We imported our Qld rego bikes into Halifax from Iceland in April 2014. paper work was easy, but the customs officer did a back flip when we said where we leaving them for 12 months, saying that was the max and not the automatic limit and they needed to leave when we left (i.e in 3 weeks time) ... we suggested did not really fit into our plans and she then relaxed a bit and suggested we might need to do some maintance (which we did) which might prevent us taking the bikes with us... then winked.... we nodded and said yes.
12 months on
We rolled across the border at buffalo 12 months to the day this April... there was only one check on the US side, all we did was show the officer our Qld papers, he did not quiet believe it so got out and checked the plates, had to explain the paper work to him, he then appeared to entered the VIN number into a data base and waved us though, no other paper work asked for. I am assuming the US/ Canadians have some sort of shared data base.
From my experinece everything went well kinda easy, bit unsure why the US crossing was so easy, maybe just inexperienced officer? Had the DOT and EPA paper work filled out and ready.
Ride safe
Brett
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