Road bike leasing

[shafty]

Call me nuts....but I kind of like the idea of being able to swap bikes around a bit, maybe a little like the "Dreamboats" concept where a fee is paid in return for use of a number of Boats over the year. Gixxer this month, Speed triple the next etc. Not sure if this would appeal to everyone or anyone other than me for that matter. Ill go back to sleep now....

You're nuts! Feel better? lol - but seriously, there was a company in Ak who offerred this "Dream Boats" type deal a few years ago, maybe more, you could buy one of 2 or 3 packages, which gave you a different number of days on bikes, and you could choose anything from an F650 to a GL1800. Turns out to be a Bike Rental Co who were looking to utilise their fleet in the big off season we have here. I would have been keen, except there were no outlets (ie pick up points) near where I lived at the time

[ManDownUnder]

Total cost of leasing would need to match or be lower than owning.

Consider:
Maintenance
Fuel
Cost of upgrading
Insurance
Utility (i.e. limitations on trackdays?)
Availability of model you seek... i.e. do they even lease R1's or Brittens or...

[limbimtimwim]

If the lease paid for everything except tyres, I'd be happy. Some people are very particular about tyres, so letting the 'owner' pick the tyres would be good.

If there was no term minimum term on a particular vehicle, but I was bound for a year to lease something I would also be fine.

So then I could chop and change. On Monday, a VFR800 would be what I'd want, but on the 3rd of March, I'd want a GSXR or a R6 again.