Because the customer isn't charged VAT. VAT is charged to the dealer on the gross profit margin between the cost of buying the bike in and the price realised when selling it on. The customer is not charged any VAT. Buy a used bike from a VAT-registered dealer, and you won't find a VAT element on th...

But, considering that folk were paying about £10000 - £10500 when these were launched, and 20 per cent of that was VAT (which isn't paid by the customer on used bikes) then the early AT's are actually holding their value very well. and how you've come to that conclusion you're not paying vat when b...

BMW a far smaller company ,dominated that slice of the market for years . BMW Still do - the GS outsells everything else.... in the Adv Bike sector really? bmw good time has come to end. http://www.bmwmoa.org/news/292002/BMW-Motorcycle-sales-down-in-USA.htm BMW Group reported its May 2016 and year-...

And if you can't afford a new one, most Honda dealers can probably get you a low-miles used one for £9000-£10,000...you see, it's working already! problem is nobody want's now 2016 left overs because clients know about small improvements for 2017 and they want new, that's what dealer told me. It's ...

honda doesn't have to justify anything, as long the price is lower then 1200 GS then it's good enough. (thumbs)

moto al wrote:

robson wrote:price hike has nothing to do with pound - increase is in all Europe
and will be every year unless EU goes (hopefully) to hell.

. Please please keep politics oot (thumbs) (thumbs)

sure, but if you're talking about prices then it's closely related (thumbs)

price hike has nothing to do with pound - increase is in all Europe
and will be every year unless EU goes (hopefully) to hell.

I put already 14t front, much better off-road but could be better. I have seen guys with 48t in rear in addition. It requires longer chain though so I wonder how does such combination work before I go ahead with this.

moto al wrote:Yesterday I popped into my local Honda dealer,in chat I was told my ,AT 1000 ,will have gone up over £1000 in price since last year .how can a company justify such a Hike???

they put stainless spokes now on wheels, who do you think will pay for this?

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