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TALIMANGI wrote:

Its probably cheaper to buy one in the Philippines. (Less headache and B.S. with customs)聽 They have all sorts of motorcycles down there, they even have a Harley-Davidson shop on Shaw Blvd and other luxury car dealerships.聽 I was thinking of shipping my motorcycles down there but I did not want to risk it.聽 My cousin is from Guam, USA and he shipped his Ducati to Manila and he never got it that was in mid 1990's. (it just disappeared....) It is probably best to get a quote from a reputable logistics company like DB Schenker or DHL.聽 Just check online to see what is out there.聽 So much B.S right now with the Philippine Customs. I will probably end up buying one down there because I am too attached to my bikes. :-) You are right, you cannot believe everything a person tells you. I know the feeling....because I want to ship my bikes down there but too scared.聽 I worked hard for these bikes....so time to buy a new Harley down there.

There are definitely some issues with customs that adds an element of unwanted headache and hassle. It might be better to sell the bike in your local country and purchase one locally here. I know Honda from time to time will entertain a deal for a 600 cc bike here in the Philippines. That size is rather big for most riders here so don't expect to see many of them on the showroom floors. You have to shop around and be willing to wait for manufacturing and delivery as they are usually assembled to order. Now again, that is with Honda. Ninja is by Kawasaki, which may be different then Honda.

maintman wrote:

Do they have any UTV dealers like Can Am or the such there ?

Official dealer, no...but you can get new Can-Am and Polaris UTV's, but they are expensive here

lookingglas2 wrote:

heard bad stories about trying to ship a bike from USA to Philippines.聽 Who as info for me.聽 just want the most important, how much does it cost, how long does it take, and how long to get here.

You can bring it, but it will be expensive, and a headache.... much better off to just buy here, if you want Kawasaki they have "big bikes", ZX-6RR up to ZX-14, in Makati on Buendia, Suzuki too has GSXR-600, etc here

maintman wrote:

I already have one here in the states so I wonder if it would be cheaper to ship it ?

the duties, taxes,etc will be high, even if you have the right contacts...just as a general bar, the same unit here, say a Polaris Razor,etc, would be about twice the retail amount it is in North America....

maintman wrote:

Iwas wanting to send or maybe buy a can am comander utv i don't know if they have a dealer there in Manila any help will be much appreciated

Yes they have them here, near the Harley Davidson shop in Greenhills area of Manila, but it will be expensive compared to western cost.

maintman wrote:

Do they let you drive them on the street the can am that is we are moving to Banga soon

CAT motors on EDSA in Greenhills has the Harley dealer, next to their Mercedes, Porsche, Lamborghini dealers, all in a row, you can't miss it...No it is not legal to drive a motorized Utv on road, but in the province/rural areas you could run around locally, but no highways. Electric driven stuff is legal to drive on road though. The Can-Am dealer is just a bit north up the street from CAT motors, Annapolis St., same side of the road, close to Greenhills shopping center.

maintman wrote:

Thanks for the reply i priced a can am there pretty spendy i found a place on the west coast that ships bikes cars etc i was just wondering what happens once it gets there paperwork and such and rough guess on taxes and such any more info will be much appreciated聽 thanks again

It would get processed by customs, which may take a bit....taxes would be according to the make, model, and engine displacement, and if you would permanently keep it here or take it back home

lookingglas2 wrote:

heard bad stories about trying to ship a bike from USA to Philippines.聽 Who as info for me.聽 just want the most important, how much does it cost, how long does it take, and how long to get here.

Before you will know the costing you need to provide the model, year, and value of your goods.
Based in my experience, just but a motorcycle here in the Philippines and don't bring your motorcycle. You need to pay huge amount in importing your motorcycle plus tax you need to pay.

@madeunique I see prices in the Philippines very cheep to purchase. 30,000 to 44,000 Paso's for Polaris RZR ranger. I was thinking on buying here in Cebu but would have to ship home to America. The problem is what is the price to ship home then.

@madeunique I see prices in the Philippines very cheep to purchase. 30,000 to 44,000 Paso's for Polaris RZR ranger. I was thinking on buying here in Cebu but would have to ship home to America. The problem is what is the price to ship home then.
-@Catmeyer

30,000 to 40,000 pesos is $509.08 to $746.65 USD.

Yeah, not gonna happen at that price. That's probably the down payment. Vehicle sellers in the Philippines love to advertise the vehicle with just the down payment as the price, because almost every Filipino finances the vehicle and that's all they care about.

Not to mention you're probably not going to get a vehicle sold new in Philippines registered in the US. Even an ATV. vehicles sold in the ASEAN region have different safety and pollution standards.

At any rate, this thread is 7 years old, and the OP is long gone.

@dhnindc no, it's actually double. So shipping the bike is a much better option.

@TALIMANGI new Harley there is double the price. A Harley that is paid for has to be way cheaper.

Welcome to the forum earthking. I never looked at the price of new Harleys here but on the OP one has to consider custom fees, duties, vat, shipping and of course the possible brown paper bag.

I considered shipping my Merc, Peugeot 508 wagon (can't buy them here) and a late model Landcruiser tray back, was going to cost me more than they were worth in Australia,,,,, sold them and moved on.

Cheers, Steve.