02-19-2014, 09:34 PM
I am a young member (but old guy
) of this forum but I followed it for several weeks. As far as I observed many members are nearly suffering due to the gap in availability of different models, ABS and colors or even due to the total stop of imports for some areas Honda artificially raised. Simultaneously this forum is a global community of nice people who loves driving a bike and especially the CB 1100 in all variants.
Why we do not close this gap? I know such activities from other forums and communities, e.g. in IT and Gaming. It should be possible to im- and export the bikes or (spare) parts directly. In Germany it is quite common to import new and used bikes and cars from the US, sometimes even Japan, do the necessary vehicle approval and registration directly and enjoy smtg. not everybody owns in our country. Thus, some bikes were available (in low numbers) in Germany when Honda wasn't importing them.
We could do the same for the CB1100. E.g., I would volunteer to be a kind of contact point in Germany, collect the information, make the contact to the dealers, preorder bikes or parts, ask for transport and customs services as well as the 19% tax refunds which may apply, translate between German and English when necessary (Google translate isn’t perfect), etc. And I would be very grateful if someone would assist me later when I want to import some parts from companies and dealers who are not exporting to Germany, from areas where I do not understand the language (in my case for example French and Japanese
) or just help me to find the best prices.
For sure, nobody will send me the money for a bike nor will I advance money on loan. But everything will be prepared when someone then fly here and collect his bike. And for some cheaper parts we can even try to trust each other. What is your opinion on this?
) of this forum but I followed it for several weeks. As far as I observed many members are nearly suffering due to the gap in availability of different models, ABS and colors or even due to the total stop of imports for some areas Honda artificially raised. Simultaneously this forum is a global community of nice people who loves driving a bike and especially the CB 1100 in all variants.Why we do not close this gap? I know such activities from other forums and communities, e.g. in IT and Gaming. It should be possible to im- and export the bikes or (spare) parts directly. In Germany it is quite common to import new and used bikes and cars from the US, sometimes even Japan, do the necessary vehicle approval and registration directly and enjoy smtg. not everybody owns in our country. Thus, some bikes were available (in low numbers) in Germany when Honda wasn't importing them.
We could do the same for the CB1100. E.g., I would volunteer to be a kind of contact point in Germany, collect the information, make the contact to the dealers, preorder bikes or parts, ask for transport and customs services as well as the 19% tax refunds which may apply, translate between German and English when necessary (Google translate isn’t perfect), etc. And I would be very grateful if someone would assist me later when I want to import some parts from companies and dealers who are not exporting to Germany, from areas where I do not understand the language (in my case for example French and Japanese
) or just help me to find the best prices.For sure, nobody will send me the money for a bike nor will I advance money on loan. But everything will be prepared when someone then fly here and collect his bike. And for some cheaper parts we can even try to trust each other. What is your opinion on this?