Shall I bring my sportsbike?

[McWild]

If you took off the modifications, what do you think your bike would sell for over there?

[lv929]

If you took off the modifications, what do you think your bike would sell for over there?

The Ohlins can't really be changed as the whole suspension works as one and the re sprung and re-valved front forks would not match the standard rear set up. So I would just be looking to remove the beautiful Yoshi system and power commander with custom map installed. Not a huge job..

Over here the bike is worth about £4500, i.e. roughly NZ$11200. In the UK extra goodies do not seem to add to the value and most take them off before sale anyway and sell them separately.

I think that's what I'm going to do. I have a potential buyer here, so I'll prob start again with a K6 and bolt the goodies back on when we arrive.

Thanks one and all

[disturbed]

thats a good option, but you will definately fall in love with the roads over here

[triple-bee]

Iv,e already fell in love with the place, cant wait to get over there and get cracking

[YellowDog]

I have imported two bikes in to NZ. Second hand bikes are heaps more expensive here, so you can't really loose. I brought my bike over in 06 and sold it last year for 30% more than I had paid for it 4 years earlier.

WARNING: The NZ compliance guys are quite thorough and anything that is not standard OEM is likely to fail and not be road worthy. If you still have the standard OEM stuff you took off, it would be worth switching it back.

[R1madness]

Bring your K5 with you. I will help ya get it vined and registered once ya get it here. The pipe might need to be quietened down a little but thats easy ( i have blanking plugs for that hehehe). The roads here are great, dont worry about the gravel its mostly only out in the "c class roads" in the really rural areas you will come across this...
Your bikes value is similar here (about $12-13K) depending on condition.

Come join us here in sunny Christchurch the roads are great, the people friendly, and the beer is cold....

[puddy]

thats the NORTH island

We don't have roads up here, only MOTORWAYS!

[YellowDog]

Yes, there is a lot of negative talk about the condition of NZ roads. Having ridden across Europe a couple of times I would say that NZ Roads do compare quite favourably. IMO - The NZ rural roads are considerably better and don't get as badly worn before repair.

[varminter]

Be aware that our speed limits are not mandatory, although many consider them a minimum. You may find that a main road may be marked 80K's then a side road, twisting like a corkscrew with a cliff on one side and lose metaled will be marked 100k's. Odd that.