Prices in Europe!!!

[akjustin]

I have moved to Greece for the next couple of years. While packing up to leave I decided to sell my beloved 2003 EC 300 with the intention of buying a true EC here in europe. I had not considered the possibility that prices here in Europe would be unbelievably more expensive than in the US. I went out and priced a 08 EC 300 yesterday and it was 7680 euro. That works out to well over 10,000 us dollars. This makes no sense with how weak the dollar is today. Thinking this may be isolated to gasgas I priced the orange competition. OMG! They are asking 8660 euro for a 300 EXC. Thats 12,903 us dollars at todays exchange rate. What's the deal, it sure can't be shipping. Oh and all these prices are before the 19% tax. Any dealers out there willing to ship to Europe or arrange a european delivery from Spain? I am already suffuring moto withdrawl.

[thelonius]

Wow! What are you doing in Greece? I have been a couple of times, may go again this year. The terrain looks unbelieveable for off-road riding there! If you are in Athens have you noticed how crazy motorcycle riders drive on the streets?

[GMP]

A tariff on foreign vehicles perhaps?

[jeffd]

FYI - the isde is in greece next year...

jeff

[roostafish]

! Is there lots of rocks? Just got a handful of screws out of my ankle last week. I already feel the difference. Maybe I should give it another go.

[akjustin]

I am over here for work for the next 2-5 years. It has been an amazing experience thus far. Indeed the motorcycle and scooter riders are absolutly insane. I have alrady schedualed vacation time for all six days of ISDE. Waayy excited! Thelonius if you make it back p.m and we will see about hooking up for a ride. Cheers, Justin

[tds2277]

Here is a TM Dealer in Greece, Possibly check with him as he might have a Used GAS GAS or a USED TM, Both Reliable bikes, BTW, what is the price for a TM over there anyway, Just Curious, of the same model

Polychronos Vassilis
El Alamein 55, 14231 N. Ionia Athens
Konstantina
telefono: 0030 - 210 - 2711026
fax: 0030 - 210 - 2711027
email: info@polychronos.gr
web: www.tmracing.gr

[wasp4banger]

Originally Posted by akjustin

I have moved to Greece for the next couple of years. While packing up to leave I decided to sell my beloved 2003 EC 300 with the intention of buying a true EC here in europe. I had not considered the possibility that prices here in Europe would be unbelievably more expensive than in the US. I went out and priced a 08 EC 300 yesterday and it was 7680 euro. That works out to well over 10,000 us dollars. This makes no sense with how weak the dollar is today. Thinking this may be isolated to gasgas I priced the orange competition. OMG! They are asking 8660 euro for a 300 EXC. Thats 12,903 us dollars at todays exchange rate. What's the deal, it sure can't be shipping. Oh and all these prices are before the 19% tax. Any dealers out there willing to ship to Europe or arrange a european delivery from Spain? I am already suffuring moto withdrawl.

You'd get the same in UK for about 3000 euros?

[Jakobi]

Whinge Whinge..

Its not just Europe! The US just gets dirt cheap bikes compared to the rest of the world. I often see second hand 2011 models for ~$5,000USD. This is currently $4,700AUD or there abouts. Talk about barrrrgain!! I brand new EC300R in Australia is RRP11,700AUD plus on road costs (rego, pre delivery, shippping, blah blah blah) say $12,000AUD all up. This equates to $12,800USD.

One thing to consider though is that the US spec ones are much harder to register. Every bike into Australia complies with our standards and can be road registered without a doubt.

The KTM's cost a bit more again, a Husaberg is closer to $15,000!!

[Caravan Monster]

Bikes from the UK seem to represent good value to much of the rest of the world. I don't know if it is still going on, but buyers were coming over from eastern europe with articulated lorries and filling them up with bikes bought from ebay, so presumably there was a profit in the difference between here and the former soviet countries. I would say that after a bit of haggling (remember a lot of people in the uk are up to their eyeballs in household debt), an '08 to '10 EC 250 / 300 would cost in the range of GB?2000 to GB?2800. ref. Enduro News for uk used prices.

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