Is now a good time to sell?

[vifferman]

Anyone want to buy a FahrtSturm? I'm seriously considering chucking in bikes for good.

Is now a good time to sell, or should I wait until the weather gets better?

[Motoracer]

Wait till it's a lil bit warmer mate. The market prices haven't even begun to climb just yet.

When the weather is warm and sunny and you see every other bugger enjoying riding on their bikes, that's when people get desperate to get out there and pay more $$.

P.S. Did you say give up on bikes all togehter?

[vifferman]

Did you say give up on bikes all togehter?

Yup. Forever.

[Devil]

Yup. Forever.

....until you get a rocket III right?
right???

[jrandom]

Why?

You've used up your statistical allocation of accidents for this year already. That means you're not going to have any more for a while.

You should hang onto the bike for a while and enjoy the guaranteed-safe period.

[Blakamin]

Yup. Forever.

NOOOOooooo.......

that'd be a shame

how much?

[aff-man]

Any reason in particular or just because............

[vifferman]

Why?

Why? You want to know WHY??!?!!

Oh.

1. I've had more than enough grief about the cost of motorbicycling. This more than offsets the enjoyment factor. The latest incident was helmet replacement cost. Evidently, $450 over the last 10 or 11 years, and the prospect of spending a week's worth of groceries on a helmet was a trifle excessive. And "every month you need to buy something for the bike".
2. I'm not enjoying it much, due to 1 (especially 1) and excessive commuting.
3. I'm mentally diseased/disturbed/deranged/deteriorated/denuded/dangerous and feel very vulnerable when riding. I've tried substances, but they make me either feel like I've got a head made of sheep, or make me aggro. Or like an aggro sheep-head. Or summat.

[aff-man]

P.S. it is not a good time to sell the prices are way down due to the cold i suppose but should rise considerably in say 10 years (or a month if you are desperate)

[jrandom]

Why? You want to know WHY??!?!!

Oh.

grief... cost... deranged... vulnerable... aggro sheep-head.

Well, if you're not enjoying it, no point in continuing. There's little virtue in masochism.

A VTR isn't the cheapest bike to run, of course. You could swap it for something a lot cheaper and a little more suitable for commuting, but still fun, like a Goose, and have two or three grand left over to spend on a wee holiday. It sounds like you need one.

[Mr Skid]

Sounds as if you've got the commuting:fun ratio out of wack.
I'd recommend a good fang along Old North Road when you finish work tonight, see if that helps.

[vifferman]

A VTR isn't the cheapest bike to run, of course. You could swap it for something a lot cheaper and a little more suitable for commuting, but still fun, like a Goose, and have two or three grand left over to spend on a wee holiday. It sounds like you need one.

I didn't think it was excessively expensive (and I haven't finished customising it yet). And I suspect going for a cheaper bike won't stop the bleating; even the XBR500RS Mutant, which I got for free and which cost me a whole $600 to refurbish caused some moaning. No, if I sell the VTR, that will be that.
I've recently had a holiday in Queenstown, and there's one in Melbourne booked for this weekend for our wedding anniversary, if we're not separated by then (came close this morning...)

[Motoracer]

What you need is to get rid of your VTR and put your self on a FXR150. You can't go wrong with that if you think about it.

You'll instantly have cash in hand from the difference. It is THE most ideal commuting bike. Cheap? It re-defines cheap (as in maintainance and running costs etc). Fun? Shit yea, they are great fun!!

Even if you drop from a 1000 to a 150, you'll at least be on two wheels!

Otherwise what the heck are you going to bitch about in KB? Some cager ramming to the back of your cage or how these punks on their 2 wheels passed you in traffic when you were stuck in your tin top sweating from the heat smelling exhaust gasses and moving an inch per hour??

Or are you gunna leave KB too? :confused2

[Cajun]

I didn't think it was excessively expensive (and I haven't finished customising it yet). And I suspect going for a cheaper bike won't stop the bleating; even the XBR500RS Mutant, which I got for free and which cost me a whole $600 to refurbish caused some moaning. No, if I sell the VTR, that will be that.
I've recently had a holiday in Queenstown, and there's one in Melbourne booked for this weekend for our wedding anniversary, if we're not separated by then (came close this morning...)

Firestormer personal i would just ride it, i do alot of communting on bike also i done at least 250km a week just travling backwards and forwards to work i had my bike 4 months done close to 6000kms in that time, and just like any vehicle you will have expenses, okay in your case there as a been a few extras, but you have to look at it if you driving a car to work, i guess you would have to be paying for parking also. I tell my wife, how much does she spend on the car for gas and what so have you, more fuel and i am doing more travling and her and doing it in alot less time. Also riding the bike is my one way of relaxing, and having a bit of fun.

But its really down to what you want to do.
And wifes are always bleating about something, i find it easyer to give her something to bleat about than letting her find something to bleat about.

[vifferman]

Is this excessive expenditure for a year? (This includes rectifying some things like tyres, and noisy exhausts, that I inherited from the previous owner).

Camchain tensioners and TPS: $290
Regulator/Rectifier: $300
Tyres, brake lines, fluids: $750
Exhaust plugs: $60
Clock/voltmeter: $42
Sparkplugs: $63
Airfilter: $35
Vacuum gauges: $145
Brake overhaul: $127
Brake pads and WOF: $139
Oil, filter: $115
Headlight bulb: $19
Battery: $63
Labour: $0
Petroleum distillates: $7,453,652.45

Some of these will be one-off costs, like the vacuum gauges (saved me a minimum of $150 already), the zorst ploogs, the brakelines, the R/R, the TPS and CCTs, and the airfilter (turned the standard paper one into a washable one). Other items won't need replacing for YEARS, like the brakepads. The only items I could have avoided were the CCTs and TPS, and the clock/voltmeter.