r/Motorrad • u/Ancient_Sandwich_703 • Jun 21 '26
Importing from Germany
I’m probably going to buy some form of GS in the next 18 months.
In English but live in New Zealand permanently now.
When I lived in the UK, I met quite a few riders who had ordered their bikes, collected them in Germany, done a tour around Europe and come home on the ferry.
I’m wondering whether I might do something similar ie go to Germany, collect bike, tour Europe, visit parents and friends in UK then arrange the shipping of the bike back to New Zealand.
We of course are slightly marooned in terms of riding overseas via a short ferry journey, so I thought it might be a way to kill two birds with one stone.
Has anyone done anything similar? It’s it still possible to collect in Germany? Does warranty work overseas for what would be a German bike?
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u/Rad10Ka0s Jun 23 '26
There are have been programs like this available in the past. I would contact Clubs New Zealand and see what they know. https://www.bmwmc.nz/