for you busa owners

[madcarper 0]

just been on moore speed racing website clearance lines,
08 onwards hayabusa yoshimura 4 into 1 full system,tri oval silencer with carbon endcap
was £1356 now £775 might even get a bit more off i they allow our discount on it.

[Tony nitrous 0]

They're cheaper than that in the US.

Not sure how the UK gets on with ordering from the US ?

Here in AU when we order from oversea's
we dont pay your VAT and there's no import
tax this end under $1000AU.

If I get Renthals (for example) sent out to AU
using cheap (slower) postage, they cost me less
than if I walk into the shop in the UK.

[madcarper 0]

i think goods from usa get uk import tax slapped on them tony,unless you can get someone over there to send them as a gift.fecking be taxing the air we breath next.

[Tony nitrous 0]

I know someone... who sent some scrap CB250 brake calipers oversea's,
The guy at the other end who sells billet 6-pots
dropped them in the bin and sent the new expensive Billet 6-pots back
in the same packageing with the original delivery note
and labeled it "re-conditioned/modified calipers supplied" !

[ptolemyx 0]

UK customs are clever bar stewards. They're just as likely to realise the "gift" item isn't a gift and you'll never get it and/or be questioned....possibly worse if you are a "serial offender". Probably better to accept the 20% import duty/VAT

Old and Disgraceful

[Tony nitrous 0]

No problems here buying from the US.

Aussie $ is at a record high against the US $.
I can buy 2 Yoshi can's, delivered to my door for less than the cost of buying one localy.
LOTS of folk are buying from the US,
its that bad that companys like Yoshi and Pazzo are threatening
to not supply to US dealers who send to AU.
No one is using the Official importers.

Its killing many bike shops, but to be honest,
there were too many anyway and most couldnt tell
their arse from their elbow so no great loss.

[Grumpyowl 0]

@madcarper wrote:

i think goods from usa get uk import tax slapped on them tony,unless you can get someone over there to send them as a gift.fecking be taxing the air we breath next.

This is true I've been caught when got my cans, footpegs, &handlebars from the states.
But got lucky with my ASV levers which came straight through so got a bargain

[Tony nitrous 0]

Customs arent stupid, and I agree that there's a limit
on what you can pass off as gifts or sneak through.

We are quite lucky with our tax free $1000/650 pounds limits.

Seen folk bring quite a bit of stuff in,
dummy invoice with cargo and real one posted seperate
and splitting parcels up and keeping each parcel down below
the $1000 limit have both been done.
Even small values will get customs attention if you bring enough in,
some folk import under several family/friends
names and addresses so as not to appear as trade.

Its a funny world when I can buy stuff and get
it delivered to my door here cheaper than if I
walked into the shop in the UK...
Postage to AU is less than the VAT i no longer have
to pay in the UK as its being exported.