How many bikes do you currently own?

[quattro]

Just talking with my uncle yesterday who has 5 bikes at the moment. It got me thinking that bikes are very cheap here in Ireland and with multi-bike insurance etc, it's easy to have lots of bikes so is having lots of bikes a thing that's particular to this side of the world?

[unstuck]

Seven.:yes:

[StoneY]

4 and the insurance on the bikes is sweet...its the insurance on me that sux with these huge fuckin ACC levy's being twisted from my tortured budget.

What a crock

[Road kill]

Me only one,,but insurance and ACC coverage is very cheap so a lot of people own quite a few.

[jim.cox]

Right now? one bike and a four-wheeler.

But looking for another bike

[Flip]

Seven but only one is a modern one, so ACC can go get fucked.

[Deano]

3 bikes but only one is road legal. I put the rego on hold over winter. The others are a race bike and an off roader.

[Indiana_Jones]

Just the one and some form of classic car makes up the shopping trolly/sunday drive toy.

-Indy

[dogsnbikes]

5 in our house...I have 4 and the missus has 1,I have a set of identical twins so they share the same tags,it cost me 3 times the amount to regerister 2 bikes than what it cost too insure 3 bikes:facepalm:

[BIG DOUG]

Will I only have 6,but 1 of my friend's has 80 bikes and another has 41 so I still got a way to go to catch them up.

[vifferman]

Only 1, sadly, but I've worked out that 5 is a good number to own. :yes:
Now... I jes' havta convince the vifferbabe that I should buy another four... might be hard with her on vacation in Brisbane at the mo' and threatening to resign her job when she returns....

[Sable]

3. One for when the other 2 inevitably break down.

[Blinkwing]

Can only afford to run one bike, so it's one for me.

[Sarah311]

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10 all up, mixture of race, dirt, road

[riffer]

1984 Suzuki Katana, 1996 Suzuki RF900R, 2008 Suzuki Bandit 1250.

I like Suzukis. The Bandit is currently registered and insured fully comp. The RF900R registration is on hold, although it's insured. The Katana is a resto in progress (not) and is unregistered and uninsured.

[sleemanj]

insurance and ACC coverage is very cheap

Sigh, must be nice to have enough money that ACC can be considered cheap enough to pay multiple times :-(

[quattro]

Dumb question time:

Do you not have decent enough accident cover in Fully Comp? Does everyone pay ACC separately?

[riffer]

Dumb question time:

Do you not have decent enough accident cover in Fully Comp? Does everyone pay ACC separately?


Accident Compensation insurance covers your medical bills in the event of an accident. It's for the person, not the bike. It's compulsory, and part of the annual motorcycle road licensing fee. Our government has recently doubled it from around $250 a year to around $520...

What makes it worse is that you have to pay a FULL ACC levy for EACH motorcycle. Two motorcycles - two ACC levies + another for the car + one for each other vehicle you own, i.e. truck.

[sleemanj]

Accident Compensation insurance covers your medical bills in the event of an accident. It's for the person, not the bike. It's compulsory, and part of the annual motorcycle road licensing fee.

Should add for the internationals, that it's no-fault (doesn't matter how the accident happened, only that somebody got hurt and needs to be fixed), it's universal (doesn't matter how much you have paid to ACC, even if it's $0, you're still covered), and that the licencing fee ACC is just one stream of revenue we pay to ACC, we all also pay a sum garnished fron our wages/salary (ACC Earner Levy), and companies pay a sum each year also.

[White trash]

3 bikes but only one is road legal. I put the rego on hold over winter. The others are a race bike and an off roader.

Lol. A PeeWee isn't an "offroader" bro :)

[Deano]

Lol. A PeeWee isn't an "offroader" bro :)

But but but....it has knobblies !! Hey - technically it isn't mine either !! (Thanks for bursting my bubble - I always wanted to have a stable of bikes....)

[eelracing]

But but but....it has knobblies !! Hey - technically it isn't mine either !! (Thanks for bursting my bubble - I always wanted to have a stable of bikes....)

Don't let the big bully put you off Deano...my first offroader was the mighty Honda CG 110.

[White trash]

Just having a mental count up.

I've got the following in the garage.

GSX550ED
GSX550ED parts bike
MVX250
MVX250 parts bike
CB250RS (Ex wifes)
Mini Chopper (halfway built, actually belongs to my daughter)
FJ1200 (Not mine, no idea how it fucken got there or what's happening with it)
125 Chinker pit bike (Not mine)
110 Chinker pit bike (Also not mine but it used to be)
PW50 (Keiran's)

Edit: Ah fuck I knew I'd forget one. 1992 FZR250 to be ripped up for a bucket.

Really need to find something for Sue I reckon.

[Latte]

If you have 2 bikes with only one fully regsistered but get caught riding the other
providing you can prove you had paid ACC on your other bike it would be impossible to say you were riding without ACC cover

Ahh, they don't ticket you for that, it's for riding an unlicensed vehicle...

And to the OP, Three (seems to be a popular number in this thread).

[sleemanj]

If you have 2 bikes with only one fully regsistered but get caught riding the other
providing you can prove you had paid ACC on your other bike it would be impossible to say you were riding without ACC cover

Doesn't matter in any case, ACC cover is universal for everybody in New Zealand, citizens, residents and visitors alike (except for accidents during serious criminal acts, but even then there are still provisions to actually fix your injuries free of charge especially so you can work, just not provide ongoing funds), doesn't matter if you so much as paid a cent into the ACC coffers, you're still covered.

But this has got quite off topic now :scooter:

[StoneY]

But this has got quite off topic now :scooter:

On Kiwibiker???? Never dude. Geeez.

[RAJAH1]

One is for parts, one is a classic and a garage ornament, and the other four, soon to be three are used. Never ever ever have more than two bikes rego'd at once. Mostly just one. Would have no issues with paying a reasonable rego fee like it used to be and have a few legal. Rego is now not reasonable so dont.

[Furyos J]

3 if you count a sports quad as a bike

cbr600 f4
cr250r offroader
trx400ex quad offroader

[Coolz]

2. A 250 which is my daily transport and gets rego in 3 month increments and a 800 which is on hold though not always idle,I will put a bit of rego on it for over the smmer though.