I perused the Internet for an extensive period regarding buying a bike in the U. S. and bringing it to Canada.
I emailed the general info contact on a Transport Canada website and I got a response saying that the motorcycle must have the speedometer in km/hr. The odometer can be whatever but the speedometer must show km per hour. It can show both km and miles, as long as the kms are there.
That being said, I also found a lot of contradictory information. Your best bet is just to contact Transport Canada directly and find out what the deal is as of right now.
I was assured by my local Yamaha dealer that warranty would not be honored in Canada. I have not confirmed this with any other dealer, but that seems to be the general consensus on the Internet. Apparently (so I read), Yamaha Canada and Yamaha U. S. are basically two different companies. They don't even have the serial numbers of the bikes from the other countries in their respective databases.
My Honda dealer also told me that if I ride my Canadian ST1300 into the U. S., my warranty would not be valid. He said to get the part number and any additional pertinent information and he would do what he could from this end when I got back.
I dunno. Depends on who you ask, I think. I have made the decision to buy Canadian. If I had the time and resources to go into the U. S. and do this, maybe I would. But I don't. That's just my decision. For those of you who buy from the U. S., I wish you luck and hope it works out for you. It may not be that big of a deal. If one of you guys chooses to do this, please document it from start to finish. If it is prudent to do this, then next time around maybe we can blitz them. RR