Is now a good time to sell?

[jrandom]

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.

If I was firestormer, I wouldn't try the 'it's cheap on gas' approach, given that we worked out last Friday that his VTR gets the same fuel economy as my 3L V6 Camry.

[Cajun]

If I was firestormer, I wouldn't try the 'it's cheap on gas' approach, given that we worked out last Friday that his VTR gets the same fuel economy as my 3L V6 Camry.

my wife can get 250km+ out of her vtr1000f she as 02 model

[Devil]

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.

yeah make a list of stuff that you'd be paying for each year. Of course you have to replace some things occasionally, all part of the riding package.
Do consider this however, if a lot is to do with the other halves nagging, and you get rid of the bike, it'll be just that much harder to get another one. Then its a real big expense!

[vifferman]

If I was firestormer, I wouldn't try the 'it's cheap on gas' approach, given that we worked out last Friday that his VTR gets the same fuel economy as my 3L V6 Camry.

But (BUT!!) it does more wheelies per mile than your Camry.
Then there's the fact that my extensive expensive list (apart from the HUGE fuel bill) totals less than the annual depreciation and servicing costs of my wife's car.

[Cajun]

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.

If ya get a second hand vehicle its got to be expecting that you are going to have replace parts. Tires, brakepads and fuel

I mean service parts and wofs are just part of owning a vehicle, plugs, filter

I mean in the 5500kms i have done on my bike it has cost me $407.61 worth of fuel,( i record all my fuel against kms so i know how much each tank of gas i get from 0km
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[vifferman]

my wife can get 250km+ out of her vtr1000f she as 02 model

Must be supercharged or summat; the top speed's only about 230km/h, but might be over 250 indicated....

Oh. OH!! You were talking mpg??!

[Cajun]

Must be supercharged or summat; the top speed's only about 230km/h, but might be over 250 indicated....

Oh. OH!! You were talking mpg??!

Yep talking about mpg here,

[Paul in NZ]

I'm lucky....

I buy endless old munt that needs money spending on it every month and Vicki still hands me my helmet and tells me to go and play and not to come back untill I've used at least 2 tankfulls of gas.... (hey hang on, she's got a bloody boyfriend - nah!)

I don't commute on it of course but theory is the same...

When I get down in the dumps I go play with the bikes in the garge or I go for a ride I come back a better man...

Cheers

ps. Your mileage may differ. Ride your own ride, make your own decisions and no one with any class will think any the less of you! Good luck!

[toads]

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 you have your priorities right mate, your marriage and family has to be your number one priority, no point in becoming a lonely biker eh!!, You can always get back into biking when it isn't a problem for you expense or relationship wise, money hassles are a real bastard. If I win lotto this weekend, I'll definately send some your way, chin up,

[Blakamin]

Put it "Away" for a month...storage or something... and then see how you feel

[vifferman]

Firestormer you have your priorities right mate, your marriage and family has to be your number one priority, no point in becoming a lonely biker eh!!,

Well, that's what I've always told Mrs FS, and it's true; if it came to a choice, I'd keep her. Every time she's bleated about the expense, I've said, "Well I'll sell the bloody thing then!", but she thought I was bluffing, trying to make her feel guilty. Truth is, I'd sell it just to get some peace!

You can always get back into biking when it isn't a problem for you expense or relationship wise, money hassles are a real bastard. If I win lotto this weekend, I'll definately send some your way, chin up,

Thanx a lot, Toads, but money isn't really an issue. We're both working (Mrs FS earns 50% more than me, and I'm paid very well to be a professional KB contributor...).

[pete376403]

Firestormer you have your priorities right mate, your marriage and family has to be your number one priority, no point in becoming a lonely biker eh!!, You can always get back into biking when it isn't a problem for you expense or relationship wise, money hassles are a real bastard. If I win lotto this weekend, I'll definately send some your way, chin up,

Really? Easier to pick up another woman then buy a new bike (women, initially anyway, are free. But the maintenance costs are horrendous)

[Cajun]

Put it "Away" for a month...storage or something... and then see how you feel

I like this idea, could be one way

Better be off wife here with her vtr so we can ride home

[Devil]

Truth is, I'd sell it just to get some peace!

Good god, do not do it because of that.
Putting it in storage for a month is a good idea, see if you miss it.
Dont get rid of it because of nagging. You owe yourself a far better reason.

[Motoracer]

Thanx a lot, Toads, but money isn't really an issue. We're both working (Mrs FS earns 50% more than me, and I'm paid very well to be a professional KB contributor...).

Errrrrr, remember this:

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.

If you'd rather spend your money elsewhere that will make you happier then that's completly fine. You should do that. Do what ever that makes you happy dude!