My VX Arrived

[PeteVX]

It should be a requirement of life that everyone visits amsterdam at some point...it is just sooo laid back, where else do cigarette machines dispense pre-made joints, or you walk into a bar or coffee shop and there is one menu for food and drink and another for getting high a hundred different ways. Not that i would ever encourage that kind of thing...just so you understand.

...and then there's the red light district...........

[dutchie]

Pete!

You forget our beautiful wind mills, the dikes(scared to write it with an y) with the finger sized holes in it, our tulips, rembrandt, good ol' vincent, our traditional snack of chips with mayonaise, ketchup, peanut sauce and onions....our pannekoeken, the bicycles.....
Ok and the marihuana is good too


Your topic about Assen brought also back a lot of memories....

On the way back from Assen, my mates and I decided that what Kevin Schwantz can do we could do better. I woke up the next day in hospital with to broken legs(broken in 6 places) three broken ribs, a broken toe and a bad headache....
I still have two plates in my leg to prove it
I never touched a bike after that experience....I can't switch gears, since my left foot got messed up pretty bad...

[PeteVX]

Ouch!! ...i feel your pain!!

I got banged up about 12 years ago almost lost my left arm in a MX accident riding in the old soviet union of all places. didn't throw my leg over a bike again for about 5 years and was real nervous when i did....but after a couple of weeks it was ok again.

Funny about all the cultural stuff, i'd been going to Amsterdam since i was 16 (38 now) and only last year when visiting with my now ex-wife did we actually get to Ann Franks house, take a boat taxi and do some other touristy stuff, it was actually pretty neat.
I was really inpressed with the flower markets too, ohh lets not forget food, awesome collection of restraunts in amsterdam, and that mayonaise thing on the fries? whats that all about? the frogs do that too.

Once we were going to assen for the 24 hour endurance series, stopped of in amsterdam like we usually do, parked up the bikes and went for a wander. There were about 8 or 10 of us and somewhere along the line we got seperated and lost a few, eventually our group found our way back to the bikes, decided to ride onto assen knowing the rest would eventually turn up there.

We didn't see them again till we got back on the ferry again sunday night....apparently they got so wasted they spent all friday afternoon wandering around looking for where they parked their bikes, couldn't find them so went back to a coffee shop, met up with some rather nice dutch folk, some of them bikers, who led them to a party and thats where they stayed for the rest of the weekend, what a laugh!!

Favorite dutch thing? has to be your girls!!! talk about hot babes, even as a kid at school we had a dutch geography teacher called boreboley or something like that, we were all in love with her!

Anyway now i'm getting all homesick...



Pete

[Robert]

Hej thedutchguy,

I have lots of friends in Holland. (Amsterdam and Groningen)
Congrats for the VehiCross and welcome to the Forum. It is a great group really.
I am still hesitating to bring mine to Europe/Hungary. In HU we have about 3 but only one with EU plate.
My main headache is the registration fee that is about $9,000 that I find outrageous. Just for curiosity stake how much did you pay for the shipping (Would you recommend them?) and how much do you have to pay for the registration?
If I ship mine I will ship it through Rotterdam probably and may be we can hook up for a meet.
Anyway enjoy it, it is a great vehicle!

Robert

[PeteVX]

Robert,

I'm not sure if Hungary is EU yet, but if i remember correctly import duty in england is about 9 or 10% then you can move vehicles through europe without paying anymore import duty or tax..its only paid in the country importation. There are registration taxes to pay too, i cant remember the amount but its not too high.

So if Hungary has a high import duty, maybe you could import to another EU country with a lower rate, you'd still be Ok to move freely around europe. I'm sure an international shipping or forwarding agent would know.

I shipped a motorcycle and crate full of stuff from England to the states a few years ago and it cost about $450 I remember the quotes i was getting varied wildy, i just kept calling till i found someone that i guess had regular deliveries going to where i wanted and gave me a good price.
good luck

pete

[Robert]

Thanks Pete,

Yes, Hungary is in the EU. (Just joined and that brought the new change) The registration fee that is currently $9,000 is only for registration and regardless where you registered the car before. (If you want a HU plate and you have to if you want to use it there) On the top of that you have to pay 10% custom and 25% VAT. Luckily I don't have to pay the custom and the VAT because I worked abroad 8 years (2 years UK, 5,5 US and half year Canada) and I can bring my personal belongings and cars back without those fees except the registration fee. It is only that expensive for big engines (with European measure) for smaller it is around $3,000. If I want to use the car in HU I have to register it there unfortunately.
Thanks for the info though but it seems that I have to live with that fact.

Robert