Buying from Northern Ireland

[Mr.Everready]

Anyone done it, what's involved ?
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[alone]

Getting it across the water?
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[The Artist]

Trying to understand the person selling it

[Alabama Blacksnake]

[MattEMulsion]

Buying what, a bike or a t-shirt?
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[Mr.Everready]

[The Artist]

[Alabama Blacksnake]

U never know.
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trevoriv said: Leathers are like teenage girls, the tighter the better.

[gwared]

I know running around on an English plate over here in NI is quite common [since prices are generally much, MUCH, cheaper over on the mainland], my fireblade was sold by Padgett's at some stage in it's life...although I really don't know about the other way around...

How come you're looking to buy from over here? It's seriously rare for something cheap to come up!

[of course, the hassle of getting a ferry over was way to much for me so I just took the price hit ]

[Keeno]

Im in N.Ireland, up in Derry

Where is the bike m8?

Should be simple enough to get the bike, either get the guy to meet you at a ferry port or there is a guy here that makes weekly trips to England to bring bikes over for the dealers in NI. It may be possible to arrange for him to take your bike over on the outward journey.

[Mr.Everready]

It's in the Co. Down area, as it happens it's only 50 odd miles from me as the crow flies bt nearer 200 to get there.
Travelling isn't a problem, wha happens about registering it in the UK ? Road tax, mot's etc.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

You need to reregister it in the UK, which should be fairly easy (last time I did it was 1988 so not that much use!). Probably get a choice of keeping the NI plate or having a UK one. NI and mainland MOTs are interchangeable, although the tests are different. NI tests are done by government testing stations rather than garages, and as with any government bureaucracy there are often long waits for a test there (my father regularly used to land up taking his car on the ferry to Stranraer for an MOT).

Where in Down is it for sale?

All the best

Keith
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[Mr.Everready]

Not 100% sure Keith, was waiting for more info before I went too deep into it, I'll be calling him tomorrow again.
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[pa_broon74]

My BMW came from Newtonards. Basically flew over picked the bike up then got the ferry back. I 'wired' the money to a friend who'd checked it over and bought it earlier in the week.

Got it back over, went to the DVLA office in Edinburgh with all the stuff, I had all of the paper work (including the bit I think the seller was supposed to send away.)

Anyway, chucked it all at the person in the DVLA office and they sent it away for me, asked if I wanted a new reg number, I said no. It needed taxed too, I picked that up from the DVLA office in Edinburgh and the V5 came through the post a week or two later.

No problems for me.


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[Creepin Moses]

Hey I am from Northern Ireland too, Dundonald. If anyone knows it.

Davey.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

What are you buying Everready, you have to tell us.
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[Mr.Everready]

Buying ? I'm only window shopping at the moment.
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[gwared]

[pa_broon74]

Only other thing i remember about it, is they treat it as an import. As far as I can recall, it didn't cost anything but I did fill out a V60 (I think...)

On the subject of Northern Ireland. They have one of the best crazy golf courses I've ever played, its modelled on two pirate ships as I recall. I cannot remember where it was though, it was near an out of town shopping area... Big gym as I recall... Maybe a B&Q.

Obviously I won...


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[Creepin Moses]

Na the pirates of the caribbean crazy golf is connected to the Dundonald Ice Bowl, near a roundabout. And yes that crazy golf is mad, highly recomender for anyone for a laugh.
That is just 10 mins walk away from me.
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[alone]

On costs, I know a guy here in Reading (south east), who buys cars from Northern Island and sells them on for a good profit.. He makes more buying and selling cars than from his business furniture company that's been around for years!
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[Dragonfly]

[Mr.Everready]

When I spoke to the guy I forgot to ask exactly where he was He's selling he bike to fund a house purchase.

I'd be going into Larne DF, he would come up to see me. It's about £20 for a foot passanger, £45 for the bike on the return.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Down is a fair size county, and has Belfast between it and Larne.

All the best

Keith
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[Mr.Everready]

Aye Keith I had a look at he map. He says he's only 20 miles from Larne so he's not too far south.
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