I took the bike to the FHP DMV office in Cocoa today for the VIN inspection.
I wasn't able to be assisted because I didn't have the original registration certificate from SA in my possession. The original seems to have been lost by the shipping company.
So I have a couple of options;
1. Email the shipping company in SA and try and see if they can find it and mail it to me.
2.Get someone in SA to get me a new one...ja right.
3. Have a judge here make a court ruling that the copy I have is acceptable.
Shit... going to be a mission.
But the lady at the FHP DMV office was very helpful. She took the copy I had and will follow up with a "contact" to run the details via the SA system to confirm that the bike isn't stolen etc. So I am fine with that, I know everything that side is ok.
Yuri will mail me the original documents from Customs and border protection to show that the bike has legally entered the country.
It's just the original registration certificate... if anyone has a back-door route to the SA licensing dept and can arrange one for me without me being there in person, please let me know

I'd be most grateful

So after I got home I got up on the roof of my workshop and sealed up the areas that seem the most likely to be allowing the rain to get in. Hopefully I got it, the leaky roof is gonna destroy the roof beams and everything under them too.