Mon Nov 3 19:41:28 1997
- Message No. 1607
From: Frank Evan Perdicaro
Subject: AT in the US
I am still interested in getting an Africa Twin in the US.
My current plan is to buy one in Germany and ship it to the US.
I can buy any popular motorcycle in New Hampshire in the US and pay no
tax. Fly it to Germany on the Lufthansa plan, and then sell it. Buy
an AT _for export only_ and pay no VAT or any sales tax. Fly back.
Do any of you feel like giving me a hand? What type of motorcycle is
popular in Germany? I could buy any of those Hardly Dangerous
motorcycles, a Buell, or one of the crotch rockets. From what I
understand, my "delivered" price would be about half of retail. The
bike would have about 3000 km on it.
For prices, recall that in the US, the HD 883 Sportsters start at about
$6000. The Buell bikes are <$10,000, and the new Honda VTR (1000cc
twin) is right around $8000.
So I need a good new or used AT. Anybody out there know the price,
without VAT, sales tax, registration fees, or insurance? Thanks for
any info you can provide.
Also, building tanks is fun, if difficult, work. Good luck on making a
lightweight AT tank. We have made up some lightweight carbon fiber
HawkGT tanks, and the are wickedly expensive. I needed a bigger tank,
so I just make one up out of sheet metal; you can see it at
http://www.dsea.com/~frank/tank.html. I suggest that you consider
fabricating a new tank from sheet aluminum. Use a combination of
6061T6 for stiffness and dead-soft 4345(I think that is the alloy
number -- airplane gas tank forming aluminum) for formability.
Frank Evan Perdicaro, KF6JGX Dainippon Screen Engineering of America
BSP, MSCE; old GMC, Chevy&Hawk w/V 3700 Segerstrom Ave
inhouse: frank@server, x1258 Santa Ana CA
outhouse: frank@dsea.com, 714-546-9491x1258 92704 DoD:1097
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