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I guess I presumed they could link them to the riders transit somehow. Maybe I'm asking too much.
We did similar in the past for L2P - we all rode onto the ferry and one person basically waved a list of names and I don't think they even looked at passports. Presumed it was pre-registered to save time for tour groups and that kind of thing.
Why would EUs be buying UK bikes that presumably you've paid VAT on? Or you mean bringing bikes back from the EU, pretending to be part of a tour group?
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we all rode onto the ferry
That's different - a group of people on their own bikes. Done that loads of times. Problem is taking other people's bikes on if they are not there.
Must have been pre-Brexit, they definitely look at passports now!
I first heard of it from someone to do with the HPV Championships who said they were having issues getting the bikes across the channel
frank9755
If I was going to set up a nice little VAT fraud business on importing new bikes to sell on, this is exactly how I would do it.
So I wouldn't be surprised if there's a little heightened scrutiny at the border on this kind of thing (Tho I might be assuming too much of our/continental boys in blue)