Bike o' Nomics
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Bike o' Nomics
Ok, so, heres fuel for the fire :-) Let the debate rage on...
250 KTM Excw +- 80000
Expected re-sale value after 2 years 50000
Loss 30000
Or second hand bike over 300 hrs over 5 yrs old 20 000. hmmm Does this make sense?
Heres a list of stuff you are very very likely to have to do in the first 100 Hours of riding
Tires + Mousses (Tubes will cost the same believe me) 5000
Chain + sprock 2000
Piston + ring 2500
Fork Overhaul 1000
Shock Overhaul 1500
Suspension linkage re furbish 750
Headstock overhaul 500
Cable replacements 400
New Plastics 1500
Wheel Bearings + spoke alignment 1200
16350
=
Unknown broken Stuff allowance (Splines, Missing bolts, Rad hoses, Clucthes, leaking hydaulics, frame cracks)
3000
Wors case scenario engine rebuild (Exluded from math) 6000
Extra risk easily 9000.
Re Sale after 2 years 15000
Loss 24350 - minimum.... vs 30000????
NOW factor in lost riding time, cost of sourcing, getting, driving to spares places, personal time lost, frustration, getting stuck in the bush etc etc....
Are we freaking nuts????? Buy new I say. Or at least as close as possible.
Take the 20K or whatever as a deposit, and pay 1500 rand per month finance - It will work out cheaper per month plus your costs are predictable.
250 KTM Excw +- 80000
Expected re-sale value after 2 years 50000
Loss 30000
Or second hand bike over 300 hrs over 5 yrs old 20 000. hmmm Does this make sense?
Heres a list of stuff you are very very likely to have to do in the first 100 Hours of riding
Tires + Mousses (Tubes will cost the same believe me) 5000
Chain + sprock 2000
Piston + ring 2500
Fork Overhaul 1000
Shock Overhaul 1500
Suspension linkage re furbish 750
Headstock overhaul 500
Cable replacements 400
New Plastics 1500
Wheel Bearings + spoke alignment 1200
16350
=
Unknown broken Stuff allowance (Splines, Missing bolts, Rad hoses, Clucthes, leaking hydaulics, frame cracks)
3000
Wors case scenario engine rebuild (Exluded from math) 6000
Extra risk easily 9000.
Re Sale after 2 years 15000
Loss 24350 - minimum.... vs 30000????
NOW factor in lost riding time, cost of sourcing, getting, driving to spares places, personal time lost, frustration, getting stuck in the bush etc etc....
Are we freaking nuts????? Buy new I say. Or at least as close as possible.
Take the 20K or whatever as a deposit, and pay 1500 rand per month finance - It will work out cheaper per month plus your costs are predictable.
Re: Bike o' Nomics
Putting it this way makes sense... but remember we did not buy the bikes cause they where cheap only ..we bought them cause we could not ride... thus the bike was going to go thru hell in the first few month... rather do this to a 20k bike than a 90k one
Smoker- Rhino Outride
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Re: Bike o' Nomics
Smoker wrote:Putting it this way makes sense... but remember we did not buy the bikes cause they where cheap only ..we bought them cause we could not ride... thus the bike was going to go thru hell in the first few month... rather do this to a 20k bike than a 90k one
Thank got we can ride now! That KDX was Faarking expensive.
live long and prosper Greenmile....
Re: Bike o' Nomics
Yep starting to know that feeling with my bike...learning curve I guess
Smoker- Rhino Outride
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