Bike Costs

[Jackrat]

Time to scare the bjesus out of Wkid.
I been following this thread since day one and have always just thought it was just a round up of Wkids costs,Nothing more.
How we each interpret these/our costs is pretty much a personal thing ain't it??.For my self cost has never come into it,I mean every thing costs, So what the hell,Some is just more or less than others.
About the only thing I know about my own costs is that as long as I don,t crash me bike beyond repair is that I can sell it for more than I payed for it.
But then I'm also one of these weidos that really enjoy driving my car,So go figure.

[wkid_one]

Time to scare the bjesus out of Wkid.
I been following this thread since day one and have always just thought it was just a round up of Wkids costs,Nothing more.
How we each interpret these/our costs is pretty much a personal thing ain't it??.For my self cost has never come into it,I mean every thing costs, So what the hell,Some is just more or less than others.
About the only thing I know about my own costs is that as long as I don,t crash me bike beyond repair is that I can sell it for more than I payed for it.
But then I'm also one of these weidos that really enjoy driving my car,So go figure.

Exactly right - I wasn't even interpretting the costs......just detailing them.
I had made the decision to sell the bike BEFORE adding the costs up - but was redoing my budget w/o the bike - and was blown away by how much money it freed up.
I too enjoy driving my car.
I am glad someone sees that I am not BAGGING riding!

And FUCK ME - that sounded awfully like Jackrat not only saw my point of view but in a round about way agreed with some of what I said........

What is the world coming to

[Dave]

If your looking at this stuff, You'r trying to make excuses to make yourself feel better about not riding.
Good on Ya.

[wkid_one]

If your looking at this stuff, You'r trying to make excuses to make yourself feel better about not riding.
Good on Ya.

Ahhhh - read the whole post Dave before you get lippy - this is exactly what I WASN'T doing

[Dave]

Ahhhh - read the whole post Dave before you get lippy - this is exactly what I WASN'T doing

Whatever

[wkid_one]

now that post was mature

[flightcrank]

hmmm, ok i found this thred a tad intresting as i went in to bike for many reasons which im sure you all know the main one is FUN

but i also like how far you can go on a bike with such a small amount of fuel comapered to a car. i know the other dude was adding his cost up of mataing a bike and car but....

i find my bike a suzuki across wayyyyyy cheaper to maintain and run then compared to my car, i find matianing it is cheaper per year buy about $100 give or take a few bucks, and about $10 per week cheaper in fuel which saves me about $520 per year, as i use my bike as my main source of transport, and my car when i rains which aint all that much,

the only thing i like about my car that is good is listing to music on my big sound system, but my bike engine sounds 1000 times better than my cars, btw my car aka piece of shit, is a 85 mitsubishi magna. oh yeah im in australia so i dont know how that effects price's compared to kiwi's

so yeah for me at least a bike is way cheaper to buy, to run and to mantain then compared to you averge car, what are your opinions, maby gsxr's cbr's will cost a bit more i dont know but it would be cool to hear how other people and there bikes cost them,

[Jackrat]

Well this is interesting,back to the real subject,cool.
I run a Nissan patrol,one of the most hated things on the road.
I love it,and the running costs are quite low.
I payed cash for it so I don't have any credit related costs,It is diesel so it is cheap to run in that respect,around $9.00per 100kms.I only have third party insurance,I do my own maintanance and it hasn't needed any new parts in the time I've owned it,The biggist single cost is reg'o.It is used every day off road plus for general transport and for towing horse floats and a boat.
My bike an 83 XS 650 Yamaha was payed for with cash,so also has no credit costs,It costs about $5.00 per 100kms in gas,Has no insurance,again I do my own maintance which is just as well other wise it would cripple me.
Being an older bike it always seems to need something done on it,Parts for it are quite cheap.The two biggest costs are again reg'o and tyres.
I can't really compear the costs of either because they both used in different ways.The bike probably costs me more but it is worth every $.

[wkid_one]

Well this is interesting,back to the real subject,cool.
I run a Nissan patrol,one of the most hated things on the road.
I love it,and the running costs are quite low.
I payed cash for it so I don't have any credit related costs,It is diesel so it is cheap to run in that respect,around $9.00per 100kms.I only have third party insurance,I do my own maintanance and it hasn't needed any new parts in the time I've owned it,The biggist single cost is reg'o.It is used every day off road plus for general transport and for towing horse floats and a boat.
My bike an 83 XS 650 Yamaha was payed for with cash,so also has no credit costs,It costs about $5.00 per 100kms in gas,Has no insurance,again I do my own maintance which is just as well other wise it would cripple me.
Being an older bike it always seems to need something done on it,Parts for it are quite cheap.The two biggest costs are again reg'o and tyres.
I can't really compear the costs of either because they both used in different ways.The bike probably costs me more but it is worth every $.

Well Done JR - this is what I actually meant when posting the original post.

Not opinion - just fact.

The thing I have looked at now tho - is that whilst the absolute cost of OWNING a bike is cheaper than a car and running it - generally the COST per kilometer travelled is higher - because in the main most bikes are a secondary form a transport meaning the bike is in the garage a lot of the time. Meaning you can end up paying for the priveledge of having it sitting in the garage (admittedly it is worth the cost in intrinsic benefits).

I didn't realise how much money it cost until I cancelled the insurance and redid my budget when I put the bike up for sale.......

[Lou Girardin]

Jackrat, I'd like to see your 4WD running costs over, say, 5 years. Thats 2 diffs, transfer case and gearbox oil to change. Big expensive tyres to replace. Diesel engines aren't cheap to maintain properly either. It won't be as cheap as a Corolla, thats for sure.
Lou

[georgedubyabush]

Oh for a Rego valid for Weekends only at 2/7ths the cost then.

[Jackrat]

Jackrat, I'd like to see your 4WD running costs over, say, 5 years. Thats 2 diffs, transfer case and gearbox oil to change. Big expensive tyres to replace. Diesel engines aren't cheap to maintain properly either. It won't be as cheap as a Corolla, thats for sure.
Lou

Yeah your right,but as I said I do my own maintainance.
The tyres are no more to replace than a lot of car tyres and I am geting very good kms from them,I run KUMOS.To compear it with a Corolla is a bit silly,I use this thing off road every day for work that would kill a Corolla.
Plus a Corolla is never going to tow a double horse float or a 5meter boat.
My Nissan is very much a work horse.If I even tryed to do the kms on my bike that I do on my Nissan the bike would need a full rebuild inside three years.Two totaly different vehicules used for different things but they are what I have so they are what get compeared in my case.

[wkid_one]

Oh for a Rego valid for Weekends only at 2/7ths the cost then.

Amen.

JR is right - in many case 4wd's are a necessity. We needed one to tow the horse float also

I question whether they are more expensive to run than a car tho.....logic says no.

Must be data on the internet tho

[Zed]

...so what do you intend on doing with your new found monthly fortune?


Also, will you still be active on this list once your bike sells? Isn't list membership and participation soley for those who are Kiwi "riders"?


Zed

[wkid_one]

Trail bike is the next planned purchase