Recovered stolen moto! Sell, ship, forget?
Hoping someone can provide insight or advice on this complex situation. My motorcycle is registered with Colombian plates and it was stolen and recovered in Mendoza, Argentina. I paid $5000 for this bike with the hopes of selling at the end of my trip. The motorcycle was scrapped a bit— the plates removed, dashboard, and headlight. It’s still in good mechanical condition. I recovered the moto from the police. The TIP is suspended.
I believe my options are the following:
1. Get the moto running, ride it to Santiago and Ship the moto to punta Arenas for about $200. Fix it up a bit and Sell the motorcycle legally because there’s a zona franca. I also wouldn’t need to replace the Colombian plates because it would be imported to Chile. I have a contact /mechanic there that would fix and sell for me for around $3000.
2. Pay import fees to register it in Argentina- waiting to get an Indra of how much but in guessing $400-800. Leave it with a friend and sell it as-is. Motorcycle are v expensive in Argentina and I think I could get $2500 even in its current state.
3. Try and sell the moto for parts here in Mendoza. $1000?
4 leave the moto here with a friend and return for it in a year or two but also risk just losing the entire moto with the time risk factors
5. Any other ideas? Ideally I’d like to be done with the moto and not worry about this anymore. I’d like at least $2000-$2500. Am I delusional for thinking I could get this amount? I paid $5000 for it. 2022 Honda xre 300. Has 29,000km
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