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From: The Older Gentleman on 27 Feb 2010 04:11 turby <keensurf(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > You have at least 2 months to prepare. Stick an ale in the fridge, > hide the babes, oil and sand the roads if you must. A Yank is on his > way. > Yesterday I spent a ridiculous amount of money on a motorcycle halfway > round the world, sight unseen. It's a '08 BMW R1200GS (I know, hack, > ptooie, a BMW) stored in Heidelberg. I'll fly over around May Day to > pick it up and take a little cruise around the Continent. I figure to > hit the Isles by the time the sun comes out. (I'm practicing my > boorish behavior, just for you guys.) And don't be surprised to see a > bike on the right side of the road, OK? If you're anywhere near SW London, email me. Beers and board await. <Thinks> Anyone else remember the Spike Milligan advert for the English Tourist Board? <Scene: Spike sitting up in bed in a Wee Willie Winkie nightshirt, with his arm curled round a large plank> Spike: "Bed and board for only a few pounds....." <Scene: bedroom door opens and unseen hands hurl a full plate of bacon and eggs right into Spike's face> Spike: "With breakfast.... thrown in!" -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: doetnietcomputeren on 27 Feb 2010 04:33 On 2010-02-27 08:06:45 +0100, Timo Geusch <tnewsSPAMMENOT(a)unixconsult.co.uk> said: >> hmmm. So where can I register it on the cheap? I think I'm screwed. >> Besides needing a street address, I think any other jurisdiction will >> want to look at it first to verify the VIN. IIRC, besides the import >> duties, Germany doesn't allow much in the way of aftermarket add-ons >> for the TUV inspection. > > I think you're better off keeping the bike registered in California. The > only issue will be that if someone notices that the bike has been in > Germany for longer than a year without moving out of the country, they > might feel compelled to make you officially import it into > Germany. Otherwise it's a bit of a grey area - this was a big loophole > for people self-importing cars from the US who had a US address a while > back. Keep an address in the US, take the car to Germany, > "export/import" it via another EU country at least once a year and you > could keep your vaguely legal US reg. Does that mean "ride it to the nearest border, over the border and back" or something more substantial? -- Dnc
From: Colin Irvine on 27 Feb 2010 05:21 On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:13:46 -0800 (PST), turby squeezed out the following: >You have at least 2 months to prepare. Stick an ale in the fridge, >hide the babes, oil and sand the roads if you must. A Yank is on his >way. >Yesterday I spent a ridiculous amount of money on a motorcycle halfway >round the world, sight unseen. It's a '08 BMW R1200GS (I know, hack, >ptooie, a BMW) stored in Heidelberg. I'll fly over around May Day to >pick it up and take a little cruise around the Continent. Heidelberg itself is worth a day or two. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: doetnietcomputeren on 27 Feb 2010 05:28 On 2010-02-27 10:54:52 +0100, Timo Geusch <tnewsSPAMMENOT(a)unixconsult.co.uk> said: >>> The >>> only issue will be that if someone notices that the bike has been in >>> Germany for longer than a year without moving out of the country, they >>> might feel compelled to make you officially import it into >>> Germany. Otherwise it's a bit of a grey area - this was a big loophole >>> for people self-importing cars from the US who had a US address a while >>> back. Keep an address in the US, take the car to Germany, >>> "export/import" it via another EU country at least once a year and you >>> could keep your vaguely legal US reg. >> >> Does that mean "ride it to the nearest border, over the border and >> back" or something more substantial? > > That's what it used to mean a while back. I could see that working back in the days of proper borders, but how does one go about proving the bike left Germany these days? (assuming you're going somewhere other than the UK). -- Dnc
From: The Older Gentleman on 27 Feb 2010 05:47
doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I could see that working back in the days of proper borders, but how > does one go about proving the bike left Germany these days? Gatso photograph on a French or Dutch road? -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |