WOW, it took a while to find this

MikeSP1 · 10-12-2008, 12:37 AM

So as some of you may know, I've been out of the country for a little while now. Talk about being busy.

Living over here is expensive. For example, 4 litres of oil cost me almost $80. Everthing has a price and everyone needs to get their hands in the cookie jar. I just got done transferring the title on a truck. That whole process cost almost as much as the truck did. I've got a house and my Honda showed up last Thursday. Now I've just gotta figure out how to get the bike registered and legal in this country and all will be good, but I have a feeling that this process is gonna be expensive and time comsuming. Once I figure it all out, I'll try to post up so that anyone else bringing a bike into Japan will at least have a clue.

Captain Morgan · 10-12-2008, 01:02 AM

Are you stationed over there? If so, how long is your tour? Hope the process is worth the expense.

MikeSP1 · 10-12-2008, 02:03 AM

Yeah, I'm stationed over here, gonna be here for the next three years. The truck was cheap; title transfer, 12 months insurance, and parking permit parking permit (so that I can park it in my garage) were almost as much as I paid for the truck. And there is no way that I'm gonna be stationed here for three years and not do my best to ride, the bike's already here, all I need to do is paperwork.

jeeps84 · 10-12-2008, 01:16 PM

Might be cheaper to buy a bike there and register it.

MikeSP1 · 10-12-2008, 08:42 PM

Mines already here and the cost to register it will be less than the price of a new bike. It's just the paperwork thats gonna take a while.

PhiSig1071 · 10-12-2008, 08:51 PM

Good Luck! Do you like sushi? I LOVE it, and I'm dying to have some in Japan.

DLIT · 10-14-2008, 06:46 AM

What's the COLA over there? That's gotta help with some of your expenses.

MikeSP1 · 10-14-2008, 09:36 PM

COLA's like six and some change and it does help, but it's still a pain having to run all over the place. Or finding out that some places only take cash, and you don't have quite enough in your wallet, so you have to hit the atm for the third time that day, grrrr.

And yes, ramen is good.

10-12-2008, 12:37 AM	#1
MikeSP1 Perpetual trouble Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: at the base of the Alps Moto: VTX 1300C, RC51, CBR600RR, CBR929RR Posts: 715	WOW, it took a while to find this So as some of you may know, I've been out of the country for a little while now. Talk about being busy. Living over here is expensive. For example, 4 litres of oil cost me almost $80. Everthing has a price and everyone needs to get their hands in the cookie jar. I just got done transferring the title on a truck. That whole process cost almost as much as the truck did. I've got a house and my Honda showed up last Thursday. Now I've just gotta figure out how to get the bike registered and legal in this country and all will be good, but I have a feeling that this process is gonna be expensive and time comsuming. Once I figure it all out, I'll try to post up so that anyone else bringing a bike into Japan will at least have a clue. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!"

10-12-2008, 02:03 AM	#3
MikeSP1 Perpetual trouble Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: at the base of the Alps Moto: VTX 1300C, RC51, CBR600RR, CBR929RR Posts: 715	Yeah, I'm stationed over here, gonna be here for the next three years. The truck was cheap; title transfer, 12 months insurance, and parking permit parking permit (so that I can park it in my garage) were almost as much as I paid for the truck. And there is no way that I'm gonna be stationed here for three years and not do my best to ride, the bike's already here, all I need to do is paperwork. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!"

10-12-2008, 01:16 PM	#4
jeeps84 No longer MIA Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western NC (The Great Smoky Mountains) Moto: 1987 GSXR 50, 1996 Ducati M900, 07 GSXR 750, 07 Harley Davidson Night Train Posts: 984	Might be cheaper to buy a bike there and register it. __________________ Lets ride!

10-12-2008, 08:42 PM	#5
MikeSP1 Perpetual trouble Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: at the base of the Alps Moto: VTX 1300C, RC51, CBR600RR, CBR929RR Posts: 715	Mines already here and the cost to register it will be less than the price of a new bike. It's just the paperwork thats gonna take a while. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!"

10-12-2008, 08:51 PM	#6
PhiSig1071 Let go of my ears. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC Posts: 1,394	Good Luck! Do you like sushi? I LOVE it, and I'm dying to have some in Japan. __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda necessitatem

10-12-2008, 01:02 AM	#2
Captain Morgan Let's do another U-turn Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Moto: 2009 V-Strom Posts: 3,816	Are you stationed over there? If so, how long is your tour? Hope the process is worth the expense.

10-14-2008, 06:46 AM	#7
DLIT Clit Commander Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Moto: 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S Posts: 4,189	What's the COLA over there? That's gotta help with some of your expenses. __________________ Dress for the crash. Not the ride.

10-14-2008, 09:36 PM	#8
MikeSP1 Perpetual trouble Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: at the base of the Alps Moto: VTX 1300C, RC51, CBR600RR, CBR929RR Posts: 715	COLA's like six and some change and it does help, but it's still a pain having to run all over the place. Or finding out that some places only take cash, and you don't have quite enough in your wallet, so you have to hit the atm for the third time that day, grrrr. And yes, ramen is good. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!"