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Old 30 May 2022
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AND know the termination date of your TVIP. Leave the country BEFORE it expires. You can have your moto permanently confiscated if you exceed the termination date by even one day. Do some internet searching so you know the process. It's basically the same across all of Central and South America, TVIP for your moto, tourist permit for you. Both have to be obtained when entering the country, both have to be terminated on exit. It's your responsibility to do it. In addition, many countries require you purchase insurance (generally not expensive).
Well, that's nothing special for South America only, but for most of the countries. If you should expire your visa + TIP e.g. in Kazakhstan, not only your bike gets confiscated...
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Well, that's nothing special for South America only, but for most of the countries. If you should expire your visa + TIP e.g. in Kazakhstan, not only your bike gets confiscated...
Again, I don't know about "most of the countries," but I've left a bike in the EU for long periods without consequences, and I know of people who've done that here in the US, too. Like everything else under the sun, YMMV.
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Again, I don't know about "most of the countries," but I've left a bike in the EU for long periods without consequences, and I know of people who've done that here in the US, too. Like everything else under the sun, YMMV.
As far as I know, you can legally leave a foreign licence numbered vehicle in Europe for max. 6 months (as a normal tourist) - afterwards you'd have to register and pay taxes. In theory, I guess nobody would really notice the expiration of your import documents immediately, since there usually are no border controls in Europe.
However, that doesn't automatically mean that you can expire your import permission without any consequences in Europe. In other continents I would be extremely careful with TIP expiration.
For USA TIP is 1 year as far as I know - and I wouldn't start messing around with the US customs either.
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Again, I don't know about "most of the countries," but I've left a bike in the EU for long periods without consequences, and I know of people who've done that here in the US, too. Like everything else under the sun, YMMV.

South America is not Europe. Exceed your TVIP in most of these countries and you risk having your vehicle confiscated. Happens regularly, all the time, for real, no recourse. Do NOT exceed your TVIP in Central or South America.


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Sigh. Yes, I know about the various rules, and I know about the risks of over-staying in South America. Sometimes I make the mistake of thinking everyone always reads every preceding post carefully.

Thanks for the clarifications.

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Many thanks for your informative reply,s
Airfreight into Beunes Aries is pretty eye-watering and we would Airfreight in,
Import formalities there are about about $1000...
It's getting expensive before we even get too ride out of the airport..
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A thousand bucks for import and handling fees + freight is indeed Expensive
not many choices or deals anymore, certainly high capacity motos to buy In BA are expensive
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Many thanks for your informative reply,s
Airfreight into Beunes Aries is pretty eye-watering and we would Airfreight in,
Import formalities there are about about $1000...
It's getting expensive before we even get too ride out of the airport..
Mike.
Have you checked the fees in Santiago, too. I heard it should be cheaper there. Buenos Aires isn't a good starting point anyway, since you have to ride 1000+ kilometers to reach an interesting area from there. For me there would be no reason to go to BA, if not really necessary.
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It's getting expensive before we even get too ride out of the airport..
And then, you have to ship out of the country at the end of your trip. You should look at buying a moto in SA. Several good Japanese options available. You will be fine with 300 or 250cc in SA
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