Hey folks, can't find the info I'm looking for on this thread, but I hope I'm not flogging a dead horse.

I'm living in Barcelona, but I work abroad, and get paid in UK Sterling. Looking at buying a new bike in January, Triumph Explorer, and there is a huge difference as of right now with exchange rates between buying in the UK and Spain.
The price is fluctuating, and no telling where it will be in January, but as of right now it is in Euros E2,000 cheaper to buy the bike in the UK than in Barcelona.

I can't find a definitive price for the changing of foreign registration to a Spanish plate, but one bike dealer told me before it costs around E700. Compounding the about E400 fees to get up to UK and back with bike (flights, ferry back, petrol costs), let's say there's about +/- E1,000 in the difference.

I don't know any expats in Spain that have actually transferred a foreign plate, but I have heard that it is a general ball-ache. My gringo Spanish wouldn't help either...

So my query is, with a E1,000 difference, is it worth all the hassle buying abroad and taking to Spain, and then re-registering?
Is there anything I've missed that I should be aware of before going down this route?

Thanks for any help folks, much appreciated! Pints owed and all that...

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