Buying Motorbike in Ukraine & Drive back to Europe

[Juamumu]

Hello,

I'm planning to buy a sidecar (Dnepr) in Ukraine and drive the back from Ukraine to Belgium.

Does anybody have ever done something similar and has some information on how to proceed?

Should i register the bike in ukraine under my name, get license tags, get ukrainian insurance + coverage for my trip to belgium?

Once in belgium, import the motorbike there and get belgian license tag en insurance coverage?

Many many thanks for your experience, advice, tips and help.

Kind regards,

[PanEuropean]

Juamumu:

Welcome to the HUBB forum.

Before you buy the bike, check with the government office that regulates and licences vehicles in Belgium to confirm that they are willing to issue a Belgian licence plate for the bike.

If the bike is manufactured in a country outside of the EC, it is very possible (probable, in fact) that it does not comply with EC safety and emissions regulations. In such a case, you will not be able to register the bike without bringing it into conformity with the EC (in other word, Belgian) regulations, and that will either be horrendously expensive or maybe even impossible (if it is an emissions compliance problem).

Whatever you do, don't 'assume' that you will be able to register an Eastern Bloc (or, for that matter, North American) vehicle in Western Europe.

Michael