Importing grey market Motorcycles?

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Importing grey market Motorcycles?

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has anyone done this or know of any dealers that still do it. I know Vancouver Yamaha used to import bikes. but not any more. Looking for some small two strokes to race down at Mission 8-)
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christoph wrote:has anyone done this or know of any dealers that still do it. I know Vancouver Yamaha used to import bikes. but not any more. Looking for some small two strokes to race down at Mission 8-)
Mitsubishi Delica Motorcycles? Haven't seen them for a while 8-)
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Diesel two wheel drive motorcycle....would be sweet! :-D
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I know of two. One in Ontario (http://www.milliontrading.ca/) and one in BC (www.windbell.ca)
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Windbell Motorcycle on East Esplandae In North Vancouver. I saw a few Honda Bros and a rare Honda 900 enduro (like the Dakar version) there.
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The 15yr rule applies to MC that are intended to be licenced. There should be no issue with importing a MC of any year for off-road/track use.
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Post by DEL BiG RiG »

I would stick to the 15 year old rule. Better to be safe than sorry. If you would like to import some bikes I may be able to help but you need to know specifically what (15yr old) bike you want to order.
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Just for fun I went into icbc a few days ago to register and plate my newly traded in little 150 honda, and when registering it she said "honda" while looking at my previous vehicle registrations...... I looked her in the eye and said is it going to be an issue that its a RHD? she looked at me with Anoyance in her eyes, I went to say I was joking but she put her hand up to silence me and get me to hold on as she phoned ICBC to find out how to procede, after a couple of different people she got passed on to, she looked at me and asked ,"are you sure its a RHD, and i smiled and said, its a SCOOTER, the throttle is on the right. side . She Still did not stop. she got off the phone and said that since it wasent an new import its in the computer so nothing else would be needed.
I was litterally shaking my head...... I walked out with my plate and paperwork chuckling away....thinking of the movie "the darwin awards"
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^LOL....to see the look on her face.
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