I have a bike in the US that's registered in an American friend's name with me named on the insurance. Last month we toured eastern Canada with said friend on another bike and at both border crossings I was asked who owns the bike. It was easy to say "he does", pointing at my friend and that was as far as it went, but I know they'd have wanted to see more paperwork if we'd been on our own.
Both times they picked up very quickly that we were UK tourists riding a US registered bike. My advice would be to get the notarised permission that Bobkat and Mollydog mention - especially if it only costs a few dollars.
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