It sounds as though bikes in the U.K. are cheaper than in mainland Europe, and with the pound falling, it will mean even more continentals coming over to grab a bargain. .
Same as it ever was.. In the early nineties i used to sell bmw's to two dealers, one from Belgium, Hugo, the other from Holland, Rudi and Al . This was in the days of belgian francs and dutcc guilders and the up and down exchange rates.
They used to call me up and tell me what they wanted i.e. six K1100LT's, and they'd be over in a couple of weeks to collect them.
I'd buy all the nearest K1100's advertised in MCN and have them here ready for when they came over.
I'd haggle the price down when buying the bikes, if the seller wouldn't budge i'd just go onto the next one. Used to take three or four days to have them all here.
Then add £400-£500 on each bike depending on what i'd paid for them.
The Belgian/Dutch buyers didn't mind the mark-ups" as it saved them having to trawl around the country for a few days viewing and buying and being messed around, and having to drive to just one location to pick up all their bikes so they could get back home on the same day they left made it worthwhile to them.
Easy life for them and for me..
The Klondike days of bike selling to european buyers.. They paid with Duffle bags of cash, mind you not that much cash as the Belgiums had a 500 franc note
It all went to bollox a few years later when the exchange rate swung the other way.
I know an english bloke who went bust big time after deciding he'd cut out the middle man and open a retail unit selling UK bikes and had a huge stock to flog..... oh dear.
