Cost to own a motorcycle

[bogan]

If you are gonna do the sums like that, why not separate em into fixed cost, plus cost per km.

For me its
Per Annum:
517 (iirc) rego
60 wofs
180 insurance
100 oil and filter changes

Per 1000km
50 tyres
120 bung fuel
add another 50 for misc things like chains sprockets plugs etc

also for me is a modding budget, expected to top the grand mark this year

What I'm saying is everybodies running costs are different, when you say cars are cheaper, I assume you are comparing a busa (guestimated from you avatar) to a corrolla or summat similar? As somebody else mentioned, compared to a GN the results may vary

[BikeCollector]

The grocery cart/family people mover (mazda mpv) costs $110 to fill the tank weekly.. the car costs twice as much to insure, rego is about the same.. wof is the same.. when I replace tyres, there are four of them at $250+ each. Last service cost me $800.00 brakes etc...

The bike costs $17 to fill.. and I just had new tyres fitted at $350 for the pair. General maintenance is easily done at home...I still think my bike is cheaper to run.

regardless..

Quasi hit the nail on the head ... it's not about the money.

[Subike]

If was about the money spent , then I would not ride.
For me it is a hobby that I can enjoy.
I am sure that there are hobbies out there that make the cost of owning and riding a bike look like peanuts.
Like a pleasure boat, used maybee 6 times a year and costing a small mortage.
but again a hobby

[MaxB]

Agreed bikes might cost more to run than you might think but I'm with the apples compared with apples crowd.

The Bus is restricted to 300kph (~187 mph) from memory and costs about 20k. Try gettng anywhere near that perfromance on tap from a car for the same money. Bloody bargain.

I think where bikes lose out is in the lower end of the market. Trade me is full of ads for tidy Maxima and Camrys for 2-3k that have a lot of life left in them. You dont get much bike for 2k these days.

[Gremlin]

I shouldn't really calculate, as it would horrify most due to the huge cost, and only one bike... Might do it for the humor in it, if i can still laugh.

[ukusa]

Hmmmm, another angle

$1000 p.a insurance
$517 p.a rego
$30 p.a WOF

= $1547.00 or $29.75 per week and I havn't even ridden the thing out of the garage yet.

[Crazy Steve]

I always thought running a bike was costly but didn't know how much until I added it up. That little jaunt on a Sunday costs a lot more than the flat white or lunch.

My running amounts to a bit over 10,000kms per year and I will probably keep this bike for 5 years. Excluding the cost of money invested the bike is costing me around $6000 a year. Here are my calculations of cost per 1000kms on a 10,000km year:
Front tyre (12K) $18.57
Rear tyre (8k) $41.25
Services (6k) $85.00
WOF $4.00
Insurance $78.00
Fuel $109.00
Registration $57.80
Loss on sale est $160.00
TOTAL $553.62 per 1000kms.
Plus other little expenses; helmet, gloves, gear, chains, broken stuff etc.

It is cheaper to drive the car.

Do the sums - it may drive you back to 4 wheels

I agree its far to expensive ! ! I would much perfer to cruise all year round in 4wheels....Seat belts/Air bags/Air con/Cd player/Windscreen the list goes on and on.....

I think you bang on the money for costs if you were to pay RRP for everything and send the bike to the dealers for servicing...

Crazy Steve.

[sleemanj]

Front tyre (12K) $18.57
Rear tyre (8k) $41.25
WOF $4.00

Ok I'll give you that.

Services (6k) $85.00

Break out your tool kit, I'm sure you can do better than that.

Insurance $78.00

Go third party, "self insure" for damage/theft of your own machine, then invest in some good anti theft device(s) and rider training, will pay off, unlike insurers.

Fuel $109.00

I figure that's in the region of 60 liters per 1000, 16 K's a liter... ease off the twist grip a bit, or buy a less thirsty bike.

Registration $57.80

Assuming that
1. you ride all year
2. you are a law abiding citizen

Loss on sale est $160.00

Don't buy new! Used bikes hold their value quite well if maintained.

[imdying]

Break out your tool kit, I'm sure you can do better than that.

Don't have time.

Go third party, "self insure" for damage/theft of your own machine, then invest in some good anti theft device(s) and rider training, will pay off, unlike insurers.

Bikes costs too much for that to be viable.

I figure that's in the region of 60 liters per 1000, 16 K's a liter... ease off the twist grip a bit, or buy a less thirsty bike.

Bike is there to do what I want, not make me do what it wants, so that's not an option.

Don't buy new! Used bikes hold their value quite well if maintained.

Don't want other peoples unknown crap, would rather buy new.

[onearmedbandit]

There simply, to me, is no cost involved in motorcycling. Fuel, rego, wof, tyres, heck even tickets are all a small price to pay for the exhilaration bikes give me. Now if I'm interested in what transportation costs me, then I'd save that for the car. And even then I still don't give a damn.

Life is too short to worry about the unavoidable costs.

[Str8 Jacket]

Well, my $850 FXR will now cost me $405+ to register per year, FFS!!!! My bike used to cost me just under $1200 per year allowing for maintenance (tyres,chains etc), petrol rego & warrants. I shudder to think how much its going to cost me now, especially with the GST increase.
I don't have a car licence and don't intend to get one either. Public Transport will probably still be over twice the cost compared to the FXR so I guess I have the best deal I can possibly get!

Thank's Don Key.

[Muppet]

Just ride around without insurance, rego or wof and do petrol drive offs. I mean, half of Aranui does, if yer can't beat 'em join 'em!

[Gremlin]

Ok, so a bit of time spent calculating... and bear in mind this still doesn't put me off...

24k travelled in the last year approx (3-4 days left in year). Total expenditure was $17,922.02
Tyres: $1885.35 (3 sets)
Service: $4783.33 (yeah... a few visits)
Insurance: $1742.64 (1 bike, 1 year)
WOF: $32
Rego: $321 (est)
Fuel: $2752.71 (111 fills I think)
Parts: $661.37 (extras like pannier racks - excluding service parts)
Accessories: $5743.62 (includes gear, ie, Rukka was just under $3k)

Per 1000km travelled, again, dividing over 24k
Tyres: $78.56 (swapped in sets)
Service: $199.31
Insurance: $72.61
WOF: $1.33
Rego: $13.38
Fuel: $114.70
Parts: $27.56
Accessories: $239.32 (been a few k in the last few months, which is skewing)

Per 1000km cost: $746.75

Wonder where all my money went

[BoristheBiter]

Cost of new tyres $620
Cost of leathers $1500
Cost of helmet $920
cost of a tank of gas $25

Fun had on bike PRICELESS.

[slofox]

"I bought my bike to save petrol"...

ahah ahah ahah

yeah right

...fool...

EDIT: Actually, I bought it so I could go fanging around the countryside pissing psople off and scaring little children and livestock in my dotage...