Frame stickers
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You could try contacting HD. When we bought the Sportster on Canada (it's like a whole other planet), the bike was identical to the US model, except for the speedo and that one DoT frame sticker. We needed that to get back across the border. HD sent us a speedo and frame sticker. The sticker looked to have had the data typed on a blank sticker. The speedo looked to have been taken off a new bike with one lap around the test track on it.
Far as I know, you don't really need the sticker for anything once you are already in the US. Is this just for "it's original, see?" purposes?
Far as I know, you don't really need the sticker for anything once you are already in the US. Is this just for "it's original, see?" purposes?
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I was told I needed a new Australian compliance sticker to be able to transfer my rego interstate here in Australia (it turns out I didn't need one...).
I got one anyway to save hassles later. I just rang Harley Australia and they said I had to order one through my local dealership - which I did. It required bringing in proof of previous registration & history, filling out a statutory declaration and handing over about $50.
It was fairly hassle free except for the time it took to arrive. I was told up to 2 weeks but it took just over a month. I also had to get the dealer to put it on the bike.
Not sure how this applies to the US but it shows that Harley recognises that the stickers can and do fall off.
I got one anyway to save hassles later. I just rang Harley Australia and they said I had to order one through my local dealership - which I did. It required bringing in proof of previous registration & history, filling out a statutory declaration and handing over about $50.
It was fairly hassle free except for the time it took to arrive. I was told up to 2 weeks but it took just over a month. I also had to get the dealer to put it on the bike.
Not sure how this applies to the US but it shows that Harley recognises that the stickers can and do fall off.
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I was told I needed a new Australian compliance sticker to be able to transfer my rego interstate here in Australia (it turns out I didn't need one...).
I got one anyway to save hassles later. I just rang Harley Australia and they said I had to order one through my local dealership - which I did. It required bringing in proof of previous registration & history, filling out a statutory declaration and handing over about $50.
It was fairly hassle free except for the time it took to arrive. I was told up to 2 weeks but it took just over a month. I also had to get the dealer to put it on the bike.
Not sure how this applies to the US but it shows that Harley recognises that the stickers can and do fall off.
I got one anyway to save hassles later. I just rang Harley Australia and they said I had to order one through my local dealership - which I did. It required bringing in proof of previous registration & history, filling out a statutory declaration and handing over about $50.
It was fairly hassle free except for the time it took to arrive. I was told up to 2 weeks but it took just over a month. I also had to get the dealer to put it on the bike.
Not sure how this applies to the US but it shows that Harley recognises that the stickers can and do fall off.
Your experience also shows that the MoCo takes official stickers like a VIN one seriously. It would otherwise obviously be easy to cheat and disguise a wrongun as legit.
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The VIN is stamped on the frame. That is the only official VIN of the bike. Stickers, etc., don't count.
We had to have the sticker to get across the border because US customs refused to let us over otherwise. It wasn't the VIN, it was the "meets regulations" part.
We had to have the sticker to get across the border because US customs refused to let us over otherwise. It wasn't the VIN, it was the "meets regulations" part.
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No doubt because you weren't just crossing the border on your personal motorcycle, but actually "importing" a motorcycle from Canada, right?
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Yes, because we bought the bike on Canada and were technically re-importing it to the US, I suppose. We rode up on my bike, went into the Lethbridge, AB dealer for some spare spark plugs, not that I needed them, just to have some spares, and the bike we were looking for was there. Being a Rich American Seaman at the time, I bought it. Rode it home to Texas by way of L.A. Put >6K miles on it before we got it home.