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Old 22 Mar 2019
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Hi Chris,welove bikes

Are you still active?.

Would truly appreciate and grateful if you do have any info to buy a bike and register in any part of Europe. Would appreciate any reply if you do....

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Hi Chris,welove bikes

Are you still active?.

Would truly appreciate and grateful if you do have any info to buy a bike and register in any part of Europe. Would appreciate any reply if you do....

TQ

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Will be interested how this works with the Brexit, if it changes a lot.

Might be a problem after Brexit, taxes and so on, nobody knows at the Moment.
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I'm looking to go in late april for 6-10 weeks. possibly longer.
Renting seems tooo expensive and shipping is an expensive bitch.

IS buying in the UK still cheaper than say Spain?

Will having an Irish passport (I'm an American w/ dual citizenship) make insuring/registering any easier?

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Europe generally is VERY bike friendly. With the sheer number of bikes over there, the 2nd hand market should be well saturated enough to get something good at a great price.
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Greek second hand market

Greek second hand market has lots to offer.

This is the biggest used vehicles search engine/ ads website in Greece.

https://www.car.gr/classifieds/bikes/search/

I can help with the translation if needed.


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Greek second hand market has lots to offer.

This is the biggest used vehicles search engine/ ads website in Greece.

https://www.car.gr/classifieds/bikes/search/

I can help with the translation if needed.


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The prices a bit high, but then I do not know how much I can bargain.
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Used bike prices have gone up a lot in the U.K and I expect the world. However, I've always found the U.K full of cheap used bikes.

We are a motorcycle owning nation. Although the weather stops many people using them. So there are a great deal of low mileage older bikes for good value.

I would always go for something older and good quality than something newer of questionable quality.

For £1000-£1500 you can easily pick up a 10-15 year old high quality Japanese made bike.

eg. I just bought a 2006 Suzuki Bandit 1250S for £1500. A truly supurb motorcycle. Very strong and reliable.

For the same money I could have bought a 2-3 year old Chinese/Indian bike and it would already be falling apart and ready for the scrap man.
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