hi does anyone know what changes have to be made when importing a ducati from the US to australia? am considering buying a 750 F1. thanks

I think the biggest changes are:
- the amount of money in your account, and the sellers.
- your perception of the bureaucracy of your department of motor vehicles (what ever they call it)

Generally, countries don't care too much about what you ship out, but if you intend to ride it on the road, they will have an opinion about registering it. Do you have vehicle inspections like they do in Europe?

Cheers,

you`ll probably have to replace the headlight as you`re riding on the other side of the road.

G.

The only thing you would need to change is the headlight lens to accomodate the fact we drive on the other side of the road (an Australian version of the lens cuts the part of the beam thrown to the right to prevent blinding oncoming traffic).

The F1 was sold in Australia so the there would be a type compliance with the Australian Design Rules (ADR) this is good because it means you can just rock up to a tester and have it checked for the rego.

Just make sure you get the import approval from Customs before the bike is shipped otherwise you could be in a world of pain.

Mike

i remember there being an vincent black shadow in a bike shop window in perth WA about fifteen years ago for about 6000 aussie dollars. i used to stop and look at it through the grubby old window whenever i rode by on my commando. wish i'd bought it and shipped it back to the UK. what makes it worse was it was totally original in reasonable nick and i had the cash. it was just the thought of organising it that put me off.

we do have vehicle inspections here in AUS,i had bought my 750 sport interstate and they only checked if the bike had been stolen and checked all cerial numbers matched to rego papers. thanks

Make sure it was registered (used on the road) here in the USA first. There is a sticker on the frame that says the F1 is not for road use and is for race track use only. This may have applied only here in the USA tho and I have mine registered for the road with no issues, but I would hate to see it get to the other side of the world and not have the proper info to be registered.

I reckon shipping a bike won't be that much more Claude. Shipping it in a sea container the freighters don't care about weight, just the volume. Which, for a bike, isn't that much at all. Air freight would of course cost the GDP of a small Pacific nation.

Mike