BurghGuy
Master your ego, and you own your destiny.
Just a quick (not really) question for those who have been to Japan/OCONUS before. My motorcycle finally showed up, about a 1.5 months late (and no customs form to boot) and now I'm trying to get it registered. There's some good gouge online (yes I did a search, so skip showing me the first 1000 google answers) for bikes over 250cc. Mines under, so I thankfully don't have to go through the hassle of an emissions and brake test in Tokyo.
Basic idea is: Get it registered on base, get it insured, get it registered out in town...
Checked with TMO, they said I can't get it registered out in town until it's been registered on base, call PMO. PMO said I can't register it on base until I have secondary insurance, call insurance company. The insurance company won't let me get secondary insurance until it's registered out in town, call TMO. Catch-22.
Other issues no one seems to know squat about is the fact that this showed up without a customs form. TMO is scratching their head and doesn't seem to have a clue about it, although I know it's a requirement to have it registered. (supposedly a Form 380E will solve my problems, but I've never seen it yet.)
Also, it took so freakin long to get here that now my stateside registration is about to expire... which might not mean anything, but soon I'll have an unregistered, uninsured motorcycle, that never passed customs in a foreign country... I see lots of red tape in my future.
Basic idea is: Get it registered on base, get it insured, get it registered out in town...
Checked with TMO, they said I can't get it registered out in town until it's been registered on base, call PMO. PMO said I can't register it on base until I have secondary insurance, call insurance company. The insurance company won't let me get secondary insurance until it's registered out in town, call TMO. Catch-22.
Other issues no one seems to know squat about is the fact that this showed up without a customs form. TMO is scratching their head and doesn't seem to have a clue about it, although I know it's a requirement to have it registered. (supposedly a Form 380E will solve my problems, but I've never seen it yet.)
Also, it took so freakin long to get here that now my stateside registration is about to expire... which might not mean anything, but soon I'll have an unregistered, uninsured motorcycle, that never passed customs in a foreign country... I see lots of red tape in my future.