How much has biking cost you up to now

[yankeedoodle]

following on from the "how much has biking cost you today" thread, add up all your expenses and prepare to face the facts when it comes down to just how much money you're willing to spend on biking.
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Bandit 600

[Kickstart]

Hi

I hate to think, and (thank god) I suspect I couldn't work it out even vaguely accuratly.

20 years insurance is hideous enough on its own.

All the best

Keith
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[Peter3hg]

Well only been at it 2 months so not so much.

CBT : £125
Bike : £1695
Insurance : £250
Chains : £30
Jacket : £100
Lid : £100
Trousers : £50
Top Box : £80
Waterproofs : £15
Fuel : £50
Service : £10.88
Repairs : £110
Days Training : £130
Theory : £21.50
Test : £60

Total : £2827.38


Luckily most of these aren't recurring.

[yankeedoodle]

I can't even begin to make a close guess but the easiest ones are:

1st bike - £500
insurance - £340
1st bike service/mot/tax - £80
helmet - £80
jacket - £60
boots - £45
gloves - £15
cover - £40
lock - £30
disk lock - £30
2nd bike - £350
2nd bike parts - £200
bike magazine subscription - £30
cbt - £95
A2 training - £120
theory - £21
A2 - £60ish

some of the obvious ones are there anyway
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Bandit 600

[Kickstart]

[Pete.]

[McGee]

For just the bike and gear.

Over £15,000 in 4 years.


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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[alien.46.uk]

Even though i've been riding for just over year, i couldn't even start to list everything. The amount of parts bought for my old 125 was horendus.

I spent well over what i paid for the bike in the first place (£500). Hmm ... I'll have a go:

1st Bike: 500
1st Jacket: 70
1st Lid: 30
1st Gloves: 25
1st Trouser: 20
1st Boots: 50
1st Insurance: 300
1st Bike Parts: 900
1st Bike Tax: 15
1st Bike UK Registration: ??
1st Bike Number Plate: 15
1st Bike MOT: 25
xxx litres of 2-stroke oil: 200

Sub Total: 2150

2nd Jacket: 50
2nd Bike: 800
2nd Insurance: 600
2nd Tax: 45
1.25 Years of Fuel: 500 (Roughly)

Very Rough Total: 4145

Woops forgotten:

Disc Lock: 20
Chain: 35

Edited Total: 4200

And Again:

CBT: 95
Theory: 25
Training: 450

Edit #2 Total: 4770



P.S. This must be very inacurate ...
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2007 Kawasaki ZX10R :: 1998 Kawasaki ZX-9R - SOLD
1998 Yamaha FZS600 Fazer - SOLD :: 1994 Aprilia Pegaso 125 - SOLD

[ace_tweety]

CBT:£50
Lessons x 2: £100
Yamaha sr 125:£550
Insurance: £250
Helmet x 2: £120
Jacket: £110
Gloves x 2 £ 60
Boots: £ 50

katana 400: £600
Insurance: £450
Theory test x 2 : £70
Practical £60?
Locks to stop second bike getting stolen : about £150?
theres more but thats the big bits of it

Total : £2470 (ive been biking since april - 5 months)
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Suzuki SV 650 (blue of course!)

[.Chris.]

I've got off pretty lightly I think:

CBT: £110
Bike: £250
Insurance: £150 odd
Tax: £15
Lid: £40
Goggles £20 (x2 = £40)
Jacket: £40
Gloves: £10
Waterproof trousers: £10
Spark plug: £1.20
Speedo Cable: £8ish
Lock: £5
Theory: £28 (I think)

£557.20 in total, not including 2t oil or petrol.

Probably going to cost me about £600 for my next bike plus £200-300 for insurance, plus the cost of the test and any lessons I decide to take.
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Chris
1985 Kawasaki Z550F

[Stelmer]

Hmmmm

CBT £100

DAS £600

Retest x4 inc extra tuition £500 (not my fault, honest)

Spyke Typhoon Textile Jacket £80

Dianese (Made in Romania ) Textile trousers £110

Nitro NB40 Boots £35

Red Dragon Boots (From GYBS) £60

Hardas Kevlar Jeans £60

Caberg V2 Lid £100

Spada Force 2 Gloves £40


I daredn't add it up. I've not got a bike yet either still.

[G]

A lot, but then at the moment I've still got a reasonable amount of assets. No where near what I've spent of course - at the end of last year I reckon I'd spent about £20k on racing alone over two years.
Ever worse if you add in the vans and other sundry racing and general bike-related expenses.

[Dragonfly]

I have a Lifan need I say anymore.
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[kawakid]

Its in the 10s of thousands.

And i've only been riding 2 and a bit years.

Think about it, 1 new bike, 1 2nd hand bike, all servicing,
parts, mods, tyres, various gear, magazines, shows etc
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[Stu_666]

Wow, never really thought of this. Bikes alone would prob come to £10k new. Prob try and add it up tomorrow.

Suppose I justify it that I can't afford to buy a house in this country now so may as well spend the money on bikes.

[Groove]

Hmmm...

In this order:

Helmet: £110
Jacket: £130
Gloves: £35
CBT: £100
Gloves: £30
Theory: £25
Test and training: £450
ZXR 250: £1100
Insurance: £450
Servicing: £150
CBR 600: £3700
Tyres: ~£900
Servicing: £200
Convictions (so far): £520
New engine: £300
Tax and MOT's etc: £100
Magazings and extras: Fuck knows!

£8300

+ Petrol averaging £30 a week for 18 months: £2160

£10,460 and im still in my first 2 years. And im pretty sure im about to get disqualified
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[dodger]

Riding for 3 years on and off...

A scooter and 2 bikes, insurance, training, equipment, accessories , parts, servicing and consumables, tax and petrol.

Around the £11'000 - £12'000 mark

I wouldn't be without my bike though.
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My Bikes: Piaggio NRG| Aprilia RS 125| Suzuki GSX-R 600|Yamaha Fazer Ducati 848
Europe 2008

[MaybeGuy]

CBT= £90
Gear= £250 (jacket, trousers, lid, gloves)
bike= £1100
Insurance= £350
A2 course + test= £450
Honda CB400-N= £50
Honda parts= £50
Suzuki GSXR400= £200
Suzuki parts= £150
Bike garage= £350
petrol= about £250
oil= about £80
bulbs= £40
L plates (when i needed them) £10 total
wing mirror= £15
indimacator= £10
suzuki insurance= £350
suzuki MOT= £27 (total of MOT TBC)

TOTAL:
£3822
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Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[yzf750r]

Can only do this year cos seriously has costs £10,000's.

CBR900RR - £1300 in January
ZX10R - £6200 in April
FC ins - £140
Tax £35
Some Genuine Kawasaki Leathers, bought from my mate £15!

Other leathers - £45 - eBay
Boots - £25 - eBay

Seat hump & paint - £50
Scoprion Can - £80
Harris Bracket - £20
DB screen - £30
Mirror Blanks - £10
Stainless Link pipe - £35
Sprint damper - £140

Front paddock stand - again off my mate - £3!

Fuel in the ZX10R, about £300

Totaling - £8428!!!! IN 8 MONTHS! Ouch!

But I did flog the blade for £1000 just before I bought the ZX10R!

In the last 6 years since living at our house now, Ive had a YZF750, that I had to change from a race bike back to road - cost a whack.
Then a ZXR750L1 - just cleaned it up, got bored -

Got a ZX9R - wrecked - left outside, had to totally strip and build from ground up, new bearings to new grips, new everything.

Then road a couple of times and swapped it for a ZX7R, + half a bike - in pieces again so built up another bike, flogged it and bought the blade at the top!

Between which I had a FZR600 trackbike & a husqvarna CR500 (70's 2 stroke animal!)



Been riding 20 years - so say at least £5k per year - £100k! AT LEAST!
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04 zx10r with mods - 187.4bhp at the wheel! :o

[Psychonaut]

around £11000 in 2 years (altough £4400 is 'yet to pay' interest free credit and -£1200 PX on old bike) so real spent to date £5400 minus petrol.
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Prev CBR600RR (06) Orange/Black
CBR1000RR (09) Repsol
Now Ducati 1199 Panigale

[kitty kat]

wow, what a question!!

been biking 22 years, so

bikes total about £20,000

insurance average £200 a year

bike gear about £800

replacement parts after off £400

2 chains £180

A hell of a lot of money over the years!!
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[nynfortoo]

About £4k in the last 3 months.

[Luke_Retrofly]

At least £10k on racing in about 7 months alone, I also have a road bike, and have been riding for 5 years.

[Dazbo666]

CBT & DAS £500+
Helmet £150
Original textiles £150
Alpinestars Gloves £ 90
Winter gloves £ 50
2nd textile jacket £130
Leather troosers £130
Sidi Vertigo £165
Sidi Black Rain £135
OH's 2nd hand leathers £100
OH's lid £200
OH's gloves £ 40
OH's boots £120

Bike £400
MOT
Tax
Insurance
Petrol
Chain & sprockets
Paint for respray
Braided brake cable
Brake fluid
Brake pads
...skinned knuckles etc

...and I've only had the bike for the past year... I thought this lark was supposed to be cheap motoring?? LOL
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1st bike (Sept'06 - May'10) : 1991 GPZ500S / Current bike (since Nov 2009) : 2003 Suzuki Bandit 600N
Word of the day : DILLIGAF

[Wave2k]

About £13k+
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Ducati 1299 Panigale
2009 Corvette C6 z51
RS125->CBR400->RXS100->GSXR750K2->Ducati749S->CBR600RR5->TL1000R->DRz400->RSVR1000->Honda VTR SP1->CBR400->GSXR1000K6->Honda H100->CBR600RR3->Ducati1299