Selling your bike in Argentina
Having recently attempted this from a distance I was hoping to fly in to Ushuaia, buy a friend's bike, he would fly home and I would ride north. The closest that I got to finding an answer on how to do this after much email correspondence, conversations with the Consulate, ect, ect. was this: Both parties will travel together exiting Argentina and before entering the next country (Chile?) you would switch plates and registration to the new owner and the new owner would bring the bike into the country. Soooooo as you can imagine this is fraught with all kinds of dark incantation's .  You want to weird out a boarder official I guess this is a good way to do it! It sounded way to "out there" for me to try it. So the short answer is "impossible".
Xfiltrate's input above is excellent. They just don't want a foreigner to sell their bike in Argentina.
The above was my experience however having said that, another friend that was passing through that area has said that it is possible to make a sale in Punta Arenas as it is a duty free area. I know nothing more on this but it may be a lead worth looking into.
Good luck
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