Help! When to give it up dilemma

**breakaway** · 14th May 2010, 20:41

Out of that 13k a year, is most of it just repayment on the finance?

**Leyton** · 14th May 2010, 20:42

Originally Posted by Clivoris

Hey dude.
my response partly depends on how old you are. If you're a young geezer it's part of your job to try as many flavours of recreation as you can and it's pretty predictable that the expensive debt-ridden (pun intended) toys sometimes get a lower priority at the stage of life when you're getting some foundations for the future sorted. If this is you, do the thing that feels right and don't sweat it. However, if you're like me and the nipple piercing just looks sad and you feel guilty for perving on chicks under 30...Don't fucking sell it and get as much time on the track as you can. It's the good shit. Not cheap, but good.

I am 27 hehe, I like your responce and I think it is quite realistic.

If I acually owned the bike, then I would just store it. I know my lovely lady would acually incourage the bikes later down the track. The 2nd time we met was acually on the bike

. LOL @ Punintended

Cheers Dude

**Leyton** · 14th May 2010, 20:46

At 13k a year, thats the rest of it paid off in finance and more LOL if I was to store it away, no Rego, Warrent or Insurance. Only issue then is that I will still want to go hard on it, when really that should be reserved for the track. And the bike is too good for a trackbike, I would track a fairing damaged R6 07 expecting to pay only $5k for the bike but not my road beasty

So for that, I think a sidated ol VFR with panias

, Maybe even a childseat.

**Berries** · 14th May 2010, 23:18

Originally Posted by Leyton

I seldom look at the speedo now... and when I do it usally reads a speed that really I should not be doing (I wont say!)

If that is an issue then get a slower bike, or one where you can get your kicks at a slower speed.

Originally Posted by Leyton

I have met a wonderfull gal whom one day, I will be popping the question. Along with this comes changing of living circumstances, marrage, owww kiddies!

That's not a reason to jack it in.

Originally Posted by Leyton

The Mrs is not forcing me to do this btw, I think she is even kinda against the idea!, but at $440 odd a fortnight just to have the bike sitting in my garage is a bit extream. My heart is more leaning towards wanting to settle down. And yeah I know its winter, but as I recall last winter even the ice did not stop me.. so I am sure the lack of mojo is not that.

Sell it. If you owned it outright you wouldn't have had those thoughts or started this thread, the issue is the money. Sell the bike. Get something cheap that can still make you grin.

**madbikeboy** · 14th May 2010, 23:34

It astounds me how much men are willing to distort and ruin their lives over a triangular piece of fur.

It's. Not. Worth. It.

$13k? Cheap. The last bitch cost me 20 times that. You'll regret selling the bike to buy a pipe, slippers, and panty liners.

**breakaway** · 15th May 2010, 00:52

And try to avoid buying shit on hire purchase from now on imo. If you sit down and work out how much you're paying extra just because you can't save, it'll scare the hell out of you.

**tigertim20** · 15th May 2010, 01:11

13 k a year is fucking crazy. sell it, but buy a mid 90's 600. still lots of pep, you wont need to pay it off, insurance probably be cheaper, you get a little spare cash, and you still have a bike with some go, win win win all round eh? whys it always gotta be black and white man!?!?!?

**Gremlin** · 15th May 2010, 03:48

heh, my maintenance bill per year is probably around that, and it excludes loans, as I own the bike outright. Just a lot of servicing, tyres etc. Only money, and you only live once. Live life with no regrets I say.

**Thaeos** · 15th May 2010, 03:52

I say don't give up on biking, if it's the finances that is the main issue then just sell the bike, pay off the debt and get something else! A vfr/rvf 400. Not too expensive, not as fast, plenty of fun..

**Pegasus** · 15th May 2010, 07:28

Speaking as someone still fairly new to riding, who always wanted to learn to ride, but had other priorities for my $$ in the past.

Sort the $$, sell and buy a cheaper bike if need be. Shop around for better prices with things like insurance. BUT KEEP YOUR TOY!

What is the point in going to work every day, and earning the $, if you don't have something to make it worthwhile at the end of the day.

**wysper** · 15th May 2010, 07:40

Originally Posted by Berries

Sell it. If you owned it outright you wouldn't have had those thoughts or started this thread, the issue is the money. Sell the bike. Get something cheap that can still make you grin.

+1 to berries

Thats it right there. You don't need a crotch rocket to have fun on two wheels. You don't need to spend megabucks to have fun on two wheels. You have plenty of hobbies. I was off bikes for 3 years when we had our kids... that was hard. I love being back on two wheels. The SV was a hoot at legal speeds and relatively cheap to keep going. The DR is a whole different kind of fun and definitely all at legal speeds.

There are lots of options for two wheel nirvana that don't require licence losing speeds or bank balance crippling expenditure.

I would sell the bike and look for other options. Shed some debt and find something cheaper that will still be tons of fun.

**NZsarge** · 15th May 2010, 07:45

Hey Leyton, keep it, worry about it when you do get married and have sproglodites then you can include ya lady in the decision then. Motorcycling due to the expense is a bloody hard thing to get back into once you give it away, and you will miss it!