Dellis
Registered user
Following on from my threads from 10 months and 22 months ago this is the final part:
The First Year
The bike covered 18,900 miles in its first year all for pleasure lived in England and visited Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
The Running Costs
£1,811.00 Fuel
£97.34 600 mile service
£92.67 Rear Tourance @ 5,390 miles
£165.10 6,000 mile service
£47.90 Genuine rear pads
£146.95 Front & rear Tourances @ 11,018 miles
£183.20 12,000 mile service
£46.40 EBC front brake pads @ 14,750 miles (once bitten etc)
£72.85 Rear Tourance @ 15,833 miles
£178.61 18,000 mile service
£2,842.02 Total or 15.04 pence per mile excluding depreciation
The Issues
Rear light assembly due to corrosion and a piss poor design
Pannier adjusting mechanism replaced
Rear disc due to warping (twice)
Front discs due to warping
Front engine cover due to corrosion
Both gearbox input shaft seals due to oil leaks however, I could not see any evidence of the leaking oil
Battery (let me down in Belgium)
Oil consumption
One litre every 10,000 miles ( next to knob all)
The Second Year
This year I did a few less miles only covering 17,300 giving a total mileage thus far of 36,200. Again all this years miles have been for pleasure, the bike has remained resident in England and visited Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Belgium, France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Slovenia.
The Running Costs
£1,712.70 Fuel
£123.99 Front & rear Tourances @ 22,634 miles
£212.26 24,000 mile service
£95.00 Rear Tourance (expensive as I was desperate!)
£149.07 30,000 mile service
£142.70 Front & rear Tourances @ 32,080 miles
£68.27 Front & rear EBC HH pads @ 32,080 miles
£72.00 36,000 miles service (estimate - just got back off my hols and it's not been done yet but cheaper as I'm going to self service now the bike is out of warranty
£2,575.99 Total or 14.89 pence per mile excluding depreciation
The Issues
I almost made twelve months with no further issues but sadly the final drive gave up the ghost on the English National Rally resulting in my first ever failure to complete a navigational rally The bike was recovered to Blue Bell who did a top job of fixing the bike.
Oil consumption
This has reduced very slightly, to put this in context I've just done 4,000 miles around Europe and topped up by 300ml (in other words still next to knob all)
The Third Year (the last 10 months before being traded in)
In the last 10 months I've not done that much (I tend to do large mileages during June and July) covering 12,140 giving a total mileage of 48,340. Again all this years miles have been for pleasure, the bike has remained resident in England and visited Scotland, Wales, Belgium, and France.
The Running Costs
£1,194.37 Fuel
£110.76 36,124 mile service (self service price also includes oil and parts for 42,000 service
£75.45 rear Tourances @ 37,127 miles
£0 42,283 Service (FOC as self service and purchased the bits at the same time as I did the 32,000)
£144.33 Front & Rear Tourances
£39.29 Rear light assembly
£1,564.20 Total or 12.88 pence per mile excluding depreciation
The Issues
A rear light assembly - really crap design - the new ones are led so should be ok
Oil consumption
This has reduced to nothing, to put this in context not one drop between services!
The Whole Life Running Costs
I can now include depreciation in the calculations as I have been given a price of my bike plus £3,000.00 to change for a new 1200 of the same spec. So total costs to date including deprecation are as follows:
£2,842.02 - 2006/07 Running Costs
£2,575.99 - 2007/08 Running Costs
£1,564.20 - 2008/09 Running Costs
£4,200.00 - Depreciation
£11,182.21 - Total or 23.13 pence per mile including depreciation
My Conclusions
A cracking bike and year three proved pretty much trouble free, bar the rear light so I get rid of it! Seems a little daft I guess but I was offered a good deal and I decided that now was the time to change when there was still a decent amount of value left in the bike.
The bike is heading to an independent dealer in the north east so if you don't do big miles and you want a well looked after genuine great bike then you could do a lot worse that handing over your hard earned in exchange for YS06 PNO.
Cheers
Dave
The First Year
The bike covered 18,900 miles in its first year all for pleasure lived in England and visited Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
The Running Costs
£1,811.00 Fuel
£97.34 600 mile service
£92.67 Rear Tourance @ 5,390 miles
£165.10 6,000 mile service
£47.90 Genuine rear pads
£146.95 Front & rear Tourances @ 11,018 miles
£183.20 12,000 mile service
£46.40 EBC front brake pads @ 14,750 miles (once bitten etc)
£72.85 Rear Tourance @ 15,833 miles
£178.61 18,000 mile service
£2,842.02 Total or 15.04 pence per mile excluding depreciation
The Issues
Rear light assembly due to corrosion and a piss poor design
Pannier adjusting mechanism replaced
Rear disc due to warping (twice)
Front discs due to warping
Front engine cover due to corrosion
Both gearbox input shaft seals due to oil leaks however, I could not see any evidence of the leaking oil
Battery (let me down in Belgium)
Oil consumption
One litre every 10,000 miles ( next to knob all)
The Second Year
This year I did a few less miles only covering 17,300 giving a total mileage thus far of 36,200. Again all this years miles have been for pleasure, the bike has remained resident in England and visited Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Belgium, France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Slovenia.
The Running Costs
£1,712.70 Fuel
£123.99 Front & rear Tourances @ 22,634 miles
£212.26 24,000 mile service
£95.00 Rear Tourance (expensive as I was desperate!)
£149.07 30,000 mile service
£142.70 Front & rear Tourances @ 32,080 miles
£68.27 Front & rear EBC HH pads @ 32,080 miles
£72.00 36,000 miles service (estimate - just got back off my hols and it's not been done yet but cheaper as I'm going to self service now the bike is out of warranty
£2,575.99 Total or 14.89 pence per mile excluding depreciation
The Issues
I almost made twelve months with no further issues but sadly the final drive gave up the ghost on the English National Rally resulting in my first ever failure to complete a navigational rally The bike was recovered to Blue Bell who did a top job of fixing the bike.
Oil consumption
This has reduced very slightly, to put this in context I've just done 4,000 miles around Europe and topped up by 300ml (in other words still next to knob all)
The Third Year (the last 10 months before being traded in)
In the last 10 months I've not done that much (I tend to do large mileages during June and July) covering 12,140 giving a total mileage of 48,340. Again all this years miles have been for pleasure, the bike has remained resident in England and visited Scotland, Wales, Belgium, and France.
The Running Costs
£1,194.37 Fuel
£110.76 36,124 mile service (self service price also includes oil and parts for 42,000 service
£75.45 rear Tourances @ 37,127 miles
£0 42,283 Service (FOC as self service and purchased the bits at the same time as I did the 32,000)
£144.33 Front & Rear Tourances
£39.29 Rear light assembly
£1,564.20 Total or 12.88 pence per mile excluding depreciation
The Issues
A rear light assembly - really crap design - the new ones are led so should be ok
Oil consumption
This has reduced to nothing, to put this in context not one drop between services!
The Whole Life Running Costs
I can now include depreciation in the calculations as I have been given a price of my bike plus £3,000.00 to change for a new 1200 of the same spec. So total costs to date including deprecation are as follows:
£2,842.02 - 2006/07 Running Costs
£2,575.99 - 2007/08 Running Costs
£1,564.20 - 2008/09 Running Costs
£4,200.00 - Depreciation
£11,182.21 - Total or 23.13 pence per mile including depreciation
My Conclusions
A cracking bike and year three proved pretty much trouble free, bar the rear light so I get rid of it! Seems a little daft I guess but I was offered a good deal and I decided that now was the time to change when there was still a decent amount of value left in the bike.
The bike is heading to an independent dealer in the north east so if you don't do big miles and you want a well looked after genuine great bike then you could do a lot worse that handing over your hard earned in exchange for YS06 PNO.
Cheers
Dave
and as you spotted yes I've bought another.
