Importing G650X with long range tank, fairing and a bunch of other farkles

**SteveD_** · 26th October 2016, 02:50

Hi all
First post, please be gentle.
I am a South African looking to relocate to New Zealand. I have a BMW X-Challenge to which I have fitted a bunch of farkles, including:

Touratech long range tank
Touratech fairing
Bash plate with toolbox
Custom seat
Rallye instruments
Touratech chain guard
Different front mudguard
Touratech HID high beam
Touratech halogen low beam
2-finger levers
Barkbusters hand guards
Barkbusters LED from indicators
HDB LED rear indicators
R&G tail tidy
Leo Vince exhaust
A few more which I can't think of right now

Will it be possible to register this in NZ? It is on the road here in South Africa, but NZ sounds a touch stricter.

**Akzle** · 26th October 2016, 06:57

Only thing which may snag you would be the aftermarket HID headlamp. ADR forbids retrofitting them, and the NZ govt isnt good at thinking about shit so we copy the ozzies.

there will be threads on here about both importing and VINing/registering bikes.

**Akzle** · 26th October 2016, 06:59

also you're probably going to move to the north shore of auckland, or howick. and there isn't too much call for a bike like that down there. yet.

**awayatc** · 26th October 2016, 10:16

getting it into nz is easy

getting it road legal may take a bit of doing.

only needs to comply on the day...

so try to find somebody with a legal unmodified bike in nz and swap whatever you need to swap for the day.....

think you will manage

**Gremlin** · 26th October 2016, 15:14

The entry requirements aren't quite as bad as Aussie (needing an almost original bike) but there are still some gotchas.

You will make a few trips taking the bike for items brake declaration. Make sure you have other paperwork like proof of ownership.

If the exhaust is overly loud it may present an issue but anything normal would be fine. Items like different seat, toolbox and tank aren't an issue. HID light could well be an issue depending on how you've done it. A retrofit into a regular housing is illegal, but yours looks like a complete unit. It will need to meet regs around throw of light (you also drive on left, so this should be OK, not like you're coming from USA) and also beam cut off.

Things like indicators have angles for visibility, but LED indicators per se are fine, with plenty of bikes like KTM and BMW having them factory fitted.

I think you might find NZ a touch small for that calibre of bike

**BMWGSER** · 26th October 2016, 20:31

Originally Posted by awayatc

getting it into nz is easy

getting it road legal may take a bit of doing.

only needs to comply on the day...

so try to find somebody with a legal unmodified bike in nz and swap whatever you need to swap for the day.....

think you will manage

Swap the bits over with My stock bike for the test , but Ya may not get Your lights and tank back.