Aprilia importer??

[adrtree]

Do any of you guys have the contact info for the official Aprilia importer for Norway?? I found a company that is out of business.
None of you guys have come around to ride with me I did 100 km trip today. Very nice country to see. Not a good idea to look too long at the scenery though!

[Anton]

Take a look here. Loxkel is the official Aprilia importer for Norway.

Website of Loxkel:
http://www.loxkel.no/

Website of Aprilia Norway:
http://www.aprilia-mc.no/

Visit address:
Loxkel AS
Nygårsdsv 67
Ås


Post address:
Loxkel AS
Postboks 113
1401 Ski

Telephone: +47 64 97 61 80


Take a trip to Rogaland in August, and I will come ride with you! Purchasing a SXV550 when I come home from Thailand. But still don't got the driver lisence so can't ride too far.

[adrtree]

Thanks Anton. I will speak to them. And yes that sounds good I will buy temporary plates for a longer ride for now. I have been unable to sell the RSV so I guess I will just keep it. I wanted an RSV4 but until I can figure the registration issue out for American bikes then it is a problem. I cannot afford to buy one new here in Norway.

Anton what do you have to go through to get your heavy bike license?? Is it expensive? One of my wifes best friends here in Arendal owns a motorcycle school. It is called Anna Signes mc school i think. She is nice. She rides a Hayabusa. I do not know how well she rides though.

[Anton]

Oh, I see. So you got the US plates on the RSV right now? What about sending the bike back to USA for sale? Because I don't think you'll be able to get Norwegian plates on the RSV due to new rules in 2003. Even older bikes are hard to get registered here with Norwegian plates. But give it a try, contact the Loxkel and see what they can figure out. Ever thought about buying a second hand bike?
Like this one for example: http://www.finn.no/finn/mc/used/object? ... e=29471440

Well, I'm still 16, 17 in November. But started on the A1 (light bike license), and got caught by the police after getting away. So got a 6 month suspension on every driver license (3-4 months left). But came to the main theory for (light bike & heavy bike license - called MC-teori here in Norway), so I'll just take the MC-prøve, then I can start doing practice exercises (kjøretime) and take the practice test that decides if you're good enough for the license. Expensive... hmm.. it depends on how good you are. But the lady at the MC school were I take the license said the heavy bike license costs from 13-20 000kr.

But there is "three" licenses:
- First license when your 16, with bike restricted to 15hp (A1 license or light bike license).
- Second license when your 18, with bike restricted to 34hp/24kw or (A license or heavy bike license).
- If you took the A license when you were 18, you will automatically get the driver license for unlimited hp and kw when you're 20.

Wow, that's nice! Hayabusa is a really big bike, so I bet she rides pretty well. I really like biker ladies. My girlfriend also rides a 2008 RS125, and loves motorcycles as much as I do.

Sorry for my bad english, just tell me if there is anything you don't understand.

[adrtree]

Anton your English is perfect. Sounds complicated and a little expensive to get a motorcycle license here. I am glad I wont have to go through it. Hayabusa's are ok. Very comfortable on longer rides. The ones who used to ride in our groups with Hayabusas and Zx14's were always the last in the pack in the mountains though. They are too heavy to negotiate the twisties very fast. I have not seen a rider who can keep up on one yet. I'm sure someone out there can do it though.
I think I have found a way to get the US bikes plated if they are already Euro compliant(Ducati, Aprilia). It is complicated and I do not know 100% that it will work yet but I have been told by Vegvesen that it will work. You have to take the bike to a TUV inspection station in Germany(there are many inspection stations and you do not have to be from Germany) and get several different issues documented as compliant for Europe( Exhaust noise, Exhaust emmissions, Lights, etc.). Then you bring this documentation back to Norway Vegvesen and it should be good. The Aprilia should pass all these tests. It cost around 800-1000 Euros for the testing and there is an inspection station near the Denmark/Germany border about 5 hours drive from the Ferry.
We will see and I will let you guys know if it works and exactly what to do. It is a great solution if it works
How did you get caught Anton?? i would like to hear the story if you dont mind.

[Anton]

Haha, well not my oral pronounce isn't really good anyway.

Yeah, very complicated and expensive. Usually takes a lot of time too.

Hahah, I understand that. The bike is really big. Just got to sit on a Busa for a few days ago in a local bikershop next to our house in Thailand. Never ever seen such a big bike ment to be "sporty", and really heavy.

Sweet! So that means that the Japanese bikes are hard to get registered if imported from the US? Anyway that sounds great! So are you going to try this out or just leave it? Pretty much work, but probably worth it - if you are able to get Norwegian license plates on the bike.
Yes, that would be nice if you would give the forum a response on how to do this. Maybe you could make a guide to if you succeed this?

No, I don't mind telling you. Already told the forum in Norwegian.
But I'll take a summary of the story.

Me and my girlfriend had been out riding (she was passenger), when a friend called me and asked if we would like to join them at China restaurant on Bryne. We were hungry and against the China restaurant. When we finally arrived Bryne and drove into the town. Suddenly I see a police car coming against me. I didn't really care because I've driven behind, in front of and against the police maaany times before but they haven't done anything. So I turned up against the China restaurant when I see the police car turning in the same direction. I didn't even think about covering my license plate or folding it. Suddenly under a bridge I hear the siren of the police car, the bridge is full of bright blue light. The only reaction I got was to twist the throttle, I knew the police already got my license plate. But at least I saved my girlfriend for getting in trouble.

Later the police called my mom and dad. Got called in for interrogation (?). Don't really know the english word for it, but in Norwegian it's called avhør. The police already knew that I didn't have any driver license. But if I was willing to tell the truth (so the police could save resources) I could get up to 20% less punishment (?). Called strafferabatt in Norwegian. Anyway I did tell the truth and ended up with 5000NOK and 6 month suspension on the driver license, or 21 days (think it was 21) prison and 6 month suspension. Which really isn't much compared to others that has got away from the police and later got caught. I didn't tell who the passenger was, so I saved my girlfriend for a lot of trouble. The police said that there was a person that told the police that I was driving without license.

I knew someday I had to get caught as I have driven in two and a half year without any license. But I can't say anything but it was worth it, definitely. So now I've sold my bike to buy a bigger bike with more power.

[adrtree]

Hmm. Well that doesnt sound too bad. At least you were able to get away from them with a passenger on board. 6 months suspension and 5000 is not too bad for Norway I think.
To answer your question I think it is a big problem on the Japanese bikes depending on which bike it is.
Many of them are not manufactured to EU compliance with regard to lights and emissions, noise, etc.
From what I understand if the bike is sold in the US as a California emissions bike then it is closer to EU spec. If it is non-California emmission then it is worse. My ZX10 was non California emission. Even if it is California emission bike then the lights still may not be compliant for the EU.
Read this under PART 2:
http://www.aprilia.com/apriliacust/faq.asp#omologazione

Ducati is similar. They claim all the bikes are made to EU compliance therefore it is just a matter of finding the documentation or having it tested to provide documentation. For the Jap bikes this would be much harder.

[Anton]

No, it isn't bad at all. I've been riding for 2 years, riding a tuned RS125 and ran away from the police with passenger - and got only 5000 + 6 months. A friend of mine ran away from the police with a tuned moped and had the driver license. He got 10 000kr, lost his driver license and lost his license plate on the moped. So I really couldn't understand why I didn't get more.

Oh, I see. Now I understand why the Italian bikes are easier to get plated here in Norway. Kind of strict rules for imports and such stuff here.
Sorry, the link doens't work properly?

So what do you think would be the cheapest for you? Buy a similar bike here, or try get it registered on Norwegian plates?

[adrtree]

Well I paid 12,200 US for the bike new in America+Shipping $500US + $1500US for TUV + $9000.00 US for Registration Tax + 25%VAT Customs $4000.00.
So my total for a new RSV1000 with Norway plates will be $27,200.00 US. $27,200.00x 5.7= $155,040KR.
I think a new RSV1000 from the dealer in Norway is around ??180,000?? though the RSV are discontinued now arent they??
So the savings at these numbers is around 25- 30,000KR. I guess you must also consider Airfare and hotel cost if you went to America for a few days to make the purchase unless you were already there for other reasons.
On an RSV4 the savings would be about the same.
The big question is 25 or 30,000KR worth all of the effort and trouble you must go through to do this???
If you already knew EXACTLY how to do it and you did not mind then it would be worth it.
It depends how important saving a little money is for you I guess

[Anton]

Oh, well, you'll save a bit. But as you say, is really all that work worth the money you save. I think I would have bought a new bike here in Norway instead of getting into all that trouble.

Discontinued? What does that mean? Out of production? In that case, yes, they're out of production.

Getting my SXV550 in a few days, so if you want to go riding in a weekend I'll gladly come meet you in Egersund or something (as I've said earlier can't ride too far as I don't got the license). Maybe we could meet up with other Aprilia riders here in Rogaland from the Apriliaforum too? I know it's a bit far, so a weekend or a vacation to Rogaland might be appropriate? If you take the trip as a vacation in some weekdays, you should come during a Wednesday. As we got a pretty big go-cart track here, and Stavanger Roadracing keeps training's for unregistered bikes and registered bikes if that sounds interesting.

[Raptor33]

Well, I think this could have been done pretty much easier if you knew what you had to do when you got it to Norway.

If you buy a bike in the US, send it to Germany (?) where you get through all the test, get transport plates and drive it to norway.
Go to "biltilsynet" and get plates?

[Anton]

His RSV is already here in Norway.

[Raptor33]

Yeah i know, but it was just what he could have done when he moved to Norway if he knew what to do.