Change of bike color
 

I swapped the body panels on my F650 from light blue to black. Do you think this will cause problems at border crossings when my title is inspected. I am thinking no, because the VIN number is still there, but just being paranoid.

hello,
I crossed the tijuana border yesterday and my bmw is painted black and white (like a cow)
nobody bothered me with it so I think you are ok to cross the border. on my bike papers the bike is listed as black.
hope this will help you.

mark.

The solution is a can of spray paint. Or better yet a brush paint job. Low key is sometimes a lot better way to go. Even in camprounds I have got more free coffee in the morning with a not so rich looking bike. On a rainy cold night in france we got a warm hotel room because we were on small old rusty bikes.

Well, I'm crossing the mex border next week so we'll see, but if someone out there actually had a problem (at any border) because of this I'd like to hear about it.

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I had a problem with just this at the Indian border.

Solution: cover the bike (or at least some prominant parts in tape of the suitable colour before you cross.

Hi, the only borders I've crossed where anyone actually looked at the bike was going into Egypt and leaving Finland, the other 45+ countries they just looked to see if I have the correct papers and not that they correspond to the bike parked up somewhere outside their office. Regards Chris