Where to buy New Honda in South of Chile
 

Hello,

Brand new member. Glad to be here. Hopefully I can participate and contribute once I figure things out more!

Please forgive or advise if this is in the wrong place. Long time motorcycle owner/rider, thinking of heading to Chile for a while.

I am wanting to buy a new small Honda in Chile. I do not really want to do this in Santiago. I am thinking I would prefer to buy one somewhere a little south, like Temuco or the Pucon area. Would anyone have any idea where would be best? Really anyplace south of Talca would be of interest.

Thanks in Advance.

https://motos.honda.cl/concesionarios - list of official Honda dealers in Chile with a map. That should get you started. ;)

Thanks for breaking the ice. Appreciate the info. That's pretty cool.

I wonder if anyone has any experience buying anywhere other than Santiago? Surely it has been done before?

A guy I met on the road is selling his nearly new small Honda in Puntas Arenas IIRC.

Pm me if interested I'll give you his facebook name.

Thanks for the offer, appreciated.

The wife and I are actually looking to buy 2. So a dealership with good staff would be ideal. Thinking to get 2 off the showroom floor. Ideally CB1 TUFs so pretty economical.

Or maybe a couple looking to sell a pair. Time frame is October this year.

Be aware of that you will most likely as a foreigner not be allowed to take a chilean plated bike out if the country. But if you plan to only ride it in Chile it will be no problem.

Dont thinks this is true.

Pretty sure that guy has visites Argentina as well on his Chilean plated bike.

I dont know what guy you are refering to? Could you please elaborate?

New rules came into effect in the beginning of 2017 - and you can take a closee look at posting #143 in this thread: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...tiago-45637-10

A friend from Japan, on a Chilean bike. Met him in Torres del Paine and hes now in Argentina with his Chilean bike accordin to his facebook photos.

I sent him a message about this, I will let you know.

There you go!

Well - that one guy accidently «slip through» a border doesnt make it legal. Did you read the post I mention above?

This is all an interesting turn of events. Thanks for pointing this out. I guess we better do some research and think about things.

I know I would be pretty upset to get to the first border crossing and be denied! I wonder if there would be a better country to head to than Chile? We are familiar with Chile so it would have been good....

I think you should definetively check it out with chilean authorities before you buy something you probably cannot take through a border. But the post #143 in «How to buy a bike in Santiago» that I referred to above quite clearly indicates that its not possible anymore.

Not that I have any personal experience with it but from what I have read Colombia and Peru seems to be better options to buy bikes for foreigners that also will allow them to be taken through borders.

Your suggestion and some further digging led me to look at Peru. I discovered the services of Around the Block Moto Adventures. Their bike prepping service sounds like something I would be interested in using. I'm going to do some more reading, I know they are mentioned on HUBB here.

Also sounds like Peruvian bikes can travel about and cross borders. That's good. Maybe things are back on track.

Thanks to all for advice given.

Yeah, I'd have to agree. All that text proves is that one guy made it through. Maybe the border guys let everyone slide, or maybe they turn everyone back and this one guy was lucky.

Without more examples or proof, I wouldn't want to gamble my trip of a lifetime on getting lucky at the border.

I have reached out to Suzi Santiago regarding the service they offer to help deal with purchasing a bike.

I mentioned the rules about tourists leaving the country on Chilean plated bikes. They were a bit vague and didn't offer any methodology but they said that 100% of their customers are able to do so.

I quote:

"We have help more than 400 travelers to cross borders, many of them with a bike, so don't worry about crossing borders, it is very possible and not a big story. We will supply you with a border list and all the paperwork you need to show in case they ask for it. 100% of our clients have crossed to Argentina and Bolivia, also the entire process can take up to a week and a half."

Are they legit or just yanking my chain?

I'd be a little ticked if we got to the first border and found out they were mistaken.