Cheap transport?

[Grahameeboy]

Who says bikes are cheap to own...

Took SV in for WOF...needs a new rear disc $220...52,000k's and 4 rear brake pads so fair enough and it was warped...2 new tyres...$600 or so...fair enough...(gone for Pirelli Rosso's for a change, always vowed never to get Pirelli but was convinced they are as good as the Power 2CT's and to be honest I find the front wears quickly / uneven)) and now they say that they think something is loose in the clutch and need to remove housing...OH:angry2::beer: and a :hug:...did seem noisy but it is a V Twin but operation was okay...and when serviced in December guy just said it was okay just rattly.

Mobility Van in almost 2 years has cost me $0 to run other than petrol, WOF and Rego of course...

Sometimes I am glad life is short...........

[slofox]

Ahhh yes, tis a great myth that...."I got my bike to save money..."
Ahhhahahahaha silly little man, you may well save petrol but the tyres alone will keep you in penury, not to mention all those details you just outlined for our edification Grahameeboy......and to be honest I probably spend more overall on petrol now than before I bought the bike on account of seein' as how I like to get out on it every day etc etc.... but hell as long as I don't run out of house to mortgage before I run out of time to live, who cares?

[Devil]

.... and now they say that they think something is loose in the clutch and need to remove housing...OH:angry2::beer: and a :hug:...did seem noisy but it is a V Twin but operation was okay...

Not unusual with that motor for issues around the clutch basket. It was the right move getting in there and having a look so be happy that they're onto it.

As for costs yep I agree. Althought the KTM has been pretty cheap to service, i've just ticked over 15k on the clock and up to set of tyres number 4.
*ahem*.

[Finn]

Who says bikes are cheap to own...

Took SV in for WOF...needs a new rear disc $220...52,000k's and 4 rear brake pads so fair enough and it was warped...2 new tyres...$600 or so...fair enough...(gone for Pirelli Rosso's for a change, always vowed never to get Pirelli but was convinced they are as good as the Power 2CT's and to be honest I find the front wears quickly / uneven)) and now they say that they think something is loose in the clutch and need to remove housing...OH:angry2::beer: and a :hug:...did seem noisy but it is a V Twin but operation was okay...and when serviced in December guy just said it was okay just rattly.

Mobility Van in almost 2 years has cost me $0 to run other than petrol, WOF and Rego of course...

Sometimes I am glad life is short...........

Then isn't the most obvious answer to transport your motorbike in the back of the Mobility Van?

[Squiggles]

Cheap transport? Something like this is: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=211051623
An thou tho, yeah right. Thats like wanting a V8 to be good on gas

[Grahameeboy]

Then isn't the most obvious answer to transport your motorbike in the back of the Mobility Van?

For a business man you are dumb sometimes Finny....why keep an unused diminishing asset when you could sell it....plus where do I put Natalie...that's 2 reasons why you are dumb...for today anyway...carry on :wari:

[Grahameeboy]

Not unusual with that motor for issues around the clutch basket. It was the right move getting in there and having a look so be happy that they're onto it.

As for costs yep I agree. Althought the KTM has been pretty cheap to service, i've just ticked over 15k on the clock and up to set of tyres number 4.
*ahem*.

True...it's done 52,000 k's so really it has been pretty good...

[marty]

Every litre of gas i put through the busa, I was putting at least $1 in the back tyre account (ie about $20/tank). Closer to $2/litre in the summer

[Ixion]

A litre V twin is hardly bought for transport.

Like complaining that a Ferrari is a costly menas of picking up the groceries.

Choose a suitable bike and it can be cheap

ffwabbitt in 3 years, 37000 K :

New chain $90 (well worn when I bought the bike)
New rear sprocket $45 (ditto)
New front tyre $80 (ditto)
New rear tyre $110 (ditto)
Another rear tyre $160 (too dear)
front brake lever $15
Starter solenoid $20
Rear bulb about $3

That's the lot. Plus oil fuel rego wof. not bad IMHO

[Grahameeboy]

A litre V twin is hardly bought for transport.

Like complaining that a Ferrari is a costly menas of picking up the groceries.

Choose a suitable bike and it can be cheap

ffwabbitt in 3 years, 37000 K :

New chain $90 (well worn when I bought the bike)
New rear sprocket $45 (ditto)
New front tyre $80 (ditto)
New rear tyre $110 (ditto)
Another rear tyre $160 (too dear)
front brake lever $15
Starter solenoid $20
Rear bulb about $3

That's the lot. Plus oil fuel rego wof. not bad IMHO

What about your other bikes....

[Maha]

Sometimes I am glad life is short...........


Yes, but Death is way longer!!!

[Gremlin]

As for costs yep I agree. Althought the KTM has been pretty cheap to service, i've just ticked over 15k on the clock and up to set of tyres number 4.
Your KTM must like being a cheap date... mine loves the shop (or the attention?)

17,000km, $5000 probably spent, inc hard part accessories, tyres, servicing.

6 months of fantastic fun, but hell I feel poor! :whistle:

[Ixion]

What about your other bikes....

They cost more.

But I wouldn't buy/use them with transport as the primary purpose. My point was that comparing a litre semi-sprotsbike with a utilitarian people mover cage isn't comparing apples and apples. If you had a Ferrari in the garage it would cost a lot more than the mobility van .

[Grahameeboy]

Yes, but Death is way longer!!!

God Bless you then.........:sunny:

[98tls]

Be interesting to see whats a bit loose in the clutch:shit:

[Devil]

Your KTM must like being a cheap date... mine loves the shop (or the attention?)

17,000km, $5000 probably spent, inc hard part accessories, tyres, servicing.

6 months of fantastic fun, but hell I feel poor! :whistle:

Cept mine stays upright ;)

[Motu]

Who says bikes are cheap to own...


If you want a bike that's cheap to own - you buy a bike that's cheap to own,not a bike that's NOT cheap to own,and then have the audacity to complain about it! You'd be better off complaining about why the fuck did I buy this bike that's so expensive to maintain.Then sell it and buy a bike that's cheap to run.Then you can stop moaning and have some fun on a cheap bike.

Fucking moaning Pom!

[Taz]

My R1100GS has been extremely cheap to run for a big bike.

[Bonez]

Be interesting to see whats a bit loose in the clutch:shit:Hmmmmmm, the nut that sits in the middle............................?

[ynot slow]

Had 12000km service done couple days ago,read the invoice(still under warranty)check this,that etc,adjust carbs,wtf it's FI,but best part was check tyre pressures should be 36 front,checked it today cold and 40psi,nothing much you say but I checked them day before and knew it was 40psi,hate that when it is said check /replace and haven't done that,makes me wonder if the plugs have been replaced lol.

[Gremlin]

Cept mine stays upright ;)
pah! Mine has been to Bluff and Cape Reinga and a lot of the roads in between... in 5 months!

[Grahameeboy]

If you want a bike that's cheap to own - you buy a bike that's cheap to own,not a bike that's NOT cheap to own,and then have the audacity to complain about it! You'd be better off complaining about why the fuck did I buy this bike that's so expensive to maintain.Then sell it and buy a bike that's cheap to run.Then you can stop moaning and have some fun on a cheap bike.

Fucking moaning Pom!

Moaning? I was just making an observation...after 52,000k I cannot complain..a clutch spring went...

I am not a POM by the way...

[Grahameeboy]

Be interesting to see whats a bit loose in the clutch:shit:

Clutch spring...if it been left it would have been spat around and I could have ended on the road so just as well I took it to a bike shop for the WOF...coost around $500 and I can pay it off....

I know the tyres were due and the rear disc may be ?...I am a rear braker so 4 pads etc means I give it a lot of stick...so the clutch was the only real extra....

Got an RF900 courtesy bike and it will be sorted today so Colemans done good

[davereid]

Ahh, my TGB101s scooter is what you need.

It only costs pennys to run, 43000km to date and has needed 2 tyres and a handful of spark plugs over and above its fuel.

Ooops it also needed a pinch bar through the baffles to make it sound like a harley, but that only cost blood like anything involving me and heavy tools.

$77 a year rego, no WOFs and +80mpg.

Could swap if you do cash difference.. ?

[Taz]

$500 bucks for a clutch spring?? :eek:

[speights_bud]

I bought one of them Suzuki UZ125 scoots, cheaper than the car to run and all i need to do is check the oil and put petrol in it :bleh:

[McJim]

Should have bought a Ducati. Mine has done more kms than than yours and still has original clutch bits and brake discs.

The wee 600 doesn't chew chains or tyres as fast as a thou' either.

Of course, your bike does go faster than mine.....

[malfunconz]

only way to own a cheap bike is not to .... just borrow one

[vifferman]

But.. but..
Whoever said bikes were cheap transport? Mebbe a smallish communter bike or scooter, but my bike's an expensive toy.
Costs? I dunno - never keep track of them.
Hmmmmm.... lesseeeee.....

Tyres about $550-$600 every eighteen months or so, oil change every six months $45, filter every 12 months $20, chain'n'sprockets every few years, $350. Battery every five years $150 or so. Some brake fluid here'n'there, new pads whenever.
That's about it, unless I break summat or want some bling.

Worse bit's the gear: boots ($450), helmet ($450), jacket ($700-$1000), pants ($550), gloves $150-$200 every few years.

But what else am I gonna spend my money on? I don't do pubbing'n'clubbing, don't smoke, don't go to movies, don't buy magazines, don't really have a life. Vifferbabe makes up for that with her travel bug, I guess. Now THAT'S some expensive transport! :eek:

[McJim]

But what else am I gonna spend my money on? I don't do pubbing'n'clubbing, don't smoke, don't go to movies, don't buy magazines, don't really have a life. Vifferbabe makes up for that with her travel bug, I guess. Now THAT'S some expensive transport! :eek:

I had to quit the smokes to afford the bike. It was either that or sell the children and the missus wouldn't let me.

[Ixion]

But.. but..
..

Worse bit's the gear: boots ($450), helmet ($450), jacket ($700-$1000), pants ($550), gloves $150-$200 every few years.

..

Ye have to have Scotch heritage to make motorcycling cheap. The whole of my gear in the last 10 years would be less than your jacket. And almost all of that the helmet. M' great-greaty-nuncle Solomon McTavish would have though me a spendthrift.

[jafar]

I had to quit the smokes to afford the bike. It was either that or sell the children and the missus wouldn't let me.

But if you traded her in too :bleh:

Sort of a package deal :eek:

Then you could be riding a thou :niceone:

[Grahameeboy]

New primary drive...$800 inc all up...no rattle...ooohhhhh

[Edbear]

Well, I dunno bout how much cheaper a bike should be when your log-in says you ride a "tweeked" SV....

But in 17,000+km from new, my bike has cost fuel and servicing as per the book. Tyres are barely worn so I have no idea how long they'll last.

I use it for commuting to work and have to say, with about $20 per week for fuel, free underground parking and being 10-15min quicker, (Orewa-Taka), it really is no contest against a car...

The car would cost at least $60 in gas, $35 parking outside per week and be too stressful in gridlock.

I agree with some comments, though, that your comparison is a little off-sided. Our NIssan Pulsar bought new in '99 is just coming up 170,000km and aprt from the fan rheostat being replaced, has likewise only cost fuel and regular servicing although I've just fitted its fourth set of tyres....

[skidMark]

only way to own a cheap bike is not to .... just borrow one


All well and good in theory, but i have a bad history of binning other peoples bikes lol

[TLMAN]

Every litre of gas i put through the busa, I was putting at least $1 in the back tyre account (ie about $20/tank). Closer to $2/litre in the summer

busaz n tyres!!

I got 3K out of my current rear pirelli diablo and its ready for changing.

[Grahameeboy]

Well, I dunno bout how much cheaper a bike should be when your log-in says you ride a "tweeked" SV....

But in 17,000+km from new, my bike has cost fuel and servicing as per the book. Tyres are barely worn so I have no idea how long they'll last.

I use it for commuting to work and have to say, with about $20 per week for fuel, free underground parking and being 10-15min quicker, (Orewa-Taka), it really is no contest against a car...

The car would cost at least $60 in gas, $35 parking outside per week and be too stressful in gridlock.

I agree with some comments, though, that your comparison is a little off-sided. Our NIssan Pulsar bought new in '99 is just coming up 170,000km and aprt from the fan rheostat being replaced, has likewise only cost fuel and regular servicing although I've just fitted its fourth set of tyres....

The clutch is not tweeked and it's only small but effective tweeks...clutch I was told is not uncommon and I guess after 54,000k's this is the first major cost...

[Grahameeboy]

busaz n tyres!!

I got 3K out of my current rear pirelli diablo and its ready for changing.

3k's......ouch....just got some Rosso's for my SV...

[Edbear]

The clutch is not tweeked and it's only small but effective tweeks...clutch I was told is not uncommon and I guess after 54,000k's this is the first major cost...

Yeah, only pullin' yer leg, mate....:innocent:

[jafar]

busaz n tyres!!

I got 3K out of my current rear pirelli diablo and its ready for changing.

Jeebus that's really crap milage from the diablo.
Super corsa is it ? $$:bye::bye:

[Grahameeboy]

Yeah, only pullin' yer leg, mate....:innocent:

Pppfttt...bloody JW's:innocent: