HELP , aussie just moved here looking for best way to get a bike

[aussieinauckland]

hey all , or should i say G'day mate

as you can tell i'm a aussie rider just moved to auckland , looking for some help on the best way to buy a bike over here , the imports laws seem different although i know little about it , but thought this would be a good cheap option. option 2 is buy private or dealer . option 3 i have a madified cbr900rr that i have in brisbane that i could have shipped over . HMMMMMMM
any thoughts guys , is it in fact cheaper to buy bikes here???

P.s great site . will be spending a lot of time here , when not on the road .
(i miss my bike already , it's being 6 days)

[aussieinauckland]

oh yeah , could be intrested in any bikes here , my girl aslo needs to get one .

[crashe]

Kia ora and welcome to NZ and also to KB.

Yikes who let another ocker over here....... :rofl:


Still we have sent a few kiwi's over to aussie.... :whistle:




What style/type of bike is your g/f interested in riding?
and what size cc?

[aussieinauckland]

cheers ,

sent a few to aus , farken hell all my mates are kiwi's . g/f just sold a gs500 , dog slow , she's lookin at a sv650 or maybe cbr6 zx6 that sort of thing , all i want is something that goes faster , ha ha .... i'm up for anything , looking at the roads looks like a 6/750 could be a good mid range for myself , good corner speed and some top end still ??? who would know thou , i've had to many drinks and rambling on , can you tell ???

[jimbo600]

Gidday mate

Bikes here in NZ are more expensive than Aussie. Plus you guys have more access to aftermarket shit too, so your tricked up blade may well be worth bringing over.

One thing is for sure though, if you go for a bike tour of the Sth Is you'll be freaked.

[RT527]

who would know thou , i've had to many drinks and rambling on , can you tell ???



Shit and I thought you were just a typical Aussie......Welcome to KB.

[Drum]

Bloody bonza mate. Welcome to the site. You can get an idea of second hand bike prices at....... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/mcat-0001-0026-.htm.

Also peruse the Kiwibiker "Bike Trader" pages....

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/trader.php?

And also........http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/

But always remember to ask "How much does he want for it boy?.......Tell 'im he's dreamin!".

Ripper. Fair dinkum. Chuck another prawn on the Kiwibiker barbie.

[aussieinauckland]

thanks guys , have already bought the kiwi biker mag and jumped on the site , looks like it's worth bringing the bike over , do you need compliance plates here , or can you just get it rego'ed . looking foward to the south run .
so do you guys get together much , i hear there is some racing on tomorrow north of auckland ,so might check it out

[98tls]

Mate........just rock up to the beehive ask for helen tell her your great someone or other was ngati-tahu xcuse the spellin and you will get one for nothing........and apparently guilt free..............:shutup:

[slowpoke]

Bikes here in NZ are more expensive than Aussie. Plus you guys have more access to aftermarket shit too, so your tricked up blade may well be worth bringing over.



Depends what you are into....the European stuff is waaaaay cheaper in NZ thanks to the imports. I cried at having to sell my Duke in Oz, but if I'd brought it over and had to flog it I would have been suicidal, they really are dirt cheap over here.
Yep, definitely a greater range of goodies available off the shelf in Oz, so unless you wanna take a punt on an overseas supplier prepare to be frustrated if you like to have a fiddle.
We brought one bike over in our container so actual transport didn't cost anything but transport costs to bring one in by itself would probably be a killer.

[aussieinauckland]

hmmmmm. euro stuff , duke would be great , have to check out some prices

think it will cost me about a $1000 t bring the bike over , another question how much is rego over here and is insurance expensive .