A place to store a bike for 3 months in central-America
 

Hi folks

My RTW seems to take a lot longer than planned so I might leave the bike in central America somewhere, probably starting from around late november/early december - although nothing is settled at all so far. For 3 months.

Does the central american countries give TIPs of 90 days in general as most south-American countries do? I think I read that Panama only gives a 30 days TIP?

Are there any country that are more conveniant to store a bike for 90 days in central America? Any particual place that can be recommended?
Not to far from a major airport hopefully.

Thanks in advance for info, suggestions and ideas!

central america can be complicated. between nicaragua, honduras, el salvador and guatemala (the CA-4), you will have a total of 90 days.

in panama and CR, you can supposedly "export" the bike to a bonded customs warehouse which will suspend your tvip.

Aduana at David in Panama is one possibility. Details on ioverlander.com

Thanks Tony :thumbup1:

Edit - I couldnt find anything about storage services in David, Panama on Ioverlander?

Hi There

I left my bike in Costa Rica last May. There is a wahrehouse about 3 km from San Jose airport.

You drop of the bike, you get a paper that states your bike is there and you take it to the Aduana right by the airport. There they stamp a halt to your temporary import document and you can leave it there for up to one year.

The storage costs $ 3 per day. The guy promised me a good price because i store it almost one year. I will go back to pick up my bike on April 10. so after that date i can tell you more. The place looks save and there where about 6 other bikes in storage.


This is what i posted last year when i dropped it off.


Thanks to everyone for all the info.
I dropped off my bike at Cocos today. It was very easy. There where six other bikes there. They have one corner in the warehouse where they store the bikes. It's all under cover and the whole place looks safe.
I had a look at one other place. The price was the same but I would not have liked to leave my bike there.
Well, I guess I will see in eleven months if I choose the right one.

The office lady give me a paper which I took to the Aduana. The office lady there the made a few copies of the temporary import license and passport and ownership papers. Now I have the temporary import license suspended, for up to one year.

It was a lot easier then what I emaginet.

I pay $3.00 per day

Better go by coordinates , Addresses in Costa Rica are terrible to find

Cocos warehouse 09°59′10.36″N 84°13′22.63″W

Aduana 09°59′50.44″N 84°12′40.11″W

I thought I post this because the last post is 2012 and sometimes it's good to see a newer one.

If you can wait to april 12 or so i can tell you exactly the costs and how i found the service.

http://ioverlander.com/places/5390-aduana-office-david

A place to store a bike for 3 months in central-America
 

I'm in Honduras and have thought about bringing a bike down. Have you flown out of the country and left the bike here without an issue? Or do you have to always leave with the vehicle?

For example if I wanted to take a winter trip and fly to Mexico but leave the bike here in Tegucigalpa

the bike i have in nica is registered locally so i dont have that issue

What about a place to park a bike for around 3 months in southern Mexico? Cant see any places on iOverlander...?

You can work something out in Quintana Roo or Chiapas
Big cities and places like Cancun will have rental units around , storage lockers capable of holding a bike or a car .They are called MINI BODEGAS, google that and you will come up with an assortment of locations .
If you have your TVIP fresh and valid for 6 months you could park the bike and be back before the TVIP expires and you could after that go back across a CA border and renew the TVIP without any penalty. ( PS : the cancellation and " export" can be done at a number of roadside customs terminals remote from the actual border ,such as Huixtla on Mex 200 west of Tapachula, Allende COAH on Mex 57 south of Piedras Negras 53km. )
If you leave with a stale TVIP still in effect you will have to speak with Banjercito to arrange a temporary permit . They will give you a form which allows you a limited time upon your return to remove the bike from storage and ride to and across a nearby border . This process does involve you losing your security deposit. When you go back into Mexico you then buy a new TVIP and put up a new refundable security deposit for the next 180 days


In May this year this same question also appeared on this forum , at which time I provided the following new information which will be of interest to you. It is a direct quote of an official information pamphlet I picked up at the Mexican border .
The following is a quote from that brochure.
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SAFE RETURN OF VEHICLE
If you were not able to return your vehicle abroad before the Permit deadline , request an authorization at the Adminstración Central de Apoyo Juridico de Auditoria de Comercio Exterior or to the Administraciones de Comercio Exterior corresponding .

With this authorization you have 5 business days to return
with your vehicle through any border port, without any problems . """
End Quote .

Given five days to move the vehicle out of Mexico one can choose to make a speedy run north to the USA border from most of Mexico.
But if one is closet to the south frontier it will be equally acceptable to the Mexican authorities if one removes the bike to either Belize or Guatemala to comply.This will work even if the desire is to return to the USA . From BZ or from GT it will be acceptable to return to Mexico and arrange a fresh FMM and TVIP."""""

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thats great information !
I currently have my bike stored in El Salvador and i will return in April 2019 to ride Belize Guatamala and I am looking for long term Bonded storage furthur North in Mexico or nearer to the Baja Peninsula - any ideas out there whree i can find this ?
is the usual permit for Mexico 6 months ?
Jonno

As you double-posted this question I already answered with a PS on the other version.