New Kid on the Block.........

[Qkchk:Me]

Seems we have a new importer available to NZ.............

http://www.nilin.jp/

These guys are doin this on the 29th October

[Macktheknife]

Lookin like some decent models, anyone know the conversion rate for jpy these days?

[Coyote]

FUCK!

That NSR250 Repsol is 12500 bucks!

[thehollowmen]

Lookin like some decent models, anyone know the conversion rate for jpy these days?

1,000.00 JPY Japan Yen = 12.8787 NZD
from www.xe.com

[Mole_C]

http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html

I might look at importing some 250cc bikes and selling them here. Could get a zxr or cbr registered for about 3-4k and sell it for more. Anyone know the laws about this?

[Wenier]

New law on cars is that it cant be pre 1999 so i would of thought that would also apply to bikes, but i really dont know. So if someone could answer that itd be good.

[Lou Girardin]

Yeah, that's what we need.
More imported Jap shitters to fuck the bike market like they've done with cars.
Ask Aprilia and Ducati dealers about Jap imports.

[Brett]

http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html

I might look at importing some 250cc bikes and selling them here. Could get a zxr or cbr registered for about 3-4k and sell it for more. Anyone know the laws about this?

Looked at it...good bloody luck mate

[Forest]

Yeah, that's what we need.
More imported Jap shitters to fuck the bike market like they've done with cars.
Ask Aprilia and Ducati dealers about Jap imports.

Ok - I'll bite.

I am in the process of importing a Ducati from Japan.

How am I damaging the NZ bike market?

[onearmedbandit]

Ruins resale blah blah blah. Can't blame the importers, they are only taking advantage of the current laws. And no law has been passed regarding pre 1999 cars. And if they did pass one unless they changed tatics it would only apply to ma class vehicles, ie passenger cars. Currently vans and light trucks are exempt from the frontal impact laws (mostly applying to pre 1996 cars with the odd exception.).

[Qkchk:Me]

And it sounds like the show on the 29th was a stinker too! see here

[hazard02]

There is some decent-looking bikes there for some temptingly cheap prices. How much time/money/hassle is it to register a jap import in NZ?

[Lou Girardin]

Ok - I'll bite.

I am in the process of importing a Ducati from Japan.

How am I damaging the NZ bike market?

Ask some poor sucker who bought a new one in NZ. See if he's happy with what it's worth now.
That's the reason we dropped Aprillia.

[98tls]

Ask some poor sucker who bought a new one in NZ. See if he's happy with what it's worth now.
That's the reason we dropped Aprillia.

interesting topic...i sold cars for a toyota franchise many moons ago...i remember the huge stink when the jap imports started to arrive in big numbers...one blokes reaction sticks in my mind...he had a GLXI 2.8 cressida which hed paid $46000 for new....when a few years later he was offered $8000 for it from the same toyota franchise that he bought it from his reaction was pretty fiery to say the least...i guess the same thing is going to happen with bikes...

[Forest]

Ask some poor sucker who bought a new one in NZ. See if he's happy with what it's worth now.
That's the reason we dropped Aprillia.

Five years ago the kiwi dollar was worth 0.40 USD. Today it is worth 0.66 USD (and in the last few months has been over 0.70). This means that my 2006 dollars can effectively buy 65% more bike than they could have done five years ago.

If people are upset that their five year old bikes have devalued - they should never have bought in to the market at the bottom of the foreign exchange cycle.

Quality used imports are cheap right now because the NZD is relatively strong. As soon as the dollar falls (and it will) the pricing will cease to be competitive.