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RE: Any young motorbike riders? - bigsharn - 28-02-2011
Your area of Manchester to Bolton is LESS THAN 15 miles.
RE: Any young motorbike riders? - Special Chris - 01-03-2011
Mark, I know insurance may be a lot for a car, but seriously..Whats going to get you more places, a motorcycle or a bike? Your gonna ride out on your motorcycle when there's an insane storm going on..I think not.
RE: Any young motorbike riders? - Mark - 01-03-2011
You mean a car or a bike?
RE: Any young motorbike riders? - Special Chris - 01-03-2011
Yeh..I was in a rush.
RE: Any young motorbike riders? - bigsharn - 01-03-2011
I still stick by:
Get a bike to go to work on
With the £1.5k saved from your not getting a motorbike get driving lessons
Buy a cheap runaround with whatever you don't spend on driving lessons
Pay for the insurance with your wages, which you've saved up until this point
RE: Any young motorbike riders? - Mark - 01-03-2011
Yeah.. but.
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A pedal bike isn't even in the equation.
A car:
Driving lessons: £20 each
Theory: £50
Cost of a car: £? (Find a cheap car to go with cheap insurance, I found a £600 car with £17,000 insurance)
Insurance: £10,000 (Find me one cheaper)
Running costs: More than a bike.
Motorbike:
CBT: £100
Motorbike cost: sub £1,000
Insurance: sub £400
Optional gear: £?
Running costs: 100 miles a gallon (Roughly, so that's 4.5litres = £5.50, 5/6p a mile.)
Total cost: £1,500
RE: Any young motorbike riders? - bigsharn - 01-03-2011
Pedal bike
£500 all inclusive
Car - £2k plus however many lessons and test
RE: Any young motorbike riders? - Mark - 01-03-2011
(01-03-2011, 06:53 PM)Mark Wrote: A pedal bike isn't even in the equation.
There's no way I can get a car, on my own insurance for £2k inc.
RE: Any young motorbike riders? - bigsharn - 02-03-2011
Which is why you get it as a named driver on a parent's insurance, whack a No Claims Bonus on it and you're away.
RE: Any young motorbike riders? - T3hRogue - 02-03-2011
You're gonna be looking at a piddly >250cc bike too, which will just make you loom absolutely daft.
It'll be fine to ride it until your mates find out, then it will be like a a really fat girlfriend