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Shipping Motorcycle from Toronto to St.Martin .... Help !!

Buy a box from a dealer and you'll be able to ship it with pretty much anyone. A dealer might give you a box actually, pretty sure they just throw them out.
 
Is shipping a biike cost effective for a few months? Would it cost less to buy something there and sell short term or even rent if possible
 
Have you seen the roads in St. Martin? I rented a car there once, the insurance wouldn't cover tires. They've got potholes that will take out a tire plus your front alignment.

Good luck, ride safe!
 
...and your Ontario insurance is probably not valid... but then when you find out how much it will cost to ship (the cheapest method of shipping is breaking the bike up and putting it in barrels, by a long shot) and after you find out about Carnet de Passages en Douane, rental will start to look VERY attractive.
 
suzuki2000 said:
Is shipping a biike cost effective for a few months? Would it cost less to buy something there and sell short term or even rent if possible
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Shipping is cheap via boat, I paid $600 to ship 2 bikes to Jamaica. Import taxs are the killer at %70 of the value of the bike...Not sure about St Martin but thats what it was for Jamaica, I spent roughly $8000 to import those 2 bikes
 
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What's the briney air like? I have seen it wreck up cars....can only imagine the toll on bikes!
 
JohnnyP636 said:
Shipping is cheap via boat, I paid $600 to ship 2 bikes to Jamaica. Import taxs are the killer at %70 of the value of the bike...Not sure about St Martin but thats what it was for Jamaica, I spent roughly $8000 to import those 2 bikes
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Yup, and my friend is from St. Vincent, there the import taxs are 125% the declared value. It may not be worth it.
 
awyala said:
What's the briney air like? I have seen it wreck up cars....can only imagine the toll on bikes!
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In Jamaica I ride basically coastline daily, and I found that the bikes take a **** kicking due to that. Things rust 10X faster then here, bolts seize up etc. And their gas is very crappy, it eats up fuel pumps and clogs injectors...The constant heat is another problem, rectifier failure and overheating is common. Running thicker oil weight then we use here generally is a must
 
strictlye said:
Yup, and my friend is from St. Vincent, there the import taxs are 125% the declared value. It may not be worth it.
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Jamaica it goes by engine size, bikes in the last 2 years has been %70-80....Large vehicles like pickup trucks and SUV`s can be up too %200 depending on engine size
 
JohnnyP636 said:
Shipping is cheap via boat, I paid $600 to ship 2 bikes to Jamaica. Import taxs are the killer at %70 of the value of the bike...Not sure about St Martin but thats what it was for Jamaica, I spent roughly $8000 to import those 2 bikes
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yeah, but it's still your property... you're not importing to sell. wouldn't that make a difference?
 
JFD said:
yeah, but it's still your property... you're not importing to sell. wouldn't that make a difference?
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I have heard of ways to get documents for temporary import for shows etc, where the bike is going to go back to the original country after a certain period of time. However I sent our bikes to be ridden on the street legally. For that to happen I had to pay import fees and taxs, safety, plate, register, and insure the bikes...

If he is a returning citizen of the country, Jamaica allows 1 vehicle and 1 container of household items and belongings tax fee..Not sure about St Martin but I think either way there is import costs, small or large you want to import something you have to pay some amount of importing fees...Tax percentage might be lower or higher, he would have to do his research as I did for the country I shipped to
 
JohnnyP636 said:
I have heard of ways to get documents for temporary import for shows etc, where the bike is going to go back to the original country after a certain period of time....
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That's what the Carnet de Passages en Douane does.
Basically you pay all the import fees upfront to a third party, in Canada we get them from CAA, which will pay the fees if the vehicle doesn't leave.
When the vehicle gets home you get your money back... less a handling fee of course.
Sorta like a passport for a vehicle.
CAA also handles international licences here in Canada.
 
DemonPig said:
Are you serious OP? Saint Martin is half the size of Oakville. There's one main road there that circles the island. How many laps you think you can do before you get bored?
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I rented a scooter there and did the whole loop in a few hours, including lunch sight seeing and beach breaks. Was amazing. Import away if you have the cash but a scooter down there is just as good.
 
Was there in October. Gotta say, I think I only saw one decent bike there all day. They did have some nifty ATV's booting around though.
 
DemonPig said:
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Importing a bike is an overkill. Potential insurance and liability issues as well.
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I have a sneaking suspicion that it wouldn't be hard for a bike like this to disappear easily either...
 
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