serious problem
Hi
You have one very serious problem, i tryed to help a guy who had kept his BMW 650 in Argentina to long, they sized his bike and wanted 3x the imported rate for the bike plus a very heavy fine which ended up around $15000 US, he lost his bike but after a lot of hassle we did get his panniers back as they classed them as luggage, we found his bike in a customs warehouse parked next to another BMW650 and loads of smaller mopeds.
But there are ways around this depending on how much your bike is worth ie if its only worth $500us then say good by to it just lose it, tell any one who needs to know that it was stolen last year but because it was worth nothing you did not bother reporting it thats worse case. The other is to find a very out of the way border crossing make sure your bike looks like crap ie take as much off it as possable cover it in mud turn up late in the afternoon get your passport stamped and when they ask for the bike papers pat your pockets and tell them the papers have been lost or stolen turn your pockets out and make a big fuss, but have about $300us in cash small notes so it looks like a lot (more if you think your bike is worth) make sure the customs officer see's this.Your on your own after that you will have to blag it yoursell it worked for me and my partner we got two bike's out of the country and we managed not to have to pay any thing. But remember dont go any where near the major border crossing
If you get in touch with Javier and Sandra at Dakar Motos.com in Buenos Aires they may very well be able to help you more.
Good luck and please keep in touch with HU and let us know how it go's, don't give up. Skip
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