Hi everyone,

Just wondering about street legality for the VFR400 in the following provinces/states. I have searched high and low on the internet, and am having difficulty finding firm answers. Hoping some of you may have specific experience with the VFR400 in the following areas:

Ontario
New York State
Illinois
California
Michigan

Thanks y'all!

 

User bigpete used to have one (or two?) back in the day, he is located in California. Let's wait for him to chime in.

 

yea big pete can help you for california, id recommend talking to your state dmv for all the states. some states can be real fishy with importing bikes. and for ontario, i believe you can import any bike and makes it street legal very easy.

 

Illinois is apparently very easy to import vehicles into. I haven't done it yet, but at the DMV they made it sound ridiculously easy.

 

what?!? i demand an explanation!!

 

The way it was explained to me, if it's coming from Canada, you're in, guaranteed. I'm not sure what paperwork is needed exactly though (title? bill of sale?). I'm also not sure how that applies to importing from countries other than Canada, but I think that might be more difficult (no seaside ports in IL, for example).

 

I'm here! (thats my old NC30 in my avatar)

From my memory..

The NC30 is legal to import into the US per the NHTSA (as long as all the proper export paperwork is in hand) but getting it street legal is a whole other thing. Pretty much it's near impossible to get any grey-market bikes plated now in CA. There were loopholes back in the day and people were able to get them registered as a VFR400 (mine was plated as a '82 Honda). The loopholes are closed and the CHP will quickly flag the bike since it only has a 13 digit VIN. The only other way I can think of plating a grey-market bike is to do it as a special construction.

Your best bet is to buy one that's already plated. It saves you the hassle of titling the bike (if you fail, you have a track only bike). NC30/35's pop up occasionally and expect to pay anywhere from $4000-7000. The avg rate for a NC30 is $5-5.5k, and more for a NC35.

 

im on the hunt everyday for a clean titled rc30 but dont have much luck. well atleast in a decent price range, lol.

 

What's "decent"? Less than $20K? lol

 

something tells me he's got his chassis codes confused. lol.

 

I know a local guy that has a super clean NC30 registered in NY will not sell it tho I asked him few times now real sick pipe setup on it too :OP

 

They're easy to register in Ontario. I had no problems getting insurance on it either.