would you let your old man....

[colicabcadam]

..... ride a bike you spent £22k on ? i did, i think it scared him

biggest bike he had been on before would have been a z750 from about 1982

it took me 4 years to let him have a go though lol
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[carb0n]

22k? you plate it in gold?

[DrDonnyBrago]

No. But then the last bike he rode was a 250 about 30 years ago.


EDIT: Because he might die, rather than because he'd break an insured piece of metal.

[Chalky.]

Yeh, it's only material.

Let people borrow my stuff quite a bit.

[Joncrete Cungle]

No the last two wheeled thing he rode on the road was 40bhp and probably 40 years ago. He cacked his pants at the clunk the Honda box makes when going in to first gear.

[nowhere.elysium]

Yes, because the bike I'm riding at the moment was his, until I got it running again. Congratulations on pointing out how much money you've spunked on it, again - we're all really impressed by the big numbers.
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[P.addy]

Why bring money into it mr brag

No horsepower or torque figures, astounding work!

But I wouldn't care, people have let me ride 10k bikes and drive 160k cars... doesn't bother some people.

My keys are up for grabs at most BCF meets

[pinkyfloyd]

I wouldnt give my dad the steam from my shite let alone the keys to my bike.
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[Blau Zedong]

[colicabcadam]

lol - the cost of the bike had relevance to the question, i'm sure many people would let someone ride their bike if it was worth £1,500, but binning a £22k bike is a little different to binning a £1,500 bike !

why does it bother so many people when money is mentioned ?

rich kid racing ? wtf are you on about ? a lot of people would get into a flame war, i won't, we are all equal
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[P.addy]

[G]

I have bikes for riding, not looking pretty.

If I spent £22k on a bike it'd be because I had a massive amount more money spare, so it wouldn't worry me.
That's why I haven't spent near that much on a bike.

The value of an item to you is still going to be relative to how you value money.
Someone with a couple of hundred million in the bank is probably going to be more relaxed about a £50k bike than someone on the bread line who needs their £500 commuter to get to work.

[Blau Zedong]

[Kradmelder]

[moppy]

Wouldn't ever buy a 22K bike unless I won the lottery or some shit. Don't see the point. Well if I'm being honest, spending anything more than 5K on a bike seems silly. And even 5K is excessive

But sure, I'd let my dad ride my bike. He used to ride bikes when I was just a kid.

[Jefr0]

I would, and have, he's got around 60 years riding experience.

It's more like the other way round for me.

He's got a 1947 Vincent which he happily lets me ride, I'm not thinking of the price tag if I damage it, I'm thinking of the sentimental value of it, building it up over the years and keeping it the condition he has.

I'd rather damage a 22k bike that you can still buy again and parts off the shelf.

For me a bike's worth is what it mean's to the owner not the price tag.
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[pinkyfloyd]

[colicabcadam]

bluex5, negativity will get you no where in life, there are people on the audisrs forum that are buying 80k cars with cash, do i talk to them like you talk to me, nope, that's because i know they've done something to be able to afford such luxuries, they've taken no money from me, so why would i be negative to them

i've had a little success in my life, as have a lot of other people, why does it upset you ?

and when i bought my bike i pretty much spent my whole yearly salary on it anyways, you think i earn £500,000 a year lolol
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[colicabcadam]

lol -you think i could randomly afford to replace my bike, like fuck do i have that sort of miney sitting around lolol

i'm not rich, i just invest a lot of the money i earn on engine related products, there's a difference between skinting yourself on things you love and being rich and buying things for the sake of it
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[nowhere.elysium]

You're the one that keeps making a point of how much you've spent on it. None of us would bother mentioning it, if you didn't keep drawing attention to how much money you've dropped on the thing.
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[Rob W]

I've let my old man ride every bike I've owned if he's asked, but then he's been riding over 40 years, rides daily to work, and owns 3 bikes himself, so I dont really have much to worry about.
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[colicabcadam]

lol - old mans current bike is a scooter, a 250 nexus, so there's some difference lol
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[P.addy]

[groovylee]

having never spent more than 2K on a vehicle, i have no idea how i would feel about letting someone borrow it, family or otherwise.

but then if i did have 22K to spunk on anything i would buy a ducati, then tell everyone about how much it cost at every available opportunity, even if it had probably depreciated like hell now..........

talk of money is just seen as crass, that's all. nice bike though
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[pinkyfloyd]