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By: ksk8te (offline) Friday, October 16 2009 @ 06:42 AM ICT (Read 2015 times)
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I live in the US, and will be retiring in Thailand in 3 yrs. I tried to explain to my wife that it would be less expensive to buy a YZF R6 here and pay import fees for the bike, than buy one in Thailand. My company will pay for shipping of my house hold goods.
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By: news (offline) Friday, October 16 2009 @ 04:18 PM ICT
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It is true, the Yamaha YZF-R6 is indeed much cheaper in the USA then in Thailand. But importing a YZF-R6 will be charged with 187% import duty, and getting your bike officially registered costs 60,000 Baht.
Then the 680,000 Baht for a Yamaha YZF-R6 (from a official Thai Yamaha dealer) is not that bad, also you get the full factory warranty...
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By: ksk8te (offline) Saturday, October 17 2009 @ 05:02 AM ICT
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Thank you, 187% is a huge mark up even with the used discount. I think I will just buy one now and sell it before I leave. I really want the bike. I'll just keep this info from my wife...:-)
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