25-02-13, 03:03 PM
I part-ex'd a Street Triple for my Fazer, and the shop sold it to a French lad who came over and took it away.
In the Netherlands vat on any new cars/bikes/luxury items is 25%, so 2nd hand bikes keep their value, and the Dutch come over here to buy 2nd hand. Whilst the £ is at a poor exchange rate it will continue as bikes here seem as cheap as chips.
Around 1995/6 the UK shops were parallel importing from Europe when our exchange rate was so high.
In the Netherlands vat on any new cars/bikes/luxury items is 25%, so 2nd hand bikes keep their value, and the Dutch come over here to buy 2nd hand. Whilst the £ is at a poor exchange rate it will continue as bikes here seem as cheap as chips.
Around 1995/6 the UK shops were parallel importing from Europe when our exchange rate was so high.