't submit a model for homologation because they did not think sufficient sales would recoup the expenses involved. There are a lot of good bikes sold in other countries which we never see in North America.
If you can get it fixed do so and your ride will be ready waiting for your next trip.
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