Any way to register a Yamaha XT660Z Tenere in the US/Canada?
I'm afraid I might already know the answer to this but I've been surprised many times before so here it goes:
My wife and I will be moving from Germany to the US for good in January 2016. We have a green card and are not planning to return to Europe for the time being. We're also planning to take a year off and travel around North- and South America in 2016, and also already have the proper bike to do so: a 2009 Yamaha XT660Z Tenere that we've been using to travel around Europe and Africa. However, from what I've heard it's impossible to register this bike in the US and get a US license plate since Yamaha has never officially sold this model/engine in North America. Basically, it boils down to this:
- Is that still true or are there any loopholes that I might be able to take advantage of?
- My cousin lives in Toronto, would it help to get it registered in Canada or is that impossible as well?
- Is there any way I can keep this bike registered in Germany and still use it in the US for more than just a couple of weeks/months?
If there's no way to do either there's no point in keeping the bike, and I'd have to sell it and buy something else in the US. However, I would love to keep it since we've already put quite a few miles on it and are obviously a bit attached to the bike at this point
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