please read, mature advise needed

[Marc_Buck]

i am 16 years old and coming up to 17 in november, i am currently earning £10500 p/a and am wondering if i would be able to afford to buy, maintain, insure and generally run a bandit 6?

what is your opinion anyone?

thankyou

[Adam_P]

/start mature advice mode/
It will all depend on;

A: Do you have any other outgoing bills per month?
B: The price of the bike?
C: The price of insurance? (Speak to Danny )
D: Whether you get your licence or not.

I suppose the main one is whether you can afford it. By that I mean, do you have rent to pay, bills, loans to pay back already etc.

/end mature advice mode

/start normal mode/
It's a bike, do it!!!!!
/end normal mode/
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[Annabella]

Provided you don't have any huge outgoings already, then yes you should be capable of running and maintaining a Bandit.

The insurance will really depend on your location, it will be high anyway because of your age... (at 18 I was paying nearly £800 on a 125 ). Otherwise, running costs are really quite similar to a car, and most people your age manage to run a car.



My best advice would be, sit at home and work out your expenditures, maybe over a month, collect all your receipts etc, account for everything, and see how much money you have left over. I would make sure you have not only the amount necessary to run the bike, but also enough to start saving for a contingency fund in case something goes wrong (i.e. your bike gets stolen, you have an accident, your boiler blows up at home etc etc).
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[Mr C]

*smelly old man mode*

I know you won't listen but...


why a bandit600 ??

you would have to restrict it and couldn't enjoy it to the max anyway - apart from all the expense

spend a few months on something a bit more learner friendly - yes, even after you pass your test you are still a learner for many thousands of miles of experience

c'mon guys what can you (realistically) ride on a restricted license, I just cannot see the point of riding big bikes throttled down to 33bhp for two years
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[Mattastic]

I'd say you should be able to afford to run one ok. If you earn £10.5k you probably bring home around £800 ( ) unless you have some silly outgoings, which I doubt at 17, then you should have ample cash.

I'd double check but I think the 600 bandit needs servicing every 4000 miles and valve clearances need checking at each service which could be costly, though I'm not 100% sure
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[sv_cath]

Your best bet is to do some thorough research into how much it's going to cost you then write down all your monthly incomings and outgoings and see if you're going to have enough spare cash to cover all the costs.
Be honest with yourself though. Don't go convincing yourself that you can afford it if you can't!

[tgabber]

I agree with Mr C, you'd be much better off with something smaller as your first bike. If only because:

a) you'll probably drop it a fair bit.

b) the insurance will be much more reasonable.

I also reckon that at your age you'd probably find a trailie style bike much more fun.
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[mr.z]

How about a bandit 400?

Try not to get anything too flash, farings are expensive
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[billy whizz]

Mature advice :- To hell with expense go do it anyway!
Thats mature because if i told my son that, he would'nt do it, if i told him not to he would!
Kids eh!
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[iCraig]

[Nighteyes]

Cheers Craig here's hoping it is low enough since I'm fairly sure the instructor has one of those!
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[iCraig]

I am only 5'7" and can get both feet flat on the floor with my knees slightly bent.

Even my ZZR6 is quite low too!

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

[Mr C]

this is exactly my point, you have been sensible and got a bike that you can learn on and get some decent experience once your test is passed

buying a 600 and restricting it to 33hp as soon as you pass your test just doesn't make any sense to me
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[Flip]

Get a four hundred, unless a bandit is cheap insurance. ( I mean cheaper then a gsxr 400 etc)

[Marc_Buck]

I have decided i like the BROS, am i right thinking it doesn't need restricting? and it looks good.

[carvell]

[Marc_Buck]

Carvell do you have any pictures of your BROS i could see please?

[WildGoose]

https://www.wemoto.com/wem/wem11.htm#bros

all the bros pics you could want
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