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1400GTR Discussion / Re: 2022, GTR 1400
March 05, 2022, 11:49:36 PM
I used to live in the USA (I'm English) and brought a 2010 Concours (GTR1400) back with us to the UK in 2016. Its now 2022 and she's done 26000 miles and looking a little tired so thought I would buy another romaine in the USA (16000 US dollars) and ship it here. Unfortunately once I started looking into it, there are 3 taxes to be added, a 6% import duty, 20% VAT and a new tax levied in 2020 as a result of a Trump vs EU argument, this one a whopping 25%! So the cost of a 16000 USD bike shipped home (approx 1000 Sterling) plus the taxes resulted in a £21K!!!..... so I bought myself a late 2017 3K miles GTR1400 from my local dealer for £10K. Kawasaki are still making the GTR (concours) for the USA, Japanese and Australian market but not for us here in Blighty....a real shame, if you love your GTR get a late model one before they disappear.