The most you've spent on a bike?

[octane]

I'm not talking about the cost of purchase, but the cost of maintenance/modifications, because as of tomorrow I will have spent around about £800 over the course of 9 months or so on a bike that originally cost me £2000.

So, I'm just wondering if I'm the only one that's mug enough to keep shelling out the way I do, or if this is something that affects bike riders in general?

So, what's the most you've spent on a bike?

...get this horrible feeling you're all gonna point and laugh.

Thanks to all that reply.

[18aprilia]

ummm let see...

55 pound for DB screen
30 pound for custom aprilia chain guard
2.50 pound for gold bolts.
85 pound for end can.

172.50 in the course of 1 month.
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Supra King

[cagiva gezzer]

Rebore and replate every 5000miles, at £250 a time. NEVER add up all what you've spent on bikes, it will just depress you.
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"because one stroke isnt enough and four strokes waste two"

[mchaggis]

[stryker]

HEY, don't you dare dis the 'Hol.

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Now what?

[proximity]

About 40 quid in 2 years hahaha.
Actually i shouldnt be laughing as my other bike needs new forks . Ebay!
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2004 Aprilia Tuono

[mchaggis]

[Azmodeus]

Bike - £500
Refit of clutch parts after 1 day - £380
New battery after 1 week, after finding out current one wouldn't take a charge - £70

Miles ridden before first repairs - 0.5 miles.

I think it needs new brake pads, so the cost of that (Still haven't gotten around to checking them)

If it had been a stranger, I would have gone round there and demanded my money back (And parked the bike through his front window if he hadn't given it to me). But it was my Dad's next door neighbour who sold it to us, so "I cannot be nasty to him cause he is a nice man". Yer, nice enough to sell me a fucking lemon...

[flat spot]

Over 2 grand restoring mine for the 3rd time. Wouldn't like to know whole amount over the years.

[dodsi]

Dont want to know.

[tatters]

about £820 on the KR1-S since july inculding 1 top end rebuild and a one cylinder re-build. probley the most l,ve ever spent on one bike (brought bike for £1100)




(which is all parts, l do the work my self)
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[Jammy-G]

Bought my bike for £80 - Had it 2 months, spend £10 on seat material, £10 on tank pad, £5 on grips, £30 on MOT's and a tenner on oil.

So under £150 for everything !
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RooRoo: just like the time i stuck my finger up my arse with no lube at all and she didnt talk to me for hours

[The Tot]

On my NRG - it cost me 1500 to buy. Over the years

Servicing - 600 quid for 5 services
Battery - 20 quid + labour
Rear shock - 60 quid + labour
Rear tyre after 9000 miles = 79 quid
Mirrors x 4 = 60 quid ( yeah, i used to crash a lot and naturally, the protruding mirrors acted as crash mushrooms , so now in my garage, i have 3 pairs of broken NRG mirrors - one of which has its stem fractured into 2 pieces)
Bulbs and electrics - 80 quid - Piaggio electrics are known to go duff after a couple of years and needs constant attention - my bike also had an immobiliser so charge used to drain.

All in all, i can clearly say that i've spent almost half the purchase price of the what i can only say as being the most fun bike i've had in quite a while - 600 over 14 months on a STANDARD may i say, 50 cc seems pretty steep ( i be no rcr wid dem gianelli tings bolted to me 3ngine!)
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The Tot 2019 Z1000SX - 2007 R1
Never argue with autism

[TheShaggyDA]

If you are including accident repairs, £752 to put my XJ900F back on the road after bouncing the crankcase off a kerb (with my left foot in between) whilst playing silly buggers.
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Current: CB500 Previous: CB100N, CB250RS, XJ900F, GT550, GPZ750R/1000RX, AJS M16, R100RT, Enfield Bullet

[i:6e3bfc7581]But still I fear and still I dare not laugh at the madman...[/i:6e3bfc7581]

[nick.h]

Bike - £850

Spent on the bike

£20 - paint
£30 - rectifier
£50 - frame sandblasted then resprayed
£20 - battery charger
£5 - some nuts and bolts
£1 - exhaust spring
£26 - twin exhaust

Total - £152

External costs

£60 - agv lid
£50 - textile jacket
£50 - frank thomas boots
£30 - gloves

Total - £190

TOTAL - £1192
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[Sparks!]

Way, way, too much
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[Ste]

Why'd you make me think about how much I spent (wasted) on my TL1000R?

Let's see, bought £3800
Tax: £60
Crash mushrooms £50
Fork seals: £70 (2hrs labour + labours)
Exhausts: £500
Engine repair: £1600
Total: £6080

Sold it for £3750

Cost of £2230.

And for that cost I did fuck all miles on it cos the gearbox died shortly after I bought it.

[Gazdaman]

My most expensive add-on was probably a £25 sports exhaust off ebay.

I win for the biggest cheapskate/ratbike owner.

Gaz

[Jammy-G]

Ste how come you didn't just keep the TL until your well enough to ride again? At least then you could have been tarting it up that time and keeping it running etc. Seems a shame to have gotten rid of it like that.
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RooRoo: just like the time i stuck my finger up my arse with no lube at all and she didnt talk to me for hours

[Kickstart]

Hi

Excluding buying a bike it would be having the work done on the Bandit. Time to depress myself:-

Engine tune = £1300
Exhaust = £725
K&N filter = £35
Dynojet kit = £125
Full Barnet clutch kit = £200
Dyno set up = £200
Oil cooler = £220

That comes to about £2800, and I think there is a bit more spent elsewhere (such as £200 on some CNC machined engine covers that I have not fitted). About £50 per hp.

All the best

Keith
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[Gazdaman]

[nick.h]

[mrchips]

Spent maybe a few hundred on the AR. Havn't really thought about it but some stuff:


3 tyres £25 a pop, 75 quid
sprockets and chain, about 40 i think
gave a friend of a friend £20 for spraying and filling in the cracks on a few bits of bodywork
upgraded tail lights about 15 quid
micro indicators 15 quid
5x7 number plate 16 quid
tax £15
most engine work is free or parts only as my dad is a mechanic.
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[Ste]

[numark1]

Spent about £1,500 on repairs since May