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Africa Twins never imported to North America! That's a surprise. (I wonder why not .)

A few comments:
Not every EU country implements an "export plate" process. E.g. UK, IRL France does not have an export plate.
Germany is the only country I know that does - and then it's only required if you plan to ride to the border. ( I see you mention Belguim too)
If the bike is trucked out of the country no export plate required AFAIK.

Maybe you want to incorporate a trip before exportation.
Registering the bike in your name in IRL or UK is easy if you have a local postal address.

Do you mean Certificate of Conformity? This should be available from a main dealer. Worth checking with a dealer in Canada to see if they can provide it. It's not something that will be provided by a private seller or a moto dealer.

If you buy in UK or IRL ensure the seller gives you the complete registration document. The usual procedure is the seller sends the reg doc to the licencing authority e.g DVLA in UK. But it might not be forwarded to Canada. A private seller may need some persuasion on this matter.

EDIT: autotrader.co.uk, dondedeal.ie for secondhand motos
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Africa Twins never imported to North America! That's a surprise. (I wonder why not .)

A few comments:
Not every EU country implements an "export plate" process. E.g. UK, IRL France does not have an export plate.
Germany is the only country I know that does - and then it's only required if you plan to ride to the border. ( I see you mention Belguim too)
If the bike is trucked out of the country no export plate required AFAIK.

Maybe you want to incorporate a trip before exportation.
Registering the bike in your name in IRL or UK is easy if you have a local postal address.

Do you mean Certificate of Conformity? This should be available from a main dealer. Worth checking with a dealer in Canada to see if they can provide it. It's not something that will be provided by a private seller or a moto dealer.

If you buy in UK or IRL ensure the seller gives you the complete registration document. The usual procedure is the seller sends the reg doc to the licencing authority e.g DVLA in UK. But it might not be forwarded to Canada. A private seller may need some persuasion on this matter.

EDIT: autotrader.co.uk, dondedeal.ie for secondhand motos
Good note on the limited countries offering Export Plate. I will ensure I dig into this one a bit more when I decide where to purchase the bike (might just be a deciding component).

I want to ride the bike for a week+ to make the most out of the 14 days but not cut it too close and have a breakdown with a pending deadline for shipping!!!!

I have reached out to WheatWacker (linked from this forum) to see what he offers with regards to registration to his address in IRL. I think it depends on the country for how many registration forms there are. I seen Germany has at least 2. Will investigate that more with the country I buy the bike from.
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Germany has export plates and temporary plates for inland use. Both require insurance and road worthyness (2yr renewal cycle here, most dealer sell with new sticker). Both plates are valid 5 days and can be ordered (including insurance) by a dealer w/out you needing a postal address. They are used in making vehicle exports easy here.

So I´d visit the inlaws in CH, buy from a dealer in (southern) Germany with temp plates, drive it around for 5 days, built/buy a crate near the airports of MUC, FRA, DUS or continue to the ports of Antwerp or Rotterdam for a container share and ship it home.

maybe this one: RD07


Don´t pull in at the inlaws with the bike, as CH is non-EU and the bike would be taxed at customs on entry.

Good luck
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Germany has export plates and temporary plates for inland use. Both require insurance and road worthyness (2yr renewal cycle here, most dealer sell with new sticker). Both plates are valid 5 days and can be ordered (including insurance) by a dealer w/out you needing a postal address. They are used in making vehicle exports easy here.

So I´d visit the inlaws in CH, buy from a dealer in (southern) Germany with temp plates, drive it around for 5 days, built/buy a crate near the airports of MUC, FRA, DUS or continue to the ports of Antwerp or Rotterdam for a container share and ship it home.

Current offers on Germany´s larget market place (including some Italian adverts, but Italy is a documents mess, you`d better bring a trailer.)


Don´t pull in at the inlaws with the bike, as CH is non-EU and the bike would be taxed at customs on entry.

Good luck
Good tip about Italy. Staying at my inlaws....well lets call that plan B (or z)

The link you shared won't open, it says it wants to confirm I am not a robot, but there is no "checkbox" it wants me to click. Is there another option for searching that resource?
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one RD07 I´ve found there from a dealership


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