Costs of motorbiking so far...

[amare32]

Reading various posts of the costs of learning to ride a motorcycle got me thinking on the amount of £££ spent so far:

CBT £125
CG insurance £180
Caberg Helmet £50
Sidi Vertigo Air Boots £130
CG125 £1400 (Bought in July '07, sold back to Honda £1250 in Sept '07)
Dainese Wave Back Protector £90
Axo Gloves £60
Theory test £30
DAS £500
Akito Desert Textile Trousers £60
Akito Desert Textile Jacket £109
Sheoi X-Spirit Vermulen £350
Dainese Rizla Suzuki Flanker Jacket £200
Teknic Riding Jeans £50
GSX-R600 K7 £5900 (Bought in March '08)
GSXR insurance £600

And the grand total:

£9,834 Jesus Christ!!!

I'm glad I don't have a missus (yet) to rein back the spending on toys (also have 2 cars) otherwise I would be strung up by the balls

Have to say though, I'm enjoying and loving every minute of biking since my first experience of wobbling on a 125 on a tester course back in May '07 to riding my Gixxer.

Can't really put a price on the enjoyment

[roboxm3]

Just out of interest, how old are you and is the Gixxer insured fully comp??
I'm leaning towards the Gixxer myself for when I pass my test but I haven't looked at the insurance yet!

[amare32]

roboxm3 said:

Just out of interest, how old are you and is the Gixxer insured fully comp??
I'm leaning towards the Gixxer myself for when I pass my test but I haven't looked at the insurance yet!

Yeah it's fully comp based on zero NCB (I left a pararell policy running on the 125 to get my 1 yr NCB in July which my insurers have now added onto my record even though it didn't result in a re-adjustment to the Gixxer premium). I'm 30yr old with 3 points parked in a bricks and mortar garage. Social use include commuting.

[Dakkon]

I did my test in October 07.

CBT - 120
Dianese Leathers - 800
Shark helmet - 300
Lessons - 450
Test, including lesson beforehand - 150
675 Daytona - 5000
RFL - 80
Insurance (33 yrs old, no points) - 800
Haga Rep Arai Helmet - 450
Total - 8150 (Does not include petrol)

Edited by Dakkon on Thursday 31st July 12:34

[IsMad]

I am also a GSXR rider. I am 31, sigh, kept in a garage, with one year NCB fully comp at £470, including European breakdown cover and personal liability cover. no points though.

Oh yeah just going to say I am not even going to contemplate the costs, as it would probably piss me off, but still worth it

Edited by IsMad on Thursday 31st July 11:32

[roboxm3]

hmmmm!? So 27yrs old, 0 NCB, 6 points (eek!), Social hooning only....

I'll expect to pay around £800ish then!?

Who are you guys insured with? I'll try the obvious: Bennetts, Carol Nash etc but just wondered if there were any hidden insuance gems out there for new bikers?

[StevRS]

My best quote so far's been from Hastings direct via Confused.com

Tesco came in second. All the big names you mentioned were nowhere near - 28yo, 0NCB, GPZ500, TPFT. £80 all in

Costs so far (and I have no license):

CBT £125
DAS £495
125 Hire (48hrs) £80
Spada textiles £140
G-Mac Helmet (CE-from DAS place) £40
Bike £400
Service Bits & Pieces £100
Chains & locks etc £100
Cover & land anchor £10 off a mate...
Insurance £80

Total: £1570

Yet to get Boots & Gloves...

Edited by StevRS on Thursday 31st July 11:46

[amare32]

I'm insured with Express Insurance. Was quoted £1300 but managed to get them to half the price so expect to get some silly quotes but don't ever accept the first price they give you.

[Sossige]

I refuse to take part in this. It will be an eye watering total!

[djt77]

not even going to attempt to work out my costs!

and those costs will shoot up once you start doing track days....thats when it starts gtting expensive (but soooo worth it)

[Rawwr]

£21,296

[GreigR]

Rawwr said:

£21,296

Come on, spill the beans.

[Rawwr]

That's absolutely everything I've paid out after passing my test, including petrol

[GreigR]

What bike did you buy?

[Rawwr]

GSX-R600 K3 and GSX-R750 K7.

[Rawwr]

Actually, that figure's wrong. I didn't include the tyres I used on the 600.

[RemaL]

I would not know where to start

Fazer 2.5k
Triple after mods 9k
DAS £550 include cbt and test
leathers ( after the halo ones i'm getting prob £1500) including my teknic gear
boots £350 for sidi and alpinestars
plus lots more.

not that the wife knows about all the mods and extras on the triple

[Muffles]

Since passing in April 2006, I've bought 4 bikes at a cost of £18,950 (£2,350, £6,400, £2,100, and £8,100) and sold one bike at a price of £2,400. Training cost me £600, kit £1,000. In terms of accessories and consumables, I guess we're looking at £1-2k or so. Petrol - about 13,000 miles worth at something low like 35-40mpg - commuting through London see.

Not sure what all that adds up to!

[Carl-H]

First bike £700
CBT £80
Helmet £40
First set of textiles £45 (bargain)
Second set of textiles £220
Second bike £750
Test £350
New helmet £115
Sold first bike for £750
Third bike £870
Sold second bike for £900
Leathers, back protector and under suit £500
Tyres £300
Insurance total £600

Total £2920

Not too bad.

[Dudd]

Full DAS inc Cbt etc £650
Lid, jacket, gloves £250
XJ600 £550
TPFT on XJ600 £250
Lock (not sure why!) £ 20

Total £1720

Filtering through traffic PRICELESS!
(although if i had to it would be about £1900 including petrol)