Hey Guys, super long time without posting. Back in 08-09 I rode my KLR650 down from Yukon, Canada, ending the trip in Bariloche, Argentina. I left the bike there, came home and promptly found a wife, got married and had two kids. Yeah, the bike is still down there, "temporary import permit" long since expired. So, anyone have any advice on getting the bike out of the country? I have a buddy who wants to go down and ride it out of there, but we're sweating the illegality of it all. Can he just ride down to Paso Reballos and cross there with a copy of my, ahem, "digitally modified" import permit from 2009? Anyone have a photo of a recent Argentine import permit that I could have a look at / modify immodestly? I'm wondering if the old permit looks the same as the current ones, and if so, if my modifications to it would suffice for the standard stops on the side of the road inside the country. Good times, thanks for the advice. Only 17 years before I can get back to riding!
PM me your email, I can scan mine for you, and I'll also tell you about my creative paperwork adventures which got chastised once for revealing in the open forum..
Heh, I need to save a pointer to this thread, for I fear it will be future-me, in 2014. I want to leave my KLR in SA and come back to it in late 2014. So, the between-the-lines message is, maintain your skills with Photoshop or GIMP?
I just want to pipe up and say that I have had a magnificent time riding between Puerto Vargas, Chile and Bariloche. Ruta 215 coming down the pass, through Villa LA Angostura and on to Bariloche is amazing. Weather is perfect, like Aspen in summer. If I were insanely rich, I could enjoy having a house here.
Guys, Be careful , now Argentina and Chile are using a networking computer system and they works together because of a treaty. I was there and cross myself. Giving only 90 days and on subsequent entries whatever is left in a period of time within 90 days. I assume that later they give you another 90 days on request at the border crossing.
Is there a country in South America where it is ok to leave a bike sitting for a long period of time and come back to it later?
Word down here is Uruguay and Brazil are the best places to leave bikes. People are setting up storage warehouses in Brazil, now that they don't require a TVIP. Sticky hot in urban Lima, today. Some asshat, er..."technician"... gouged a panel on my KLR at the "best" shop in Lima. They owned up to it and are having it painted. But, it has cost me two days of forward progress, and they stillaren't done yet. Effin amateurs.