Plating an Enduro

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A friend has a KLX 400 (same as DRZ 400). He had it plated and went to sell it and they said it couldn't be replated? Is this true? I thought the plate / ownership status was determined at the purchase?

Please only answer if you're in the know.

Thanks!


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Robp said:
Go to a different service ontario office.
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Thanks. This works? I see some DRZ 400 "E" vs DRZ 400 "S", the E being the Enduro version, but the bike was plated at the time of sale from the dealer. Can the MTO reverse a plated status?


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They may try same what Quebec is doing not replaying enduros off road bikes to new owners


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I don't work for Service Ontario but from what I know about the process - if you are buying a second hand bike that is blue plated, they will allow you to re-plate it in the same fashion. If you have a dirtbike (offroad, green plates), you will not be able to get it blue plated by buying a Baja kit.

Back in the day, you could buy the kit, put lights, signals, mirrors, horn on your dirtbike and you'd be good to go. The MTO allowed bikes that had those kits to be grandfathered to new owners if they were already blue plated. They don't do this anymore, making the blue plated dirtbike more valuable to those who hate trailering their ride.
 
MLadin said:
A friend has a KLX 400 (same as DRZ 400). He had it plated and went to sell it and they said it couldn't be replated? Is this true? I thought the plate / ownership status was determined at the purchase?

Please only answer if you're in the know.

Thanks!


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If it currently has a street plate just walk in and change it over. Don't ask questions at the counter to make them look into it.

My KTM was plated when I bought it a year ago. Walked in with the registration and the cert and walked out with my plate.

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MLadin said:
Thanks. This works? I see some DRZ 400 "E" vs DRZ 400 "S", the E being the Enduro version, but the bike was plated at the time of sale from the dealer. Can the MTO reverse a plated status?


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The S would be the "Enduro", the E is mainly off-road (no rear subframe, different carb, kickstart, a few other things).

What did the previous owner have on it? Blue plate, green plate, nothing?

Oh, and for what's it worth, just two hours ago I changed a bikes ownership to myself and got a temp sticker for it. It is a Husqvarna CR250 2002, that was a motorcross bike when it came out.

Different people do different things, so yes, trying a different office will work.
 
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WudzRydr said:
If it currently has a street plate just walk in and change it over. Don't ask questions at the counter to make them look into it.

My KTM was plated when I bought it a year ago. Walked in with the registration and the cert and walked out with my plate.

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This, it's just plain registering a vehicle like any other... Nothing to see here. :)


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How does it work for imported road plated dirt bikes from the US? Can you blue plate them?
 
djez said:
How does it work for imported road plated dirt bikes from the US? Can you blue plate them?
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No experience with this however extending the logic that the bike has never been green plated in ON means that a bike with a 17 digit VIN might have a fighting chance of being blue plated here.

That is a big chance to take though if you absolutely need to ride it on the road.

Do note that MY2008+ KTM's are not RIV friendly.
 
Thanks for the answers all. Seems KLX "R" is the same as the DRZ "E" which are the non-street-legal enduro versions. But they were still blue plated from the dealers new. So if it has retained it's blue plate status, it is grandfathered and it will still remain blue plated. If someone settled for a green plate status somewhere down the road in the bikes life, it can't go back to blue plate status.


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