Keeping foreign bike in UK after travels.

[fastrhino]

I just bought a BMW in Australia it is a 2016 R1200GSA.

My plan is to ship the bike to the USA and spend several months there before shipping the bike to Europe for a UK and continental Europe touring holiday.

After this I plan to reside in the UK.

Does anyone know the process to import the BMW to the UK which I will have owned for over a Year by the time I settle back in the UK.

Anyone done this and know the pitfalls and workarounds?

any advice much appreciated.

Mike

[boboneleg]

I don't know the in and outs but it's definitely possible. My DR650 is from Perth, the previous owner brought it with him when he moved back to UK.

[zimtim]

https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-i ... ed-vehicle

[fastrhino]

So potentially it should be relatively easy to do this.

Looks like a bit of bureaucracy involved but has a returning expat there should be no import VAT.

now to choose the route home from Perth.

[Helicoptermanr22]

Its quite easy to do, dont worry about it dude