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Originally Posted by chris
I'm sure we could start splitting hairs whether somebody has actually "exported" their bike just because they are riding it outside the EU for whatever length of time.  Should I re-enter the UK with a UK bike having been outside the EU, I'll make sure I say it was a lot less than 3 years. 
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I agree it's totally stupid as VAT was paid when the first owner purchased it new.
However, if you take a vehicle outside the UK for longer than 6 months customs class it as 'exported' and you are legally required to re-register it in the country you take it to. When I asked them what I should do as I was driving across Africa with no fixed address anywhere in the world they couldn't give me an answer!
For fun, I asked the driving licence people what I should do about not having a UK address and they said that I should hand in my UK driving licence!!!!
I don't make the rules - just try to bend or ignore them!!!
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