04-24-2018, 08:21 AM
If it were me, I'd start with these web sites and see where that took me:
https://www.nhtsa.gov/importing-vehicle/...ion-faqs-0
https://www.nhtsa.gov/importing-vehicle/...ion-faqs-7
https://www.nhtsa.gov/importing-vehicle
From this page https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/mid/manufactu...tails/1154 it appears the CB1300 has not been registered for importation to the US.
In Australia, from this year, and much to the annoyance of dealers, it will be legal for a person to import a new vehicle from a country that has similar vehicle standards to Australia. I know Japan is on the list, and I suspect that, for motorcycles which aren't affected by the position of the steering wheel, the range of countries may be larger.
But I've no idea how difficult it is to persuade regulatory authorities in the US that a vehicle complies with relevant standards. It looks from a brief scan of one of the pages above that NHTSA may leave it to manufacturers to certify that vehicles comply. So, if you could get Honda to certify that the CB1300 meets all regulatory requirements in the USA, it may not be too hard to import one. But I don't really know. However there's a lot of people in the US and lots of them love automobiles, so there must be people out there who know lots about importing models that aren't usually sold.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/importing-vehicle/...ion-faqs-0
https://www.nhtsa.gov/importing-vehicle/...ion-faqs-7
https://www.nhtsa.gov/importing-vehicle
From this page https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/mid/manufactu...tails/1154 it appears the CB1300 has not been registered for importation to the US.
In Australia, from this year, and much to the annoyance of dealers, it will be legal for a person to import a new vehicle from a country that has similar vehicle standards to Australia. I know Japan is on the list, and I suspect that, for motorcycles which aren't affected by the position of the steering wheel, the range of countries may be larger.
But I've no idea how difficult it is to persuade regulatory authorities in the US that a vehicle complies with relevant standards. It looks from a brief scan of one of the pages above that NHTSA may leave it to manufacturers to certify that vehicles comply. So, if you could get Honda to certify that the CB1300 meets all regulatory requirements in the USA, it may not be too hard to import one. But I don't really know. However there's a lot of people in the US and lots of them love automobiles, so there must be people out there who know lots about importing models that aren't usually sold.