How much

[Motu]

I've been given heaps of bikes for free,some going,some not,as payment for work done or ''just get it out of here''.The best one was the Kermit green C50,it was 8 yrs old with 19,000km on the clock when I got it and it was my primary commuter on Waikeke Island,and even brought it to Auckland a couple of times.Park anywhere,cost nothing to run,carry all sorts of shit cause you could ride with one hand...my weapon of choice on a cold wet day...

It's hard to think of the cheapest bike,they have all been cheap - it's what I do.Maybe the 1973 Suzuki TS400,I got this for $100 in 1988,it hadn't gone for about 3 yrs and I spent an afternoon getting it going.It had been used on the Canterbury Plains and was geared to hell and gone again,I'd never get it into top on Waiheke.I didn't like the 19in front wheel and fitted a TM front end on - and it has the honour of being the only bike to dump me on a gravel road.Later I used it on the Waiheke dirt track,keeping the TM forks,but fitting the 19in wheel back in,I also fitted a TM top end and other goodies...a TS/TM hybrid.I raced it for 4 yrs,having the best fun in my life,totaly reliable unless I broke something,the number of crashes I had on it would be in the 3 figures.On the day I left Waiheke in 1996 it wouldn't fit in the truck,so I sold it for $200...twice what I paid for it,I thought that was pretty good considering the thrashing I gave it - oh,what a mug!

The 1997 DT230 I am buying at the moment for $4500 is the most expensive bike I have ever bought,by $2500,this is kinda scary for me,but I sold 4 bikes to gather the money together.I have never insured a bike,they have never been worth enough to worry about,but it worries me enough to think about insuring this one...

[EDIT] oh,silly me...my first bike,a 1956 BSA Bantam Major D3 150cc was the cheapest at $60,sold it for $100,the first and last time I made a profit on a bike...

[Skunk]

$90 - XL185.
$15,500 ZRX.
Sold the XL for $200.

[matthewt]

Cheapest = $400 for a gt185 that was in bits. My dad spent a month or so working on the motor and then put it all together. Worked great as my first bike until some plonker nicked it from where I work.

Expensive = $35,750 for my previous bike which was a new 2001 MV Agusta f4 750cc. A lot of you will poo poo spending that much money on a bike but it was worth every cent. It makes the new 1000cc f4 soooooo tempting being priced just a little more then the 750cc was.

[Zed]

My first and cheapest ever bike was a Honda MB100 which cost me a whopping $250.

Most expensive bike I ever bought was a brand new '95 Honda CBR900RR for $18,000...lost money on it as soon as I rode it out of the showroom!

[bugjuice]

Expensive = $35,750 for my previous bike which was a new 2001 MV Agusta f4 750cc. A lot of you will poo poo spending that much money on a bike but it was worth every cent. It makes the new 1000cc f4 soooooo tempting being priced just a little more then the 750cc was.

youch.. well if you've got it, flaunt it I reckon..

[John]

CT125 going fine and full for 400$ IIRC.

[SPman]

Cheapest was the mighty AX100 which I swapped a 2.5PI Triumph which had had a wiring loom fire, for.The car was given to me so the bike was free.
Most expensive - in terms of the day - $3500 in 1974 for a Ducati 750SS. ( A new Holden HQ Kingswood was about $3000 I think) But, as I already had a GT750, ( which cost $2470) it was either quit the SS, or the wife left. Well, I fucked up on that decision big time!

[Kwaka-Kid]

XR500 $20 gas to get there and pick it up off guys lawn in pieces.
or paid for bike? $200 for CB250RS with seized motor... $600 later she was a mintah with full engine recondition and paint/many spares.

most expensive... hmm, dont think ive paid more then $3K for a bike yet... but then there are all the addons that get/have been biffed on my current viffer.. which i guess has had a fair wee bit spent on it for what she is.. but shes sooooo smoooth, glad to have her back (and in one piece) thanks shade!

[XTC]

Bought a 81 XR250a for $250 and found that the airbox had no filter in it and was full of clay. Only needed a rebore and piston.... sweet.

[vifferman]

How much was your cheapest bike (excluding ones given to you as a present)?

Free(ish). I had to paint my sister's roof, and fit some new guttering.
I then stripped it (the XBR500RS Mutant) down to a pile of bits, took the head off and had the valves ground by my uncle's tech class (free), repainted everything, new tyres, WOF etc. ($600). But (BUT!) my first bike also cost $600, and it was only a coupla years old. But that was very long ago, and $600 represented more then, given I was earning less than $1/hour at the time.

How much was your most expensive bike?

Way too much, given that I bought it from TheSharkBrothers, and it's a VFR (they tend to hold their value). My arse has almost stopped hurting from the reaming it got. It cost me $6K more than I got for trading in the FahrtSturm.

[jrandom]

... it was either quit the SS, or the wife left. Well, I fucked up on that decision big time!

You let the SS go? Fool...

[bungbung]

FR50 found in a skip bin
Honda Beat found on front lawn
Yamaha 50, 1/2 share = $30
FA50 $60

VTR $8500

[inlinefour]

I've had a number of free bikes: XR200R, TS185ER, A100, DT125 etc etc.

As for the most expensive, that'll be the next bike: 2005 CBR600RR

[slick]

Suzuki GT500 $300, 2-stroke twin in bought a box rebuilt as a cafe racer, never really ran well.
Ducati 748SP $30,000, engine blew up twice!

[ManDownUnder]

First real (aka "going") bike was an ER185TS. Great little bike, went well and did everything I needed of it!

It was the princely sum of $700.

Before that was a CB100 which cost not a lot (can't remember), and then proceeded to break down on o regular basis... actally spend more time in the shop than out of it (literally...)

MDU