demetri
Well-known member
QC does not allow us to keep the original title. my fjr was a salvage and the only difference was that there was an extra inspection by the provincial dimwits and they marked my registration with a 'RECONSTRUIT' note. Canadian Customs and the provincial bodies know the differences between salvage, clean and scrapped titles. they use carfax etc.
make sure you know that US CBP needs 72 business hours to process the title and that they may not process the actual 'export' outside of business hours as well. i arrived at 4;15 and was almost turned around because processing the title and the export are both done until 4pm at this station.
If you want, you can have an official title in your name, as I did, by going to the local title office and asking for one. allow for the time they might need to give it to you. The dealer I bought from did that for me with a 'power of attorney' note specifically for that purpose. they also gave me a temp tag.
a temp tag may also be purchased from the state DMV, which is valid anywhere for the time before it expires. no one can tell you that you 'cant' ride it with one as you are in the process of registering it in your home province so they have to allow you some grace. canada customs allowed me to ride through Ontario to QC with this.
insurance depends on your local companies. my bike was insured in Ohio as of the day I picked it up. I needed to prove I bought it with a signed contract and some pictures from the dealer and that was it.
i even got some of the GST (and then PST) written off because I was out of country for 5 days. :fans: (Moto GP@Indy!) :fans: remember, we are allowed to bring back a certain amount of goods tax and duty free depending on how long you are away and this amount was deducted from my bike's price.
REMEMBER; the people working on both sides of the border have jerks bitching at them all day long. They didn't "have" to deduct an amount because I was away for 5 days but I was polite and respectful so they "wanted" to help me out. They could have charged me duty but they didnt. Same for the US side.
rant on;
I hope Yamaha Canada is reading this because there is no justification for the prices we pay for their products here (except for lining their coffers) AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BUY FROM THE U.S. UNTIL THEY REALIZE THIS AND SET THEIR PRICING FAIRLY OR GO UNDER.
rant off.
make sure you know that US CBP needs 72 business hours to process the title and that they may not process the actual 'export' outside of business hours as well. i arrived at 4;15 and was almost turned around because processing the title and the export are both done until 4pm at this station.
If you want, you can have an official title in your name, as I did, by going to the local title office and asking for one. allow for the time they might need to give it to you. The dealer I bought from did that for me with a 'power of attorney' note specifically for that purpose. they also gave me a temp tag.
a temp tag may also be purchased from the state DMV, which is valid anywhere for the time before it expires. no one can tell you that you 'cant' ride it with one as you are in the process of registering it in your home province so they have to allow you some grace. canada customs allowed me to ride through Ontario to QC with this.
insurance depends on your local companies. my bike was insured in Ohio as of the day I picked it up. I needed to prove I bought it with a signed contract and some pictures from the dealer and that was it.
i even got some of the GST (and then PST) written off because I was out of country for 5 days. :fans: (Moto GP@Indy!) :fans: remember, we are allowed to bring back a certain amount of goods tax and duty free depending on how long you are away and this amount was deducted from my bike's price.
REMEMBER; the people working on both sides of the border have jerks bitching at them all day long. They didn't "have" to deduct an amount because I was away for 5 days but I was polite and respectful so they "wanted" to help me out. They could have charged me duty but they didnt. Same for the US side.
rant on;
I hope Yamaha Canada is reading this because there is no justification for the prices we pay for their products here (except for lining their coffers) AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BUY FROM THE U.S. UNTIL THEY REALIZE THIS AND SET THEIR PRICING FAIRLY OR GO UNDER.
rant off.
Anyway. OK I let the U.S. customs know that I will be importing a vehicle. I provide them a copy of the title and owner's contact info. Then give them 72 hours or thereabouts go and pick up the bike and on the way into Canada do I stop at the U.S. customs? If so is there some piece of paper that they give me to show to the Canadian border guys? Or do they just say OK you can proceed to the Canadian crossing. If that's the case do they communicate withe Canadian customs at all. Usually coming back into Canada they don't really provide access to the U.S. border station. I'll be going down tomorrow so I'll check it out. Anyway I am just trying to understand the whole process before I head into the obis. 
