Does anyone know where and and how much and what I have to do to send a scooter back to Canada?
might want to check out the prices there - you may be better off buying one back home, as they are getting more and more available.
Prices are quite a bit higher on them back there, right now, than they are here (my brother in Victoria bought a scooter recently). The cost difference likely wouldn’t justify shipping a single scooter back, but if you were already getting container space to ship back other stuff…
Not sure what the procedure would be to register and import etc. However, do consider that for a 125 scooter in Canada you’d need the same class of license as you’d need for a big bike. That along with factors like the short riding season and greater distances between things makes scooter ownership considerably less practical than here.
Scooters sold here aren’t built for Canadian weather. Though you might buy a supposedly identical model over there, it would likely have different, more suitable and probably better-quality components than one bought here.
It’s been my experience that the weather here (humidity etc) is much harder on mechanical things than back home. The worst thing about Canada (in some places, anyway) is the winter. I doubt people will be doing to much riding during such times, though.
I’m a bit skeptical about this assumption that there are two quality levels in play here for scooters. These are cheap, siimple machines as it is. I can’t see it being all that economically advantagious to deliberately downgrade a design on something like this. There might be some cheaper local only models not exported but, of the scooters I recognized from here that I saw on my recent trip to Vancouver, I saw no difference at all. Of course, you can also get more expensive higher quality brands of scooters over there (brands and models I’ve never seen here), if you wish. For me, the quality of locally produced scooters (Yamahas in my personal experience) has been quite adequate. I’ve had the one I bought new for two years now without issue. I had a much older one before that. My friend is riding on the same Yamaha he bought 7 years ago. For the price you pay for them, the scooters here hold up well enough.
[quote=“Toasty”]For the price you pay for them, the scooters here hold up well enough.[/quote]I agree with you. Nothing I said contradicted that. My 12-year-old Dio 50 is still going strong.
In Canada, no matter whether you ride your scooter in the cold weather or not, it will still be exposed to sub-zero temperatures. Scooters bought in Canada use different grades of plastic for their components. There are also other differences due to motor vehicle regulations.
For more information see Plasmatron’s post here:
forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopi … 723#267723
Ok so basically that didn’t answer my question. Ha …I am thinking about shipping it back because I can’t sell my Kymcoo Jockey G3 2003 that I bought here and I am not going to sell it for peanuts. And I have done my research on scooters. I am also a mechanic. And actually Taiwan has tougher pollutions laws on bikes and bikes that are imported from Japan .( like the honda spree ) are built the same. Scooters built here can withstand Canada winters. But the fact is I am living in Vancouver and who the hell is going to drive a scooter in the snow in minus 30 weather anyways ??? A scooter is going to be stored durring the winter. Can’t I get a stright answer around here? l My original question. Does anyone know how much it costs to ship and how to do it >???
I did try to answer your question, dj006:
[quote]The cost difference likely wouldn’t justify shipping a single scooter back, but if you were already getting container space to ship back other stuff…
Not sure what the procedure would be to register and import etc. However, do consider that for a 125 scooter in Canada you’d need the same class of license as you’d need for a big bike.[/quote]
I asked someone I know on these boards what it would cost for a 20 ft container for my stuff I’ve accumulated here in the event I wanted to return home. He said from his country it was ballpark 1k USD. I think to Van it would be somewhere similar. I imagine it would be somewhat less for smaller amounts.
I agree with your other point re: scooter durability in Vancouver. The weather there seldom goes below zero. Even then, your ride would be properly winterized and stored as basically nobody rides in the winter. I think the local climate is much harder on mechanical things than the one we come from.
I know there are several freight forwarders on these boards. Perhaps some could give you a more complete answer. I’m interested as well. When I go back, I may be taking the scoots as well.
You cannot ship your scooter to Canada. If you could, you could expect to pay around NTD 60,000 minimum which would buy a new scooter. That’s for the scooter only, not for a 20-foot container, not for inspections charges, not for tax and duty. If you are going to Vancouver, a full container will run in the ballpark of NTD 250,000. This is the point when I reassessed the value of what I wanted to ship. A lot of people talk about it, but when reality set in I decided the costs and the trouble were not worth it.
My buddy shipped his 600cc bike back to the states for $120,000NT. It would definitely cost 2-3 times the valued price of your scooter to ship it home. Not including all the red tape you would have to go through here to get it ready for shipping, and then the hassle of getting it plated back home. Not worth it. The going price for a 03’ G3 is $35-38,000NT (tw.search.bid.yahoo.com/search/a … 2092081444), you should be able to get $30,000NT if it is in decent condition no problem. Better to just sell it at a loss than to get yourself into a whole world of hassles and hidden costs.
Where is ‘his’ country? Unless it’s around the corner (and even then …) USD 1k sounds way too cheap for a 20ft container.
I used to import cars into Canada on a regular basis.
To answer your question, NO, You CANNOT ship a TAIWANESE MARKET motor vehicle into Canada, ULESS it is 15 years old or more.
The gov’t body in canada that handles importation of motor vehicles is: www.riv.ca
Notice that first, Kymco is not on their approved list of importable vehicles.
Second, they only allow vechicles to come in from the US, unless its 15 years or older.
So, You can take my word for it (having imported 50+ vehicles from US to canada before), or goto www.riv.ca and find out yourself.
That’s completely bull … a 20ft container would run like max. 2,000 US$ I think even closer to 1,500 US$ and LCL (less then container load) is sold per cubic foot, for 60KNT$ you could ship by air … but as been said regulations probably prohibit import of a scooter. Similar goes for Belgium, you need an attest from the manufacturer that states most of the techinical details, engine and frame number and than you probably have to get it approved streetworthy.
If you have the international movers come in and they pack and take care of the paperwork and transport it, it could be around 200K NT$ probably. But that’s not what you should do, you could all handle yourself and hire a customs agent, forwarder.
I was speaking of using an international moving company. I don’t know how to go about doing it myself. If you can suggest an agent and forwarder, that would be great. I have way less than a full container, but even now I think I would need some professional help. Making it magically go from the house to the container would be a neat trick.
Yep the 15 years or older thing is true. I’ve talked to RIV in person. The only reason it can’t be issued is usually because the serial number doesn’t use the our format. We have codes for the placing of certain digits in the serial number that tells the gov where, when and who made it.
I remember the last time I checked container prices it was 1600US. I could be off though. It’s been over two years since I asked.
What you need is a friend that also wants to send stuff home 
. I was thinking of sending my van and my hotrod scooter back somday.
When do you want to do it?