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Post by billysollocks on Mar 29, 2020 18:09:16 GMT 1
Hi,Still looking for a complete mk 3 125,has anyone here personally brought one into the country from France/Switzerland?
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Post by billysollocks on Mar 29, 2020 18:10:14 GMT 1
I have found a few and although not so cheap they are very clean and totally standard
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Post by billysollocks on Mar 29, 2020 18:11:50 GMT 1
Basically I plan to bring 2 or 3 back,1 for me 1 for my son and either a spares bike or try to recoup travel costs
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Post by billysollocks on Mar 29, 2020 18:26:29 GMT 1
Unless I find a nice 1 here for sensible money
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Post by mellow on Mar 29, 2020 22:59:16 GMT 1
I have 2 swiss imports. A DT 125 & RD 125. Museum man on here brings quite a few over or sells them  |
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Post by billysollocks on Apr 22, 2020 14:54:31 GMT 1
Thank you Mellow.Dou hou know if it states the power on the V5 as my son is just coming upto 17 so wouldnt be able to ride a full power version(legally)
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Post by mellow on Apr 22, 2020 15:07:43 GMT 1
Nope. Just cc so 123🙂👍
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Post by billysollocks on Apr 26, 2020 12:42:11 GMT 1
That’s brilliant,thanks for taking the time to reply
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Post by veg on May 2, 2020 6:55:00 GMT 1
I’m a big fan of imports, people get blinded for some reason by it’s a UK bike, UK bikes tend to have had loads of owners, who are mechanically unsympathetic and they tend to have been bodged and had hard lives, imports whether through tighter tests, different owners mentality etc tend to be lower miles lower owners and nicer bikes. They aren’t hard to import, most Western European’s tend to speak decent English ( far better than most brits french, German etc) and are helpful.
I wouldn’t be averse to bringing some in and have owned several imports ( they have been 350’s but same applies to 50/80/125s )
Oh and they were built in the same factory that the UK bikes were as well.
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Post by allspeeds on May 2, 2020 10:14:08 GMT 1
I think its mainly the testing that keeps them standard ,I believe in some of the Euro countries modification makes getting an annual test very difficult, if not impossible.I think that leads to a mindset of standard is better?
I have 2 imports one is a 125dx from Switzerland and one is a 31K from Australia they both are the same as UK spec as far as I can tell and have all the factory parts they left Japan with, I registered both of them it was fairly easy.
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Post by museumman on Jun 2, 2020 1:42:31 GMT 1
Switzerland is difficult as you get forced into commercial customs centre with vans. It's not paying the French duty and customs the problem, it's waiting 3-4 hours in queues with lorry drivers. I've done them in the car taking all the seats out before leaving and taking bikes apart and going through with tourists but the French can still stop you and ask if you have anything to declare then send you back around with the trucks. Otherwise you can program the sat-nav to take you out in the country where borders arnt usually manned. I bought a van in the end but a camper would be the best bet to sneak through.
Germany is quicker and easier but you will def have to pay up, and bikes must have logbooks or they will keep them. I used to buy bikes with no logbooks strip them down in Switzerland and take the frames to a recycling centre who low and behold one day had a complete YPVS 125 in there for sale. Not a big bargain, but they had to make money I suppose. Someone would have dropped it off there to be recycled
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