Advice please - Importing bike from Germany

[Sancheto]

Hi,

I am looking for advice/information/cost etc, on how to import a bike (not new) from Germany and then registering it in the UK.

Mods - the bike is not a BMW/GS but a possible little project. Just thought that this section gets the most traffic so most views. Please feel free to move to appropriate place if required.

Please PM with tel No. and i will call you back.

Thanks for you help in advance.

Cheers,

Tony.

 

[ihandyman247]

It is not a difficult task if you have the time but why bother with all that and don't get one from here problem free

 

[ihandyman247]

I think that step one you have to bring the bike over here.
Step 2 is to contact DVLA
Step 3 is to go to BMW to give you a acurate evaluation
Sep 4 contact the costom and pay the import tax and that's all really !

 

[AberdeenAngus]

Import tax on a second hand vehicle within Europe..........you sure?


Here you go. Everything you need.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motorin...icle/ImportingAndExportingAVehicle/DG_4022583

I've done it - it was easy.
I brought a car in from the Middle east. Had a scary moment when the guy told me all the lights & glass etc would have to be replaced if they weren't CE marked.
Turned out ok. You'll have no problems with it coming from Germany.

 

[Gecko]

When you buy a vehicle in Germany from a private vendor you should get a contract of sale. There is a template of one available from the German equivalent of the AA (ADAC)
I've got the German original and English version but they are too big to upload here. PM me with and email address and I can send them to you. Any decent German seller will expect you to complete these.

 

[ihandyman247]

I think that if he claims back then vat in germany that it may be a possibility to pay a tax over here , so yes

Import tax on a second hand vehicle within Europe..........you sure?


Here you go. Everything you need.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motorin...icle/ImportingAndExportingAVehicle/DG_4022583

I've done it - it was easy.
I brought a car in from the Middle east. Had a scary moment when the guy told me all the lights & glass etc would have to be replaced if they weren't CE marked.
Turned out ok. You'll have no problems with it coming from Germany.

 

[morty]

laws have been relaxed importing from germany,several years ago you had to have the vehicle in country 2 yrs or full tax,etc would have to be paid,this then dropped to 6 months several years ago.several ways around this if from dealer in germany but you will have to pay something.if its not in full you will have to keep the vehicle for a while .ie if you try to sell it straight away and take advantage of money saved you will have to pay the taxman.
as far as lighting goes if the reflector and lights are continental all you need to do it fit corrective strips on headlight,allowed for mot aswell.

 

[Sancheto]

Advice please - Importing a bike from Germany

Thank you for all the replys so far.

It will provide food for thought for my possible project.

Just to be clear, the bike is not a BMW and is not new, infact it is 25 years old.

Thanks again.

Regards,

Tony.

 

[Wapping]

Just thought that this section gets the most traffic so most views.

Have you read what most of them say?

.... and you still hope for something approaching a (sensible) answer?

Blimey, there's the triumph of hope over experience.

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There again, a non-technical question about a non-1200 GS (and not even a BMW to boot) may yet prove to be the most technical (and closest to relevant) topic in this part of the forum this year.

 

[Sancheto]

Have you read what most of them say?

.... and you still hope for something approaching a (sensible) answer?

Blimey, there's the triumph of hope over experience.

====

There again, a non-technical question about a non-1200 GS (and not even a BMW to boot) may yet prove to be the most technical (and closest to relevant) topic in this part of the forum this year.

Hi Wapping,

thanks for your input, aways insightful.

More that happy with the help provided thank you.

Cheers,

Tony.