bringing a canadian scooter to usa

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ped wrote:Hi Pat. Any dio's in montreal? I live about 4 1/2 hour from montreal. moose country. :lol:
I may have to renew my passport :?
Pat It looks like I live 11 1/2 hours from Nova Scotia. wow! your out on the edge. :hi: whats out there? lol.
I'm almost as far east as you can get on the mainland. Montreal has tons of scooters. Quebec is scooter central. Here in Nova Scotia there will be max 60 listings for scooters on kijiji, Montreal has over 1000 right now. http://www.kijiji.ca/b-scooters-minimot ... c308l80002
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I have actually imported a Dio from Canada. You have to get a customs broker to handle the transfer/hold at the border. That will cost about $200-300.

Or, go the easy route and take it apart like I said earlier. Especially if you don't care for any paper work. *, the Dio without any bodywork looks like a metal sculpture.
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I'll drive nine hours to get a dio. what the best dio to look for? and years? is it the dio zx? or other? anyone? :hi:
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patthesoundguy wrote:
ped wrote:Hi Pat. Any dio's in montreal? I live about 4 1/2 hour from montreal. moose country. :lol:
I may have to renew my passport :?
Pat It looks like I live 11 1/2 hours from Nova Scotia. wow! your out on the edge. :hi: whats out there? lol.
I'm almost as far east as you can get on the mainland. Montreal has tons of scooters. Quebec is scooter central. Here in Nova Scotia there will be max 60 listings for scooters on kijiji, Montreal has over 1000 right now. http://www.kijiji.ca/b-scooters-minimot ... c308l80002
WOW! must be nice out there.
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plenty o cool s*** from the frenchies
http://www.quebecscoot.com/

mostly yamaha and piaggio group though
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also you might be able to find a pgo pmx 110 possibly.. that's the version of the aerox that may or may not be around.... i would like to get one for myself :-)
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How'd you make out? Find anything cool?
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Pgo rattler 110 is what we have in the us, I run the 112cc cylinder from one on my jog90 clone engine. They're not quick but they can maintain 65 no problem. The pgo rattler is a fun little scoot but never owned one, just rode friends.
The gmc xl line is huge, not too friendly with the gas mileage. I like the 3rd row seating in them.
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How was Canada, eh?
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no dio's. :sad: well at lease you had fun :smile:
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ped wrote:I'll drive nine hours to get a dio. what the best dio to look for? and years? is it the dio zx? or other? anyone? :hi:
Sk50 is the af18e Canadian dio from Honda. I missed out on one once for $100. I was sad.
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