Bike running costs! Whats in your wallet?

[woo]

I have found that after all the sports bikes i have owned from Aprila RS125, honda vfr nc30, kawasaki zxr400, suzuki gsxr600k1, R6, R1.

I have realised that the running costs have practically been the same in terms of maintence.

The only thing that made the Aprila RS125 any cheaper was that the tires were cheaper, a service for that bike was around £150 which was required every 2500 miles so for every 5000 miles around the £300 mark.

Now for rest the services usually cost between £230-£280.

Im only saying this because everyone kept telling me that the running costs for my R1 would high but its actually the same as if when i had my 400s, there aint really much significant change in the price of tyres either.

And as for MPG for all of the bikes i have owned i have always got around 100 to 110 miles from a full tank of petrol before reserve and on motorway journeys around 130 miles from a full tank before reserve.

What are your running costs and has anyone else experienced this too?
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[Itchy]

NTV , petrol £14 a week +£10 if going for a ride out
recent me hitting it hard = £10 a day

tyres £140 pair x3 a year due to my high miles

oil + filter x3 = £90

no chain

odd bulb here and there £10

fork bushes/seals + oil £60

tax £62

MOT £30

odd spares and bits £200 (ie brake pads airfilter , scot oil FS365)

£2120 for a one ride out week

Increasing to £2392 on fuel when I go hit the roads hard like recently , nothing stops me these days , rain ice snow anything

+£100ish on insurance

darn I spent rather alot of money on this bike , I'd dread to think what the ZX6R will cost me....
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[Rookie]

Difference between the R1 and the 400 is that with all the extra power, tyres, chains and sprockets, brake pads, all consumables, get a lot of extra wear. It's the only reason I chose not to get a Thunderace, I can't afford the extra cost.

Plus a higher capacity bike will have higher insurance and tax cost, and there are often other high maintenance parts on high powered bikes, like an EXUP valve or something.

As far as 4 stroke bikes go, I think higher capacity pretty much means higher running costs.

[Itchy]

shit this puts me in the ZX6R vs NC30 situation again, I was just about weaned off the '30 project and onto the ZX6R project esp Izzi's
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[Rookie]

[M1ke]

I think with sports bikes in general the running costs are similar, however if you start looking at the commuter style 500cc's for example I think you will find they are a hell of alot cheaper in tyres/parts/insurance.

[0ddball]

The reason i held off buying a sports bike and stuck with the commuter for so long is i thought the sportsbike would cost a fortune to run. Turns out it's actually cheaper.

You bearly have to touch the throttle for normal commuting so mpg is great.

Race scrubs can be picked up for £40 a pair. On the track they've spent 80% of the time on the very edge of the tyre and 20% in the middle portion. And on the road most people spend 20% of the time on the edge and 80% in the middle so it evens out nicely. Plus the torn up edges make you look like a double hard bastard.

Other consumables like chain and sprockets, brake pads ect are all roughly the same cost.

And insurance is surprisingly cheap. Moving from the gpz to the zxr i gained 60bhp, better brakes, better handling, better looks and it still only cost an extra £40 to insure.