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Could you guys give me a bit of advice???

Allen,

if it's still completely standard, why don't you buy a uk spec headlight and get the thing registered here (if you have the certificate of conformity then it's very simple to register the bike, however I don't know how the payment of taxes (i.e: VAT) works - I believe whoever wants to register it will need to pay that?!). The alternate is to sell it as a trackbike with no V5 (uk registration cert) or try and sell it withing europe where you will most likely make a fair bit more on it and it needs no headlight change. If I had the money I'd take it but alas with no job there is no disposable income :(

hope this helps :thumbup

cheers
Deacs :thumbup
 
Hmm

I appreciate the advice on how to go about registering for the UK. The problem for me is that I live in Norway and it would be beyond my capability to register in the UK.
I am attempting to sell the bike in the Uk due to the shipping distance from Norway and the fact that it seems easier for a buyer to register this bike in the UK than other Northern European countries.
In Norway it is impossible. The government in Norway has no provision for EU testing, inspection, etc.
 
where abouts in the uk is the bike. The trouble is even at £4000 it's still not really worth the hassle with the taxes, registration, paperwork ect. I've registerted a few bikes over the years (mainly off road bikes) and it's nothing but a pain in the backside
 
The bike is in Southwestern Norway right now. I sold a Cobra I have here to a a guy that owns Global Plant Inc. in Oxford though. The car will be leaving for UK in about a week so I have been debating sending the bike with it and let it sit at his shop.
It doesn't look like anybody wants to mess with the bike in the UK ither though so I wonder if I should send it. I was hoping it would be easy to register in the UK but sounds like its quite a mess of regulation there also.
Norway is a complete nightmare. I brought 2 Jeep CJ's, a 65 Cobra replica, and 2 bikes from the US and I was unable to get plates for any of them. The Jeeps had too big of tires and too many mods, the Cobra too much performance stuff, the bikes no COC documentation, etc etc. Absolute Nightmare. I think they must wear their panties a little too tight here.

And Rat to answer your question I bought the Aprilia new and never titled or registered it on US plates. It still has the manufacturers certificate of origin directly from Aprilia. Its never been plated anywhere.
 
Not having been titled anywhere may make life a little harder depending on how the department of transport feel that day (or rather who's dealing with it!) but having the cert of origin and manufacture will make life easier. Prob still easier to get registered in UK than anywhere else at the mo
 
as i think has all ready been said by the time the buyer pays
VAT=20%
Import Duty=6%
the fee for the MSVA inspection £85
the fee for registration £55 (i think)

this takes the cost of the bike to over £5k i just had a quick look on Biketrader and UK dealers have 08 and 09 marked up around the £5400 mark so why would anyone want the grief.

then you have to look at the fact its a US model.
does it have emission controls fitted which are different to UK spec bikes? quite often US spec bikes have parts fitted that are different and not available in the UK

If you are intent on selling it in the UK then i suggest you are going to have to either make it an absolute bargain or find someone to import it for you and get it registered.

why can't you register it in Norway?
 

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