From: denis@apldbio.com (Denis Concordel)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Prices of bikes in Europe?
Date: 7 Jan 93 20:38:43 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Distribution: us,ca,ba
Organization: Applied Biosystems, Inc

In article <1993Jan7.033424.21660@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, paulos@roma.berkeley.edu (Eric Paulos) writes:
> 
> 
> In article <1iajhsINNjsq@agate.berkeley.edu>, dcook@garnet.berkeley.edu
> (Dan Cook) writes:
> |> I'm moving to France in a month or so and was curious
> |> about the cost of motorcycles (new and used) in Europe
> |> in general and France in particular. I would mainly be
> |> interested in the cost of Japanese singles (i.e. 600cc
> |> dirt bikes and SRX-6's) and new and used BMW's. For
> |> example, how much does a brand new BMW K75s cost in
> |> Germany?
> |> 
> 
Here are the prices you can expect for new and used bikes in France. These
prices include taxes but not the registration (which shouldn;t be much more
 than in the US). Buying a bike (or a vehicule) in France if you are a 
foreigner should pause any problems, but I don't know what the requirements
for driver's licence are (talk to the French embassy or your local French
Consulat).

Note: These prices are in $ assuming the current rate of about $1=5.60FF

Brand       model                new      1992     1991     1990    1989
BMW
            750K75              $9,964   $7,679   $6,607   $5,893   $5,357 
            750K75RT           $11,893   $9,643   $8,750     N/A      N/A
            1000R100GS         $10,393   $8,036   $6,964   $6,071   $5,357 
            1000R100RT         $11,000   $8,750   $7,679   $6,964   $6,250 
            1000K1ABS          $16,393  $12,143  $10,536   $9,464     N/A
            1000K100LT           N/A       N/A    $9,464   $8,214   $7,679 
            1100K1100LT        $14,714  $12,679     N/A      N/A     N/A

Ducati
            750SS Half fairing  $9,696   $7,143   $6,607     N/A     N/A
            750SS Full fairing $10,232   $7,500     N/A      N/A     N/A
            900SS Half fairing $12,071   $9,643     N/A      N/A     N/A
            900SS Full fairing $12,313   $9,821     N/A      N/A     N/A
            900SS Superlight   $13,804  $10,893     N/A      N/A     N/A

Harley Davidson
            883 Sporster48510   $7,321   $6,964   $6,607   $6,429    N/A
            883 Hugger          $9,293   $7,857   $7,500   $7,143   $6,607 
            1200 sporster      $10,863   $9,286   $8,929   $8,393   $8,036 

Honda
            600CBR              $8,625   $6,964   $6,250   $5,179   $4,464
            600 Transalp        $6,902   $5,893   $5,357   $4,643   $4,107
            650 Dominator(DP)   $6,384   $4,821   $4,286   $3,929   $3,571 
            650 NTV (ie Hawk)   $6,938   $5,536   $4,821   $4,464   $3,929
            750 seven fifty     $6,938   $5,536     N/A      N/A      N/A
            750 VFR            $10,232   $8,393   $7,500   $6,607   $5,357 
            900 CBR            $11,782  $10,000     N/A      N/A      N/A
            1000 CBR (SC25)    $10,411   $8,393   $7,679   $6,786   $5,893 
            1100 ST Pan Europ  $12,549  $10,000   $9,107   $8,304     N/A
            1500 Gold Wing SE  $20,232  $16,964  $15,714  $14,286  $12,857 

Kawasaki
            500 EN              $6,230   $5,000   $4,286   $3,929    N/A
            600 ZZR             $8,393   $6,786   $6,250   $5,714    N/A
            750 ZXR            $10,214   $8,214   $7,321   $6,607   $5,893 
            750 Zephyr          $7,018   $5,893   $5,536     N/A     N/A
            1000 GTR           $10,804   $8,393   $7,679   $6,786   $6,071 
            1100 Zephyr         $8,929   $7,500     N/A      N/A     N/A
            1100 ZZR           $10,893   $8,750   $8,036   $7,321    N/A

Suzuki
            400 Bandit          $5,643   $4,643   $4,286     N/A     N/A
            500 GSE             $5,125   $3,929   $3,393   $3,036    N/A
            750 GSXF            $7,893   $6,607   $6,071   $5,536   $5,000 
            750 GSXR            $9,702   $8,571   $7,857   $6,607   $5,536 
            800 VX              $6,982   $5,714   $5,179   $4,643    N/A
            1100 GSXF           $9,679   $7,500   $6,786   $6,071   $5,357 
            1100 GSXR          $10,607   $8,750   $8,036   $7,500   $6,071 

Yamaha
            600 XT              $5,339   $4,286   $3,929   $3,571   $2,857 
            600 FZR             $8,750   $6,786   $6,250   $5,536   $5,000 
            750 FZ              $8,321   $6,429   $5,893   $5,536   $4,821 
            900 XJ              $7,625   $6,429   $5,714   $5,000   $4,464 
            1000 FZR           $10,929   $8,571   $7,857   $7,143   $6,786 
            1200 FJ            $10,179   $8,214   $7,500   $6,786   $6,071 
            V-Max              $11,268   $9,821   $9,107   $8,393   $7,500 

Although am I not up to date with the latest prices of used and new  bikes 
here, I think that bikes (and cars for that matter and probably everything 
else...) is more expensive in France (and in Europe).

Keep in mind also that if you buy a new or recent motorcycle, the 100HP power
limit (which is actually a law in France) applies.

Hope this helps,

Denis Concordel
aka The Flying Frenchman after the last double jump attemp...

denis@apldbio.com

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