snakebitten said:
9% sales tax on a vehicle?
Holy cow. That's extortion.
Better than the 20% our government whack on - and that's on top of some of the highest Yamaha prices in the world as a staring point, the 2013 bikes are $19,791 on the road in the UK at todays exchange rate, of which £3297 goes straight into government coffers (20% Value Added Tax - VAT) that's before you pay another £100+ for "Road Tax" and then $2.22 for a litre of fuel (of which about 75% goes right into government coffers)
And to add insult to injury our roads are now some of the worst in Europe having been in decline since the 1970's with spending dropping year on year whilst money raised from the motorist has constantly increased, I had better not get started on what they are spending all this money on