Buying a bike from Japan?

[lukemillar]

Has anyone got any experience of buying and importing a bike from Japan? I have found this place:

http://www.trade.co.jp/

Which say they have an office in NZ, however all my emails and phone calls go unanswered and I am getting nowhere.

I have googled a few other companies, but a lot of the expect my to fill a container with bikes, whereas I only want to buy 1!

If anyone has an experience/good contacts on the process than any information would be great!

Cheers
Luke

[Brian d marge]

Has anyone got any experience of buying and importing a bike from Japan? I have found this place:

http://www.trade.co.jp/

Which say they have an office in NZ, however all my emails and phone calls go unanswered and I am getting nowhere.

I have googled a few other companies, but a lot of the expect my to fill a container with bikes, whereas I only want to buy 1!

If anyone has an experience/good contacts on the process than any information would be great!

Cheers
Luke

Know him well Email cookie in japan , they are quite reliable

Stephen

[CHOPPA]

Let me know if theres a S1000!!

[SMOKEU]

Has anyone got any experience of buying and importing a bike from Japan? I have found this place:

http://www.trade.co.jp/

According to www.xe.com, the prices of those bikes are not much cheaper than what you could get on Trademe, especially when you factor in registration costs.

[lukemillar]

According to www.xe.com, the prices of those bikes are not much cheaper than what you could get on Trademe, especially when you factor in registration costs.

It's not about saving money! It's about finding the bike in the first place.

If I could find one in NZ, then I would snap it up.

[marty]

650k yen for a scratched '01 Hayabusa?

LOL

[sil3nt]

According to www.xe.com, the prices of those bikes are not much cheaper than what you could get on Trademe, especially when you factor in registration costs.

If you can find me a good looking NC30 with original paint job for less than $3500 i'd be keen! Sure it doesn't take into account the shipping costs and costs of putting it on the road here but there are bargains to be had on these sites if you look long and hard enough.

[lukemillar]

If you can find me a good looking NC30 with original paint job for less than $3500 i'd be keen! Sure it doesn't take into account the shipping costs and costs of putting it on the road here but there are bargains to be had on these sites if you look long and hard enough.

Plan B is actual buying from the UK. Bike prices + shipping will work out pretty well, plus the beauty of the UK is there is a big 400 market so a lot of choice.

Also - the shithouse pound at the moment makes it very viable!

[rapid van cleef]

used bikes are SOOOOOOOO much cheaper in the UK

[imdying]

If you can find me a good looking NC30 with original paint job for less than $3500 i'd be keen! Sure it doesn't take into account the shipping costs and costs of putting it on the road here but there are bargains to be had on these sites if you look long and hard enough.

So with shipping and insurance, VIN (need friction material compliance, so there's pads at least), rego and wof, maybe $5500? Doesn't really seem worth it.

[lukemillar]

VIN (need friction material compliance, so there's pads at least), rego and wof,

Don't need anyone of this as it isn't going on the road. Just bike, shipping, gst + tax. From the quotes I have so far, I can easily do it for $4k - which is the same as I would pay here.... if I could find the bike in the first place (which is the problem, not the price)

[imdying]

What else is there do to with it? Too slow to race, too worthless to collect... what's left? Target practice?

You can ship and insure a bike for $500?

[lukemillar]

What else is there do to with it? Too slow to race, too worthless to collect... what's left? Target practice?

You can ship and insure a bike for $500?

[lukemillar]

It's all academic now anyway - my ACC bill just rocked up and has blown my budget out of the water