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speedy21
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PostPosted: 22:41 - 18 Apr 2012    Post subject: r6 colours in uk, cherry red? Reply with quote
was the cherry red r6 released in the uk and what year was it if it was , cheers Smile
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TUG
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PostPosted: 22:43 - 18 Apr 2012    Post subject: Re: r6 colours in uk, cherry red? Reply with quote
speedy21 wrote:
was the cherry red r6 released in the uk and what year was it if it was , cheers Smile

No thats a USA colour IIRC.
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speedy21
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PostPosted: 22:46 - 18 Apr 2012    Post subject: noooooooo Reply with quote
cheers tug i was afraid of that, i love that colour, gutted now
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TUG
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PostPosted: 22:52 - 18 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just curious, but why are you worried about it being a USA bike?
Many UK dealers bought them in and put them through the UK test and are fine, just make sure you have a good warrenty like a UK bike and you will be A.O.K

There was a problem with USA R1's in LAVA red that kept on eating their heads from shitty metal used but Dealers would help out the owners by doing some dodgy number swaps on the yamaha warrenty consoles.
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speedy21
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PostPosted: 22:57 - 18 Apr 2012    Post subject: . Reply with quote
it wernt a case of worrying about it being usa bike it was just because ive only seen one for sale, i didnt realise that there would be american bikes over here at all, is there any difference between the uk and usa versions... why did dealers go to the trouble of importing then anyway was it just for the colours or was it some other reason? must cost the same as a spray job to import a bike?
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PostPosted: 23:50 - 18 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
American ones are left hand drive Thumbs Up
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speedy21
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PostPosted: 00:04 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: . Reply with quote
haha might make me faster.
is there any down sides to owning an import? insurance maybe?
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TUG
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PostPosted: 00:27 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Re: . Reply with quote
speedy21 wrote:
haha might make me faster.
is there any down sides to owning an import? insurance maybe?

No because the sell a UK spec model so it doesn't matter.
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speedy21
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PostPosted: 17:21 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
maybe i can find myself a cherry red after all, so why do the dealers go to the expense of importing to start with,is it just for colours?
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PostPosted: 23:34 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
speedy21 wrote:
maybe i can find myself a cherry red after all, so why do the dealers go to the expense of importing to start with,is it just for colours?


for money, basically

good old rip off britain, where we pay more for consumer goods than everyone else and an R6 in the usa is the same price as here but in $ not £, so you buy a container full, ship the whole lot here, pay your import duty and still make more money out of them than selling uk market bikes
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TUG
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PostPosted: 01:52 - 20 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
speedy21 wrote:
maybe i can find myself a cherry red after all, so why do the dealers go to the expense of importing to start with,is it just for colours?

Imported bikes are cheaper to buy than UK spec ones, they are the same bike but theres a lot of red tape bollox around it all when it comes to part numbers and gay emissions parts.
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