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Motorcycle informationThis forum post has messages dated from 09/21/10 through 09/22/10, please be sure to read all the messages. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it.
| Motorcycle information Hello, I'm looking for some current information about motorcycling in Uruguay. Availability of bikes, gear, insurance etc. Thank you |
| "Motos in Uru"
I have a Baotian 125cc, that I use to go nearly everywhere in good weather. On wet days, it seems to me far too dangerous to ride, not to mention the soaking you get when every car nearby goes through deep puddles. The problem w/ charocs (pubbles) isn´t just that theyr´re unpleasant; on unfamiliar routes they can hide some really hideous potholes. The bike cost U$D895, new.the license cost $635 (pesos.) Mandatory liability insurance cost $763 for a year. Theft insurance is basically taking care of where you park and having adequate locks, etc. You can spend a lot more than I did and get the same bike under a different label, or you can spend a whole lot more and get soemthing Japanese or European. Drivers are relatively considerate of motos they can see. Use lights day and night. Some very old-fashioned traffic laws help too: i.e, .no left turn except from marked lanes, no right on red. Other laws are nearly totally ignored, e.g., the provision that gives a moto the right to be the sole occcupant (laterally)of whatever lane it is in .Want more? Just ask specific questions. Come on down! Expert Page: Enjoy life a bit at Feligreta |
Comment #209/22/10 07:09Rural east Colonia departmento | "Biking"
Broadly speaking, Chinese bikes up to 200cc are reasonably priced. Japanese bikes and big bikes are eye-wateringly expensive. As a rough example a Chinese 125cc costs about 1000 U$S. A Chinese-built Japanese 125cc bike costs about 2000+ U$S and a real Japanese bike of similar size about 4500 U$S. My neighbour recently bought an elderly (20+ year old) Honda CX 500 (remember those?) and was happy to have paid 8000 U$S for it. Before you suffer a heart attack, I reckon that the prices quoted for licence and insurance above are in $ (pesos) rather than in U$S (US dollars) :-) Licensing regulations vary from departmento to departmento. As a general rule there are two sorts of bike licences... 200cc or less and 201cc upwards. The licence for bigger bikes requires a more detailed medical exam in most departmentos. If you hold a foreign licence it will usually be acceptable if you have been in the ROU for 6 months or less. A trip to another country and a re-entry to the ROU will "refresh" it. Most of the 19 different departmentos will accept a foreign licence as qualification for issuing you with one or more ROU licences (each category of vehicle needs a different licence) but as said previously, each departmento seems to work on different rules. Here in Colonia foreign licences are accepted but you have to undergo a simple medical test (which involves a doctor asking you if you are well and you reading some letters from a sight-test board) as well as a written tick-box test on the local rules of the road. I'm told that MVD requires a fiercer medical but no written test. The Colonia rules of the road booklet has a page of road signs which bear little resemblance to the actual road signs you see by the roads. My favourite was a sign indicating that snow tyres must be worn... even though it never snows in Colonia :-) Colonia also requires a letter from the police saying that you live here. This is obtained by presenting yourself at the police station with a cake for the officers and asking nicely :-) Best of luck. |
| "Moto price clarification"
Yep, Patrick, exactly right. All prices, except the one marked U$D are in pesos. Just renewed the SOA (mandatory vehicle insurance) this morning for $763 (yes, pesos) for a year. It was kind of shock to realize it had expired on 9/9, for which reminder I thank the OP. Made me look in the document wallet. When I noted ti had lapsed I entered last night into the BSE website, filled out the form, left a message and - unbelievably - the factura (invoice) was in my inbox this a.m.. I just printed the factura, went to Abitab, paid. All legal for another year. Expert Page: Enjoy life a bit at Feligreta |
Comment #409/22/10 19:50Rural east Colonia departmento | "Insurance"
Well done for remembering :-)I always keep a close eye on the junta local in January to see when its possible to pay the annual patente as prompt payment results in a discount. My Nissan pick-up truck insurance is due in November. For some reason Mapfre quoted me only 60% of the premium which BSE wanted. Perhaps its because I insure my house with Mapfre as well. |
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