1 bike or more

[Knacker]

Got asked a question today,

Would you rather have say a Brand new £10k Modern Sportsbike/Tourer etc

Or

4 £2k bikes

I'd go for the multiple bikes as you could have a more varied choice Like Sportsbike, Commuter, Off-road, naked bike and the £2k saved would cover Insurance, Tax, Mot's.

I know you'd have to consider maintenance, fuel and other running costs but surely would be a better way to spend your hard earned.

What say BCF?
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There isn't a new £10k bike that ticks all my boxes, but I could easily find 4 £2k bikes that (collectively) would.
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[LongJohn22]

[chickenstrip]

I already have a £2k bike that ticks most of the boxes for me, but yeah, more than one cheaper bike would be my answer. If I had no bikes, and you gave me 10 grand to spend only on bikes, no way would I blow it all on one new one.

But also, 10 grand gives you other options. How about one newer bike at, say, £6k, and two others at £2k each?
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[recman]

I'm going for the 2 £4k bike option that isn't there.
Probably something like a WR450F to go with with my Triple.

[arry]

I'd go £10k bike a) as I have no need for 4 different sets of circumstances type bikes and b) £2k for a bike is sum total of bugger all - just about buys you Jizzbunny's knackered Varafailo by the time Paddy's up the bidding to get his latest bodge intake

[stevo as b4]

nail on head there IMO!

But the more than 2bikes thing for many people is not a deliberate action, as again IMO people who have more than 2bikes as a very general rule either are collecting bikes, restoring bikes, or buying cheap bikes that are offered to them or even working on bikes to make a few quid.

I can't think of a modern up to £10k bike that would be perfect for what I'd like? The Ducati monster 1200 has been recommended to me, but I'm not sure how good modern EFI fueling and electronically managed power deliveries would feel compared to a crisp well set up carbed bike?

I could certainly have a nice project V-max and a huge list of performance parts and upgrades to gain handling and lose weight for £10k though!

[P.]

Four 2k bikes.

Race bike
Off road bike
Litre bike
Commuter bike

Race is race. 600F/tatty RR
Off road is dirt and supermoto. 300 EXC.
Litre is weekend smashing toy. R1.
Commuter does the trips. VFR800.

[Boris the spider]

Such an easy one.

why have one when you can have four.

Kinda like folk to shag
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[MC]

When I had a CBF1000 for a couple of months (9.5k new), I couldn't understand why anyone would spend that much on a bike.

2(ish) grand can get you some tidy bikes, people thought my bike was new, you know before the smashings

Anyway my shopping list:
Yamaha DT
Hornet
KTM Duke
And whatever sporty thing gets me the most clunge...

I've no knowledge of such things
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[Knacker]

Think I'd keep my K1 Thou, get a TLS for the Lolz an old late 90's Speed triple for a Commuter and a WR450.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Mutliple bikes for me as well. Pretty much what I have done.

All the best

Keith
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[Knacker]

[Musketeer]

Is it a question if I had only 10k to spend in my current financial circumstances?

2 bikes would do it for me..
- not too old 600-1000cc road bike for about £3-5k
- 600cc track bike for about £2k

And some money for track days.

I've never tried off-road bike so I don't desire something that I have never experienced.

If i was rich I wouldn't mind a few £10k+ bikes in a big garage next to my luxurious Spanish villa, but I'm not.
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[BigDan1190]

Can I have one £6k bike and two £2k bikes?

Would definately have a £6k BMW 1200GSA (early model to keep price down).

A £2k GSXR1000

Then either a £2k DRZ400 or similar greenlaner, or a £2k early Aprilia Mille or something. Or maybe a TL1000s. Something with a nice bit of V-twin character.

But I would be equally happy with all of that above, or a newer £10k BMW 1200GSA. But i'm lucky in the sense that I'm attracted to such an all-rounder - most people hate them!

[Kickstart]

[Rogerborg]

I can't countenance having fewer than 2 bikes. Mrs Borg can't countenance me having more than 2 bikes.

A good compromise leaves everyone unhappy.
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[Matt B]

£10k gets you a pre reg/nearly new BUSA.

As far as anything else is concerned see below:

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[Teflon-Mike]

£10K's worth of biking? What would I do?
Probably NOT spend it on bikes. Bikes to me is toys, so I wont buy one on credit; if I don't have the cash to buy a bike, I cant afford it. If I had the cash to afford it, then? Lot of things, more important and or more useful in my daily life, that would beg that spend before a motorbike; like a new dishwasher, or a whole new kitchen, or paying off half of what's left on my mortgage.
So, when I DID have a little cash hand few years back, not quite enough to make a dent the mortgage, or do any significant home improvements.. going to get a battery for the 750, I was momentarily tempted by a Blackbird.... Idea of buying something I didn't have to faff ad fuck with, just turn the key ad ride, did sort of have appeal... but, puritanical conscience struck, and notion was quickly dismissed on the grounds that I wouldn't get any huge pleasure from owning a 'fastest on the planet' bike, not a very much more from riding it, and not much at all, paying fr the things upkeep. Spurred me to look at slightly more 'sensible' options, like a VFR, which was dismissed as far TOO sensible... so in the end.. I bought a bunch of old 125 Super-Dreams and a rider-training course for Snowie, and treated the 750 to a load of service spares and some new handlebars 750 does all I really need a bike to, and delivers plenty of fun for the money; while pratting about with tiddlers delivers even more.
Different bikes for different jobs? Yup, already got that. Have the 750 as all round work-horse; Montesa for mud-fun, and tiddlers as 'something' to play spanners with. And for a lot less than budget.
So if you told me you'd give me £10K, if I would sell every bike I already have and put the whole lot into ONE brand new bike... I think I'd probably tell you to eff-off. I'll stick to what I got! There REALLY isn't a lot in the show-rooms that gets me particularly exited. And certainly not exited enough to get rid of bikes I have had decades and am rather attached to!
If you were to give me £10 for ONE bike, and one bike only, no other caveot? I still probably wouldn't buy anything new; I'd probably sink it into a classic, preferably one bought in instalments as I restored it; something a little more inspiring than a 125 Super-Dream, I could do to concourse; I don't know, a Z1 maybe, Bridgestone Super-Six perhaps, or BSA Rocket III... Would £10K be enough to get my hands on a Craig Vetter Truimph Hurricane X75? Or at least major parts of one? Even in card-board boxes, I don't care!
Alternatively, as its 'free' money, might be tempted to have a crack at some sort of show-custom; definitely not Harley based; but something cross-genre 'different'... maybe lop a couple of VFR750 engines up and make a 'double-engine' V8, in some sort of muscle-bike style chassis... or take a 'new' mini super-charger and an old-air-head BMW R80 and do some sort of brat-chop-retro-cafe 1939 TT tribute 'special'.
BUT... if you just handed me £10K? I cold almost guarantee, little if any would get spent on anything motorbike related, let alone a motorbike...
Though I suppose might build me a nice double-garage come work-shop... that could be deemed 'bike related' I suppose.. might even be enough in there to plumb a decent work-shop compressor, maybe a few air-tools to go on it, and maybe even a couple of roll-cab to keep them in.
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[Northern Monkey]

All my bikes with the exception of the NC750x cost 2 1/2 grand or less.

The only bike I regret buying is the NC750x.

a few bikes every time. I cant have more than 3, as they don't fit in the garage
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[Shaft]

I'm another multi bike man, but I wish I could find one that really did everything.
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[rideslikean00...]

Wait, I have ten grand? Can I take a third option?

Hmmm. Four or five grand for a good all round sports tourer type bike and five or six grand left over to pay for the inevitable stuff that I'll need: tyres and filters all that bollocks, presumably fairing replacement for the inevitable time it gets dropped, pushed over or sent down the road, plus loads of money to spank away on fuel and insurance between that, good leathers, whatever else.
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