AH YER BIKE GEAR

[doyle]

Have you costed it all out. I was doing a few sums when the wife wisnae watchin and even my modest wee pile o bike stuff ,includin the bike comes tae a fell lot o pennies i reckon aboot£8000
Which is a lot considerin the bikes 4 years old and was 3rd hand when i bocht it.But between boots.helmets ,gloves,panniers/top boxes etc it fairly mounts up.
Even tho i,m sure i'll be one o the 'cheaper' bikers on here.
Hae a coont up n see whit its worth.

 

[brassmonkey001]

Have you costed it all out. I was doing a few sums when the wife wisnae watchin and even my modest wee pile o bike stuff ,includin the bike comes tae a fell lot o pennies i reckon aboot£8000
Which is a lot considerin the bikes 4 years old and was 3rd hand when i bocht it.But between boots.helmets ,gloves,panniers/top boxes etc it fairly mounts up.
Even tho i,m sure i'll be one o the 'cheaper' bikers on here.
Hae a coont up n see whit its worth.

How much without the bike?
I reckon a few on here will have bikes alone worth more than that.

 

[fatbastard]

Second hand Bike £9250 and gear about £1250 = £10500 Must admit ive got newer and more expensive bikes over the years by worked my way up to this level . I buy the bike so it's a nest egg if things go tits up

 

[doyle]

How much without the bike?
I reckon a few on here will have bikes alone worth more than that.

Accessories plus clothing comes to around 3k, that would be new replacement price.But not including camping gear which would be another £500 i suppose.
But what price is enjoyment--priceless

 

[Coolcarbon]

But what price is enjoyment--priceless

The only way to Sum it up ...

 

[dadster]

Don't add it all up as you could find you spend more than you earn

 

[bhud]

I am too scared to go there, with the trip coming up.

 

[ricardo]

But what would be the cost of not having a bike? It's the best stress valve there is.

 

[freeloader]

I am too scared to go there, with the trip coming up.

My thoughts exactly. I don't dare add it all up, I'd end up a gibbering wreck.

You could do the same for anything though. How much have I spent all together on tobacco, breakfast cereal, or probably the most scary one, petrol? No, can't do it, there be dragons.

 

[JKM]

Totally agree with previous comments- it would be the thing o nicht mares to add everything up. Great to have it all tho. Pretty hard explaininig to the ' Long Haired Colonel' why I had 2 x bikes, 4 x helmets, 3 x suits etc etc. - Wives!!!

 

[garfield]

I think if I added up the purchase of 2 bikes in 2 years, all the gear and the holidays associated with the bikes, the petrol, insurance and lord knows what else, it must have passed £25,000 easily.....and you know what I would rather have spent it that way than high class hookers and the finest columbian.....

 

[skinnersscotch]

I was doing the calculations before I bought my GSA in April, along with extras and clothing etc. My wife saw the total figure. The only way I could calm her down was to show her the list price for a Goldwing which she would have liked me to buy.

At £18,000 is was slightly more than my buying spree at Motorrad East.