$$$ sucking bikes!

[beyond]

Any bike of a larger displacement designed to go fast and have fun on, is going to cost you way more to keep on the road than a car

If you love corners and going a little quicker than normal you are going to eat tyres and suck gas.

I love my GSX1400. Very reliable but when ridden hard, they eat tyres suck copious amounts of giggle jiuce and when you get them serviced to preserve the warranty they aren't cheap. Insurance, rego, wofs and parts all add up.

Yep, if you're on a limited budget it's tough but ohhh, so much fun

No matter what tyres I stick on my machine at around $550-600 a set, the rear in a best case scenario sees around 5,000kms and the front 7,00kms.
The worst was 3,000kms rear, 4500kms front.

That makes for very expensive thrills.

[fireliv]

It just seams to be one thing after the other........

Having been screwed over by bike shops really doesnt help (NEVER GO TO SPORTZONE SUZUKI). Tris can do the basic bike maintanance but my bike needed new rubbers in the carbs, something that useless fucking bike store never picked up on.
I suggested selling the ZX6R, but in all honesty I couldnt live with the person that Tris would become. He loves that bike (pretty sure more than me). Selling a kidney seams like the best option

[98tls]

It just seams to be one thing after the other........

Having been screwed over by bike shops really doesnt help (NEVER GO TO SPORTZONE SUZUKI). Tris can do the basic bike maintanance but my bike needed new rubbers in the carbs, something that useless fucking bike store never picked up on.
I suggested selling the ZX6R, but in all honesty I couldnt live with the person that Tris would become. He loves that bike (pretty sure more than me). Selling a kidney seams like the best option

Its so easy really,you need to get another job so he can keep his bike ship shape.

[fireliv]

Its so easy really,you need to get another job so he can keep his bike ship shape.

Actually I told him to get another job...............

[98tls]

Actually I told him to get another job...............

Funny lot you women,for years you fought for your rights..right to vote..right to work,the list goes on but then when the chips are down once again its the man thats gotta stand up and be counted

[merv]

Yep I've said many a time on here bikes aren't cheap so I've never used mine to commute on, they are just toys and I leave them safely in the garage until a weekend ride beckons. Something like a Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic would be way cheaper to run that a ZX6R would be my bet.

[McJim]

I find that running a Ducati 600ss to and from work is cheaper than running an FTO to and from work.

I bought the Ducati based on a lot of investigation into tyre sizes and prices, reliability, service intervals, parts and fuel consumption. Compared to a 1999 Honda CBR600F (which was the alternative) the Ducati was going to save me about $2,500 per year.

It's not the fastest bike in the world but it's a hoot to ride.

Looks good, sounds good, handles beautifully, accelerates well but doesn't go faster than 190kph.

[Brett]

I sold my sports car which I was no longer driving due to buying the GSXR, so that helped a bit, I earn pretty well, however my wife is a full time medical doctor, so that splits my income in two and makes things a bit more difficult. I don't really drink alcohol, so that saves shitloads of money that is spent getting pissed, and we are extravagent in our lifestyles, such as not eating out often etc. Little things add up. That said, I have just spent $1500 on bike related crap such as a new lid, tyres and a basic service, and subsequently the bank balance is looking sad.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Any bike of a larger displacement designed to go fast and have fun on, is going to cost you way more to keep on the road than a car

Yup agreed, me VTR is nearly twice the expense of my old XJ Special overall to run. But the VTR is much more fun. While the XJ was a good tourer /crusier it wasn't the same fun factor as the VTR.

[fireliv]

Yep I've said many a time on here bikes aren't cheap so I've never used mine to commute on, they are just toys and I leave them safely in the garage until a weekend ride beckons. Something like a Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic would be way cheaper to run that a ZX6R would be my bet.

We do have a honda civic wich we use to commute, something I'm keen to continue once his bike comes out for the shop

[fireliv]

Funny lot you women,for years you fought for your rights..right to vote..right to work,the list goes on but then when the chips are down once again its the man thats gotta stand up and be counted

Dem fighting words

[scracha]

Now, I'm not about to give riding. I love it way too much. I'm just not going to be able to afford it much longer if it keeps this up!!

Less tuned air/oil cooled engines with fins and 2 valves per cylinder tend to be a lot cheaper to run. Easier on tyres, chains and gogo juice (not to mention insurance). 90% of the fun for half the running costs.

[madmal64]

Its hard to save for an OE while riding 2 bikes. Particulary if you are using them for your main mode of transport. Hows this for an idea?
What I used to do over winter is I buy a rego & wof car thats less than $1000 and use it as my main transport. With a little bit of work you can get a reasonable car for this amount. I usually get through winter on the wof & rego, put a new wof on it and flick it for usually excatly what I paid for it. cheap transport over the crap weather. The best deal I ever had was an old Diahatsu Charade I got for $350 drove it for 18 months and sold it for $500 and it never failed a wof
That way it stretches out the service & tyres on the scooter and Im not wracking up the miles on it either. Another thing is that its soooo good when I get back on the bike
Just a thought

[imdying]

Having been screwed over by bike shops really doesnt help (NEVER GO TO SPORTZONE SUZUKI).

What happened? I've had reasonable service from them

I'm guessing you took a 15 year old imported never sold new in NZ bike to them for what you expected to be minor fixing, and there was more was wrong with it than you expected?

[Taz]

In 40,000kms the XT600 has cost me 1 front tyre, 6 rear tyres, 1 fr brake pads, 1 rear brake pads and oil and filters. But most of you wouldn't dream about owning an XT. It has opened up so much more of the country to me than any of my sportsbikes. After all you can only do the Coro loop so many times. It's also good at preserving the licence while still being capable of 140kmh+