Welcome to a new section on CMG called Any Questions? Any Answers?
Here we ask our much beloved readership to send in any motorcycle related questions that may be troubling them (relatively short and to the point if possible) which we’ll pass around the CMG collective for answers and even around various OEMs and industry types if the question warrants.
Welcome to a new section on CMG called Any Questions? Any Answers?
Here we ask our much beloved readership to send in any motorcycle related questions that may be troubling them (relatively short and to the point if possible) which we’ll pass around the CMG collective for answers and even around various OEMs and industry types if the question warrants.
Once posted, we ask that our much beloved readership submit any answers that they may have in the comments section below the article. Replies can be informative and/or just plain funny, but please keep them respectful (as always, we reserve the right to delete comments that are not).
If you have a question that you’d like to throw out there to see if anyone has an answer, please email it to us and we’ll post it here for everyone to ponder.
Buying a Ducati in Italy and bringing it home afterwards
Hi there,
I’m currently living and working in Italy and am chomping at the bit to get my hands on a Ducati, but from what I’ve been able to ascertain from Transport Canada’s website, no vehicles (bikes too I’m assuming… they don’t specify) younger than 15 years old will be allowed in, as they are certified for Euro standards and not Canadian ones.
I know this makes some modicum of sense for cars, as our winters are a bit harsher than say, Rome’s. But for bikes, its all sounds bit dubious to me.
So I’m wondering if anyone knows anymore about this and/or has managed to find any way around it. I’d really like to buy new here and be able to bring it back with me when my post is up.
Thanks and regards,
John Boisvenue
Sounds like something that our Ducati North America contact would know the answer to. Over to John Paolo Canton …
Unfortunately he is right-its near impossible to get a bike into the US or Canada. (Mexico will let you, but you have to pay major taxes). My best advice would be finding one of the following:
1: Buy a bike in Canada (they are cheaper there anyways) and find a logistics company to get a 1 year “carnet” to bring it into Italy. You’d be surprised how cheap shipping is if crated.
2: Buy the bike there and sell before coming back – it is guaranteed to be cheaper than trying to import a euro bike.
3: Look into leasing a bike over there. From what I understand this isn’t entirely uncommon, and might be just the solution he needs.
Cheers,
JPC
Anyone got anything to add to JPC’s comments? Please feel free to post it in the comments section below.
