Importing a Motor Vehicle To Canada (the be all end all)

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Statement of Compliance label

I've read through the whole thread and I'm pretty sure that I know what's going on, but I've got a question... What exactly is a US Statement of Compliance label? Is it akin to the sticker that's on my car door saying tire pressures and sizes and etc? Will the US SOC label be on the bike already? Or do I have to do something to get one? Thanks for any help.
 
gldwngr said:
rjskipper said:
Has nobody been able to do this? It seems that if I can fly somewhere cheap outta Tarrana, it would be more cost effective to ride it home. In order to take advantage of deals somewhat further away than Buffalo, like Texas for instance. Renting a van or truck to drive up to the border would be more costly I would think. I will contact MTO tomorrow to see if they have any suggestions. Anyone else with experience actually doing this, I would appreciate your lessons.
Mark
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You could use a shipper to ship it from Texas back to Ontario for under $1,000 dollars. http://www.motorcycleshippers.com/s_Ontario.htm
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forward air, dallas to pearson, under $500.
 
Taken from Forward Air's website:

"Effective June 1, 2006, Forward Air will no longer accept Motorcycle shipments to Canada due to U.S. Customs requirements."

This has put paid to my plan for shipping a bike across the border. I don't know what the new regulations are, but I think other shipping companies will also stop shipping bikes over. :(
 
Aerostat said:
Taken from Forward Air's website:

"Effective June 1, 2006, Forward Air will no longer accept Motorcycle shipments to Canada due to U.S. Customs requirements."

This has put paid to my plan for shipping a bike across the border. I don't know what the new regulations are, but I think other shipping companies will also stop shipping bikes over. :(
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Why not just ship to a shipping terminal near the border, do the export process with US Customs yourself, and transport it yourself back into Canada from that terminal?

The US Customs export process took 10 minues for me, most of it standing in line. It was quite easy.
 
Question!

I am looking at a used bike right now. The owner told me that the bike is from US and all i need to do is "safety" the bike and then i an transfer it to a Canadian title!!..is that true?!...or would i have to do other things to change the ownereship!
 
Can Customs tracking ebay purchases.

I bought a YZ 250 off ebay a year ago and need to know if they can still track the sale?
 
I'll try that again. Can Canadian customs track a sale a year after I bought the bike?
 
If they want to they can. Depends on the officer and how much they care about the price you are declaring verses the price they know the bike is worth.
 
Buying from UK

Hi Nikki
I had a question about buying a bike from the UK its a 2002 Honda CBR 954 RR with only 4160 km the person that im buying it off of said that he has a contract with a shipping company and he will ship it to Toronto, and then after i have checked out the bike then i can pay him. I wanted to know what kind of things do i need to do to make is legal to ride that bike here in Canada [Toronto]. I would really appreciate it if u could take some time to answer this question. :)

ps. The title on the bike is clear is it still valid in canada. :?

Thanks :)
 
You can't do anything to make that thing legal. Bikes from overseas are not allowed unless they are over 15 years old. Besides from the sounds of things the bike you want is part of a scam. Leave it alone.
 
You can't do anything to make that thing legal. Bikes from overseas are not allowed unless they are over 15 years old. Besides from the sounds of things the bike you want is part of a scam. Leave it alone.
 
Nikki - thanks for all the valuable information you've provided here. I've got a slightly different question on this, and hope I can get by that blanket prohibition on importing a bike.

I'm transferring from Aus to canada in a couple of months. I have an 04 SV650 racebike - bought here by me in Aus new as a streetbike, and converted to track only over time. I would like to bring it to Canada temporarily (for the duration of my stay). I don't intend to register it, it will only be used as a track/race bike. I will not sell it, I'll take it back with me in 2-3 years when I leave.

As such, my understandning of what you've posted and what I've read on various govt websites, RIV scheme is not applicable, and normally I'd be unable to bring it in, but may be able to under the exception for "temporary" import. The potential problem I see with this is that my work visa I think will be for 5 years, I expect to stay for 2-3 years, but the "temporary" exception is for 2 years only. Do you think this will make the import of the bike impossible? Can you recommend a strategy for bringing it in? (It will cost me a lot of money to sell it, then buy a new racebike, as SV racing is really rare here in Aus so no market for the bike).

Thanks for any advice you can offer.

TG
 
Darn... good question. To be honest I'm not really sure what the answer is on this one. Your best bet is to call the number posted on the first page of this post to get an answer from someone that has more experience on the whole importing for race use.

Sorry I couldn't be of anymore help. Try PM'ing Sunny on this board.
 
I'll do that Nikki - just with the time difference between Aus & Canada it means I have to get up crack o dawn to get a call in, so I thought I'd try here first. Thanks anyway, appreciate your considering this.

TG
 
hey guys i'm about to import a sv from the states and just calculating my costs

the metric speedometer and labels have to be done by an inspection center? or can i do it myself and bring it
or does anyone know how much it costs


Also whats the sv650 black book value approx for 2004

thanks again this thread was helpful
 
I haven't read the entire thread but I have a couple of quick q's.

It says I have to present the bike and paperwork to US Customs 72 hours ahead of time, does this mean the bike just sits there at the border for 3 days? (Where do they put it??) And then I make another trip to the border to get it once it's cleared?

Also, does anyone know if a Kawasaki Concours is free of duty? They're assembled in Lincoln, Nebraska. Or is that even a relevant issue.

Also...is there a prefered border point? I usually cross at Lewiston or Ft Erie.

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Sarchi said:
I haven't read the entire thread but I have a couple of quick q's.

It says I have to present the bike and paperwork to US Customs 72 hours ahead of time, does this mean the bike just sits there at the border for 3 days? (Where do they put it??) And then I make another trip to the border to get it once it's cleared?

Also, does anyone know if a Kawasaki Concours is free of duty? They're assembled in Lincoln, Nebraska. Or is that even a relevant issue.

Also...is there a prefered border point? I usually cross at Lewiston or Ft Erie.

thanks--
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You just have to present the title documents 72 hours in advance of your planned crossing time, then show up with the bike at the time you are crossing. You can present documents by fax - call your planned crossing point for the fax number and "attention:" information.

I can't tell you about the duty on an American-built Kawasaki. I'm pretty sure that depends on the amount of domestic parts content in the thing. If all Kawasaki does is assemble parts imported primarily from Japan, I don't think it would qualify as being a US-built vehicle as far as duty is concerned, and you could be on the hook for 6% duty on the bike's purchase price. Your best bet is to contact Canada Customs to determine that.

However, if the bike is 15 years old or more, there is no duty, and no RIV fee or inspections for federal safety standards compliance regardless of deemed place of manufacture.

Also, whether new or used, you'll need an Ontario safety inspection before you can get plates.

The Niagara region vehicle crossing point for Canadian-bound vehicles is the Lewiston crossing. You can fax documents there at any time, but for US vehicle export inspections, hours are basically 8am to 4pm Monday through Friday. If you have a choice, the Detroit crossing does vehicle export inspections 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
 
Thanks a lot gldwngr, very helpful.

gldwngr said:
Also, whether new or used, you'll need an Ontario safety inspection before you can get plates.
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I guess that answers my other question - it sounds like I don't have the option of riding this bike back from NYC on my own plates, even if I could somehow get an insurance 'rider'.
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