Bike finally registered tomorrow.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,397
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From: Australia
Bike finally registered tomorrow.
My bike is finally getting local registration tomorrow after a long process.
I bought a 2008 softail deluxe from a place in massachusetts in early October 2011. It might not seem much of a story, but i live in Australia. So it has been quite an experience from A - B. (15 weeks and over 10,000 miles)
So the process to date:
- Payment, international money transfer sorted
- arrange transport from massachusetts to LA
- utilise a Australian based importation company to sort all inspections etc
- 4 weeks at sea
- more customs, inspections, quarantine and fees
- transport to local compliance company located in the same state as the arrival port
- organise compliance and yet again more fees
- arrange transport delivery to me
- local road worthy (pink slip) done, more money
- and finally registration tomorrow. (more fees)
All made easy by the great businesses i used along the way.
And then i'm good to go.
I bought a 2008 softail deluxe from a place in massachusetts in early October 2011. It might not seem much of a story, but i live in Australia. So it has been quite an experience from A - B. (15 weeks and over 10,000 miles)
So the process to date:
- Payment, international money transfer sorted
- arrange transport from massachusetts to LA
- utilise a Australian based importation company to sort all inspections etc
- 4 weeks at sea
- more customs, inspections, quarantine and fees
- transport to local compliance company located in the same state as the arrival port
- organise compliance and yet again more fees
- arrange transport delivery to me
- local road worthy (pink slip) done, more money
- and finally registration tomorrow. (more fees)
All made easy by the great businesses i used along the way.
And then i'm good to go.
Last edited by S.D.M.F; Jan 26, 2012 at 04:54 AM.
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,493
Likes: 94
From: Belgium
Hey man, congrats on getting that bureaucratic red tape sorted! Had to go through that when I moved from the US to Europe ... what a hassle!
Hope they didn't make you replace too many parts or charged you through the nose on taxes and miscellaneous fees
Enjoy the bike! Guess I know what you are doing this weekend...
Hope they didn't make you replace too many parts or charged you through the nose on taxes and miscellaneous fees
Enjoy the bike! Guess I know what you are doing this weekend...
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,493
Likes: 94
From: Belgium
A 2012 Softail Deluxe MSRP is AU$28,995 ... or around US$ 31,000 at todays rate
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,120
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My bike is finally getting local registration tomorrow after a long process.
I bought a 2008 softail deluxe from a place in massachusetts in early October 2011. It might not seem much of a story, but i live in Australia. So it has been quite an experience from A - B. (15 weeks and over 10,000 miles)
So the process to date:
- Payment, international money transfer sorted
- arrange transport from massachusetts to LA
- utilise a Australian based importation company to sort all inspections etc
- 4 weeks at sea
- more customs, inspections, quarantine and fees
- transport to local compliance company located in the same state as the arrival port
- organise compliance and yet again more fees
- arrange transport delivery to me
- local road worthy (pink slip) done, more money
- and finally registration tomorrow. (more fees)
All made easy by the great businesses i used along the way.
And then i'm good to go.
I bought a 2008 softail deluxe from a place in massachusetts in early October 2011. It might not seem much of a story, but i live in Australia. So it has been quite an experience from A - B. (15 weeks and over 10,000 miles)
So the process to date:
- Payment, international money transfer sorted
- arrange transport from massachusetts to LA
- utilise a Australian based importation company to sort all inspections etc
- 4 weeks at sea
- more customs, inspections, quarantine and fees
- transport to local compliance company located in the same state as the arrival port
- organise compliance and yet again more fees
- arrange transport delivery to me
- local road worthy (pink slip) done, more money
- and finally registration tomorrow. (more fees)
All made easy by the great businesses i used along the way.
And then i'm good to go.
Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 1,805
Likes: 47
From: Lake Tahoe California
Congratulations! Hope the bike works properly on the wrong side of the road! 
After all, it was made for a country where we drive on the Right. Have fun, and ride safe, mate!
After all, it was made for a country where we drive on the Right. Have fun, and ride safe, mate!
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Road Warrior
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My bike is finally getting local registration tomorrow after a long process.
I bought a 2008 softail deluxe from a place in massachusetts in early October 2011. It might not seem much of a story, but i live in Australia. So it has been quite an experience from A - B. (15 weeks and over 10,000 miles)
So the process to date:
- Payment, international money transfer sorted
- arrange transport from massachusetts to LA
- utilise a Australian based importation company to sort all inspections etc
- 4 weeks at sea
- more customs, inspections, quarantine and fees
- transport to local compliance company located in the same state as the arrival port
- organise compliance and yet again more fees
- arrange transport delivery to me
- local road worthy (pink slip) done, more money
- and finally registration tomorrow. (more fees)
All made easy by the great businesses i used along the way.
And then i'm good to go.
I bought a 2008 softail deluxe from a place in massachusetts in early October 2011. It might not seem much of a story, but i live in Australia. So it has been quite an experience from A - B. (15 weeks and over 10,000 miles)
So the process to date:
- Payment, international money transfer sorted
- arrange transport from massachusetts to LA
- utilise a Australian based importation company to sort all inspections etc
- 4 weeks at sea
- more customs, inspections, quarantine and fees
- transport to local compliance company located in the same state as the arrival port
- organise compliance and yet again more fees
- arrange transport delivery to me
- local road worthy (pink slip) done, more money
- and finally registration tomorrow. (more fees)
All made easy by the great businesses i used along the way.
And then i'm good to go.
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