New motorbike soon

**crazyhorse** · 22nd February 2010, 08:36

Have you found a bike yet?

**Slyer** · 22nd February 2010, 09:20

zomg rie, pics

**rie** · 22nd February 2010, 10:42

Originally Posted by Slyer

zomg rie, pics

...of what?

**PirateJafa** · 22nd February 2010, 10:45

Originally Posted by rie

...of what?

Don't worry, it's normal to feel ashamed of Suzukis.

**rie** · 22nd February 2010, 10:47

Originally Posted by PirateJafa

Don't worry, it's normal to feel ashamed of Suzukis.

but mine is so purty

**Slyer** · 22nd February 2010, 11:01

evidence required

**metalhead** · 22nd February 2010, 18:12

Originally Posted by crazyhorse

Have you found a bike yet?

not yet, ive been looking around and i cant find anything i like in auckland that i can afford. once i settle into regular hours at work i might be able to get something on hp or whatever. is there anywhere that does good deals on bikes around the place?

**crazyhorse** · 22nd February 2010, 19:54

Originally Posted by metalhead

not yet, ive been looking around and i cant find anything i like in auckland that i can afford. once i settle into regular hours at work i might be able to get something on hp or whatever. is there anywhere that does good deals on bikes around the place?

Depends on what you are looking for - have you checked out trademe or the bike trader on here?

**metalhead** · 23rd February 2010, 07:54

ive spent hours looking through trademe, what i need is xomewhere that will do hp or something

**PirateJafa** · 23rd February 2010, 08:36

Or you could just keep your perfectly adequate 250 until you are in a position to buy a bike without putting yourself [deeper?] into debt.

**motorbyclist** · 23rd February 2010, 09:10

Originally Posted by metalhead

not yet, ive been looking around and i cant find anything i like in auckland that i can afford. once i settle into regular hours at work i might be able to get something on hp or whatever. is there anywhere that does good deals on bikes around the place?

bike are one of the worst things to put on hp

lease one if you have to, but DO NOT put yourself in a situation where you're paying for something that's been written off, stolen, or suffered a mechanical disaster because finding the next one suddenly becomes much more difficult

considering this budget problem, maybe we should be considering things without high maintenance costs (think tyre cost vs tyre life for starters, then look at the insurance)

faired, naked or cruiser?

**Slyer** · 23rd February 2010, 11:04

I agree with the Jafa.

**retro asian** · 23rd February 2010, 12:00

A trick for young playas... if you must have that new bike now...

Get a low interest VISA card and buy stuff, then pay it off.
After a few months your bank starts sending you letters offering you more credit. Once you get to a decent limit like $8000, then it is much much cheaper to use your credit card than to buy on HP. There are no HP administration costs, no dealer sales commissions and you have more freedom in what amounts to pay back. There might be an annual charge of $25-$50 though.

Of course you have to exercise self control, to use the credit card only for the bike (and emergency repairs etc).
The above solution may not be a good idea for some people.

Oh, and get full insurance so you don't have no bike +loan to repay (as motorbyclist has rightly pointed out).