Buying in Brazil is easy! IF you plan ahead.
1: You will need an adress in Brazil and have mail sent there to prove you have a place of residence in Brasil.
2: Take the mail on arival in Brasil and go to the closest "Secretaria da Recita Federal" with your passport, visa, and Tourist card. You have to apply for a CPF number, which is given on the spot. The CPF is a Tax registration identity similar to Social Security. With this and cash/credit card, in hand you can buy and sell vehicles or property in Brazil. You will need a Portuguese speaker to help you through the process.
Several Canadian, and German friends have used this process with my Brazilian wifes help in Porto Alegre. Most have sold their bike in Brazil very little under what they purchased it for when they left Brazil. A Much cheaper route than shipping and all the paperwork and exhorbitant "fees". This may take 2 days to get the CPF and find a bike.
You can cross any Mercosul border with the Brazilian registration and the appropriate personal Visa.
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Originally posted by robnkate:
Just got this back from the tourist board, who have done some digging for me:
Hello,
It´s not easy to buy a motorcycle and register it under your name. You need a paper that says that you are an argentine resident. But that´s the only way to cross the border and pass the customs without any problem.
Another option is to buy it without transfering it under your name. In Argentina, you have until 90 days to transfer the property from the last owner to the new one. During that period you can travel within the country if you want to, but you can´t cross to Chile.
Kind regards
Giselle Levy
Tourist Information Office.
So it does seem to be the case, you cannot buy an Argentine bike as a foriegner and take it out of the country (legally!).
Rob and kate
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