Triumphrat

blkchambers

Prices in USA do not include state sales tax.
There is no federal sales tax. (Give them time!)

johnquinnell

Maybe because Oz & NZ having significantly smaller populations = smaller turnover so increase retailer slice of the pie to justify staying in business? My 2c way of looking at it from another angle anyway.

vaporvic

I just bought a Storm about 2 hours ago. Paid 14k. Picking her up tomorrow. Won't be able to sleep tonight I'm sure. Riding from Central Pa. to Carolina Beach NC on Friday! Will post pics soon!

W E Mack

That's what I was thinking too. They can afford to sell for less in U.S. because they sell more of them. Also we're famous ( notorious? ) for our voracious buying habits, so not only a larger population, but a greater turnover of perfectly good bikes so we can ride the best, newest....blah,blah,blah....

Hey Vic, I for one would like a full report of the trip and evaluation of the bike. Sorry, don't mean to sound like an Editor, I'm just feelin' the itch for a new T-Bird and lookin' for input.

Eddie.

Mark Savage

Our dollar is worth more than the US dollar so its even worse than it looks , Its mainly to do with buying power and what the market will bear I believe. You cant just import a bike, it has to meet Australian Design Rules and thats a matter of homogalation and having an importers license , way too expensive and difficult for an individual.

We get similar arguments on my gun forum all the time . We pay up to 50 % more for some American rifles and ammo .A lot of guys now buy items like scopes , bipods, range finders , hunting gear etc under $1000 over the internet and pay postage ( No Customs excise ) which ticks the shops and importers off no end . They wont honour warranties on any product privately imported online such as Leupold scopes etc. You have to have a Federal importers license to import actual firearms or ammo tho.

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