Quick help needed, importing from UK

[ambler]

I wouldn't run away with that idea. Value of vehicles in JP is about 50% of the dealer value here.

? Yeah that's what I said... albeit in a somewhat convoluted sentence structure.
While we're still on the topic though, a receipt for purchase should be ok right? Even from private sale? Or does it need to be a more official valuation?

[Mully]

Any proof of purchase would be fine. If you bought it privately, you wouldn't always have an invoice anyway.
Anything that shows the price paid.

[YellowDog]

Need a quick reply if anyone can help.
We're planning on moving over to nz in the next few months and i'm bringing a bike with me.
I've got an offer to change my bike for a triumph 955 daytona, however, someone mentioned that if i've had a bike for less than
6 months when its imported to nz i would have to pay extra import duty on it. something to do with importing for profit (buying and selling on when i got there)
does anyone know if this it true and if so what would the extra duty be?
cheers
col

Hi there, if it is not too late; I imported my bike from the UK into NZ in May. It was a very simple process. The document of undertaking (DOU) is only required if your bike is reletively new. I road it around for a couple of months with my UK Reg. No problems with that at all. It cost a few quid to get it registered, but as secondhand bikes are so much more expensive out here, I'm glad I did it. My Suzuki XF 650 was worth about a grand in the UK. I can get $5k in NZ. Amazing! Good luck.

[YellowDog]

Need a quick reply if anyone can help.
We're planning on moving over to nz in the next few months and i'm bringing a bike with me.
I've got an offer to change my bike for a triumph 955 daytona, however, someone mentioned that if i've had a bike for less than
6 months when its imported to nz i would have to pay extra import duty on it. something to do with importing for profit (buying and selling on when i got there)
does anyone know if this it true and if so what would the extra duty be?
cheers
col

Hi there, if it is not too late; I imported my bike from the UK into NZ in May. It was a very simple process. The document of undertaking (DOU) is only required if your bike is reletively new. I road it around for a couple of months with my UK Reg. No problems with that at all. It cost a few quid to get it registered, but as secondhand bikes are so much more expensive out here, I'm glad I did it. My Suzuki XF 650 was worth about a grand in the UK. I can get $5k in NZ. Amazing! Good luck.

[YellowDog]

Need a quick reply if anyone can help.
We're planning on moving over to nz in the next few months and i'm bringing a bike with me.
I've got an offer to change my bike for a triumph 955 daytona, however, someone mentioned that if i've had a bike for less than
6 months when its imported to nz i would have to pay extra import duty on it. something to do with importing for profit (buying and selling on when i got there)
does anyone know if this it true and if so what would the extra duty be?
cheers
col

Hi there, if it is not too late; I imported my bike from the UK into NZ in May. It was a very simple process. The document of undertaking (DOU) is only required if your bike is reletively new. I road it around for a couple of months with my UK Reg. No problems with that at all. It cost a few quid to get it registered, but as secondhand bikes are so much more expensive out here, I'm glad I did it. My Suzuki XF 650 was worth about a grand in the UK. I can get $5k in NZ. Amazing! Good luck.

[Nicola W]

Hello!

I was thinking of starting a thread similar to this - so I’ll just post in this one if you don’t mind!

We are coming over to Tauranga in January.

Our container company will be crating our steam cleaned 'off road' bikes (we have 4) in specially treated wood in order to comply with shipping to NZ and including those in our container.

I understand we need receipts for our bikes which I am able to obtain but are there any other documents or paperwork we need to provide for customs? These bikes are ours and only intended for our sole off road use.

Anyone shipped their off road bikes? It's slighlty different as they are not registered. Many thanks if anyone can advise.

[Mully]

Hi Nicola,

Same rules apply, although you will save some cash from not having to have the bikes inspected for road use.

cheers,
Mully

[Nicola W]

Thanks Mully!

[colsan1]

wInspected for road use!!!
My truimph daytona has a factory carbon race can marked "not for road use" on it. will it be ok??

[betti]

I might suggest getting it polished out, or sticking a bolt on E11 plate available on ebay over it, you might get lucky, but then again you might not.