Grey imports

[henry hoover]

I'm going to look at a bike tonight advertised on eBay,now I will always do a Hpi check on anything like that but I'm not sure if it will tell me if it's an unofficial import. How else can I check this?

Thanks
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[CaNsA]

Why does it matter?

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

What bike is it?

If you post the year and model, someone on here will be able to tell you if it was an official UK model.
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[UnspeedySam]

Check the V5. At the bottom of the front page it will say who imported it and when.
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FWIW Visordown's top grey imports - 20 to 11 and 10 to 1 (clicky links).
Posted Sept. 2013 so not that out of date.

HTH
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[henry hoover]

[dolly3900]

Practical Sportsbikes did a feature on grey imports the other month, might be worth checking their website for the writeup
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[Wonko The Sane]

Ive just read that article,

Conclusion was theres usually no issue with insurance or parts for them
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Good because I might be buying one very soonly. A hot-headed little number that will set the local chavosphere alight. Burnouts on the pub car park, donuts outside the chippy and power wheelies passed the local cop shop. I'm avin' it. Soonly. Maybe.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[weasley]

[JP7]

If a vehicle is a grey import the V5 and HPI will normally appear oddly short on information.

I had a grey import Honda CBR600F, and on HPI and the V5 it was just listed as an orange Honda. You will usually find that some of the emissions data and similar is missing from the paperwork.