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Hey Hambone, don't know how long you will have the bike in AG, but I think the max in 90 days for a temp. import permit.
Others on this forum can confirm this.
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8 months
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Originally Posted by Blazeafar
Hey Hambone, don't know how long you will have the bike in AG, but I think the max in 90 days for a temp. import permit.
Others on this forum can confirm this.
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Hmmmm,
I heard 8 months.
90 days might change everything.
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I got 90 days, but that´s because I´m an Argentina citizen, and was coming in with an american bike. I rode in at the same time with a brit and a Norwegian, and they got 8 months each. No carnet required for Chile, Argentina, or anywhere else all the way up to Alaska for that matter.
Flew my bike from Los Angeles to Santiago, and had the bike out of customs in about 2 hrs., without having to grease any palms. I´m sure BA wouldn´t be much worse. It´s a pretty straight forward procedure.
Neuquen would be a pretty short ride to Chile for a customs in and out if your 8 months are close to expiring. Just DONT let them expire. And just to be safe, go out one border crossing, and come in through a different one, after a day or two. Also, from BA, you can take a 1hr ferry to Colonia, Uruguay, and come back in through a land crossing a few hours further north.
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Also, last I was there, the KTM dealer in BA is short on parts and outrageous on pricing. To be fair, the BMW dealer is very pricy too. $200 for a pair of front brake pads for my 1200GSA!!! Bring essential KTM service prts with you.
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8 months
Just spoke to Javier at Dakar Motos.
Thanks Javier for your time if you are reading this post!
His opinion is 3 months at the moment but is going to look into it.
GPOTHOVEN: How recent was the 8mth entry? what location exactly?
Al of this is great input and I appreciate the advice.
Used or new bikes seem a bit of a nightmare and airship in and out with 8mths sure woud be a good call.
I am in and out so will always have parts, filters etc.
Javier has kindly offered to get me an air shipping quote to BA via his wife.
I will be in BA/ Neuquen next week and find out more in between business stuff.
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Originally Posted by hambone950
GPOTHOVEN: How recent was the 8mth entry? what location exactly?
Al of this is great input and I appreciate the advice.
Used or new bikes seem a bit of a nightmare and airship in and out with 8mths sure woud be a good call.
I am in and out so will always have parts, filters etc.
Javier has kindly offered to get me an air shipping quote to BA via his wife.
I will be in BA/ Neuquen next week and find out more in between business stuff.
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Javier and Sandra are good people. They´ll do anything they can to help.
The entry was from Montevideo to BA, via ferry, in early May. For what it´s worth, I think even 90 days would be worth it. It just sucks not having a bike for me. And the used bike option in Argentina was not an option for me. Anywhere from $9000 to 11000 for a good condition, 90 to 94 Africa Twin!!!
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It becomes a bit much if 90 days is the limit for my riding time availability which amounts to 3-4 day weekends. Shame to spend one of these ferrying to Uraguay and bike.
I am not really a traveller in the true sense of most of the users of this forum, just a bloke who will be away from his family 10 days a month wanting to ride the p**S out of my bike around the great dirt roads in the vast and beautiful Northern Patagonia area in between extreme work
Ideally I want to be based in Neuquen and ride out from there, have a weekend of it and get back in on Sunday night to continue working.
Seems like bordor hops could be done from there and since I will be bachelorizing down there and we will have a smal company appartment it will be possible to spend my evenings doing the servicing.
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