When I first went to live in Greece in the early seventies there was a 100% tax on imported vehicles. If anybody had a bike it was a Jawa or MZ or some eastern German machine. Then tourism got going and the laws changed so the Japanese took over.
Everybody and his wife wanted a pickup truck and the only UK one I ever saw was a Marina? BMC anyway. Toyota ruled.
Fortunately I had a group of friends and we used to go drag racing at weekends.
My T120R, a 750 Honda 4, a Trident, Laverda, Kawasaki 500 three, and a green frame Ducati 750s(I bet your sorry you sold that Costas!)
Happy Daze.