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im just thinking slightly outside the square here, as I usually do. whats the chances of you finding a rough convert in usa with good running gear? if you bring it with you id buy it off you, you could make some profit off it, as long as youre not to cruel. then buy a v7 here
Other than goods and services tax (GST) you may be hit by a compulsory backhander to the Guzzi importer here. My regular guest from England had to pay NZ$800 to Ford NZ when he imported his then new 2000 TD5 Land Rover Defender just because he hadn't bought it from them!!! It's a rort I know, but there it is.
... he had to own it for at least a year before he was allowed to sell it.That may not apply now however.
The Norge headlights I can use but have to readjust them the Griso with the round headlight have to replace since you need a LH dip.
Paying any money to Moto Guzzi haven't heard that one.
And the motorcycles have to be clean everywhere or its turns into a nightmare.
I've had a bit of a look at this. I posted a 'help' message up on a local guzzi facebook page and as steamdriven said, Scooterazzi is the place in Wellington. When I looked though they only had one Guzzi in stock, a Nevada. (assuming their webb page is up to date)Here is their sitehttp://www.scooterazzi.co.nz/Moto%20Guzzi/Here are the FB messages.https://www.facebook.com/groups/327216784009013/permalink/842309749166378/I checked out the importer but they do not sell retail, only to the trade.The big Guzzi noise in Auckland is Red Baron. They are a multi brand shop and of the 135 bikes they had listed on the floor 13 of them were Guzzis, both new and second hand, though I'm not sure that some of them weren't listed twice. Here follows links to five I thought might interest you. Bear in mind that prices are in NZ dollars. Red Baron appears to have a branch in Lower hut, part of Wellington, more or less, but there is no webb page and no mention of it on FB.http://www.autobase.co.nz/motorbikes-for-sale/Moto-Guzzi/V7/Motorbike---Classic/2182176.htmhttp://www.autobase.co.nz/motorbikes-for-sale/Moto-Guzzi/V7/Motorbike---Classic/2111324.htmhttp://www.autobase.co.nz/motorbikes-for-sale/Moto-Guzzi/V7/Motorbike---Road-Tourer/1818817.htmhttp://www.autobase.co.nz/motorbikes-for-sale/Moto-Guzzi/V7/Motorbike---Road-Tourer/1755161.htmhttp://www.autobase.co.nz/motorbikes-for-sale/Moto-Guzzi/V7/Motorbike---Road-Tourer/1681567.htmAll in all, I suspect that postings in this thread have made importing a bike seem much more troublesome than it actually is. It is really absolutely simple. I think, were I you, I would buy one over there (You should be able to get any duties paid in the US returned too) and trundle it off to Kiwi Shipping. They will get you organised. (contact posted earlier). That way you would have way more choice and know exactly what you were getting. Jeeron has recently done this and didn't seem to experience any undue problems apart from it taking longer than he expected to arrive from Holland (I think) It may well pay to contact him for opinions and advice.
Entry certification/WOF was easy enough and cost me $130,-.
I wonder if we could bring new stuff from NZ after having it stop there for awhile. I doubt it. Meanwhile NZ is wide open for importing vehicles of any age is it?
Are you sure that you had to go through a full NZ entry certification with your bike? If your bike is a true temporary import, i.e. on a valid foreign registration, it would have required only a basic safety inspection. Here's the relevant bit from NZTA's website:"A temporarily imported vehicle does not need to meet New Zealand’s requirements for entry certification. However, a TSD agent must carry out a basic safety inspection before issuing a warrant of fitness (WoF) or certificate of fitness (CoF) label for the vehicle."The basic inspection is much cheaper than a full entry cert which, from memory, can set you back in the order of NZD 500.