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Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:19 pm
by weeksy
Count Steer wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:18 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:46 pm
Count Steer wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:40 pm
I expect they're all pressing the donate button every month then.
I think I love you
But no.. no one ever throws the dog a bone.
Introduce a 'new bike tariff'. You can't have a new bike without paying £20. Consultation on which new bike to get £30.
They'd either not buy one or not tell us and we then miss out on post counts
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:35 pm
by MrLongbeard
weeksy wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:36 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:33 pm
If it's going to sit gathering dust use the money elsewhere, drugs, booze n hookers etc.
Thing is, for him as with a fair few on here, £200 a month doesn't exist, change anything or affect anything. So it's really just a case of want. Or not want.
No I get that, drop in the ocean and all that jazz.
But I'm weird, I don't see the point in spending 1 penny total let alone a month on anything that's not going to get used regardless of your bank balance.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:40 pm
by MrLongbeard
gremlin wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:58 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:33 pm
If it's going to sit gathering dust use the money elsewhere, drugs, booze n hookers etc.
The hookers will wash the bike once a week if you play your cards right.
That could get spendy;
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:54 pm
by weeksy
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:35 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:36 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:33 pm
If it's going to sit gathering dust use the money elsewhere, drugs, booze n hookers etc.
Thing is, for him as with a fair few on here, £200 a month doesn't exist, change anything or affect anything. So it's really just a case of want. Or not want.
No I get that, drop in the ocean and all that jazz.
But I'm weird, I don't see the point in spending 1 penny total let alone a month on anything that's not going to get used regardless of your bank balance.
Yup, you're weird.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:05 pm
by Yorick
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:35 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:36 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:33 pm
If it's going to sit gathering dust use the money elsewhere, drugs, booze n hookers etc.
Thing is, for him as with a fair few on here, £200 a month doesn't exist, change anything or affect anything. So it's really just a case of want. Or not want.
No I get that, drop in the ocean and all that jazz.
But I'm weird, I don't see the point in spending 1 penny total let alone a month on anything that's not going to get used regardless of your bank balance.
I've put that through the Gobbledy Gook translator. Nothing ???
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:19 pm
by Taipan
Count Steer wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:40 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:36 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:33 pm
If it's going to sit gathering dust use the money elsewhere, drugs, booze n hookers etc.
Thing is, for him as with a fair few on here, £200 a month doesn't exist, change anything or affect anything. So it's really just a case of want. Or not want.
I expect they're all pressing the donate button every month then.
You don't get to consider £200 a month insignificant by going around pressing donate buttons!
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:21 pm
by Dodgy69
Unless your treating it like a month long test drive, what's the point in leasing.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:42 pm
by Alan PBTD
£200 / per month ? is that Honda UK deal and is there deposit required ? there is a certain attraction to it - if there's no deposit but remember your actually hiring it - @ £2400 per year or £7200 over 3 years.
But the Bike reviews come out very good. Just watch the excess mileage charge and what they consider acceptable condition when potentially handing it back. Mate got a KTM 1250 Adventure thing on such a scheme and had been belting it about the farm probably rounding up the sheep - and he doesn't do cleaning..
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:40 pm
by Count Steer
Alan PBTD wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:42 pm
£200 / per month ? is that Honda UK deal and is there deposit required ? there is a certain attraction to it - if there's no deposit but remember your actually hiring it - @ £2400 per year or £7200 over 3 years.
But the Bike reviews come out very good. Just watch the excess mileage charge and what they consider acceptable condition when potentially handing it back. Mate got a KTM 1250 Adventure thing on such a scheme and had been belting it about the farm probably rounding up the sheep - and he doesn't do cleaning..
Just had a dab around UK hire and the prices are more like £275/weekend. £200/month looks very cheap.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 8:45 pm
by wheelnut
Is it a lease or a pcp, £200pm for a pcp sounds about right.
I’ve never seen a lease option on any bike as yet.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 8:51 pm
by Count Steer
wheelnut wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 8:45 pm
Is it a lease or a pcp, £200pm for a pcp sounds about right.
I’ve never seen a lease option on any bike as yet.
We'll have to wait until he wakes up but from what he said earlier he wants a month by month deal and 12 months is too long I think. He said lease, maybe they do things differently in Dubai - surprised anything is cheap though.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:01 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
I can easily afford £200 a month on a bike because I won't layout £200 a month on a bike, buy things, don't lease them, leasing is just giving money to a finance company.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:03 pm
by KungFooBob
Swings and roundabouts innit.
It all depends on the cost of the depreciation.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:03 pm
by weeksy
Or you can it and watch it depreciate instead?
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:18 pm
by wheelnut
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:01 pm
I can easily afford £200 a month on a bike because I won't layout £200 a month on a bike, buy things, don't lease them, leasing is just giving money to a finance company.
Maybe. Although John Paul Getty did say that if it appreciates, buy it. If it depreciates then lease it.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:08 pm
by Supermofo
If you're gonna ride it then go for it. 200 notes not to bother is a bit depressing on multiple fronts.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:06 am
by weeksy
Potter wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:13 am
My paypal account says different, but I haven't since last year, so check your inbox
Re: What to do?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:21 am
by weeksy
Potter wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:13 am
But all week I've been waking up and thinking "If I had a brand new bike of my choice on the drive today then would I go for a ride?" And the answer every morning so far is no. So there doesn't seem to be much point in paying monthly to stare at a motorbike that will cost me money, even though it is pretty.
I'm guessing that doesn't matter which bike it is ? Would the Ducati Desert thing make you ? If not, then you're in a position where i wouldn't buy ANY bike at all currently in your position.
I've been there, been you in that context. Currently as you'll have seen i'm WAY more into MTB than motorbikes, they're my wheels of choice. But i do still have the urge to ride a motorbike, not always, but sometimes.... Hence me still having one. Even if it's only once or twice a month, i don't mind the outlay sitting there.
Re: What to do?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:27 am
by slowsider
Potter wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:13 am
I'm the same, I rarely waste money and I usually buy carefully with a view to it being an appreciating asset, but the value of the RE was written off as soon as I bought it, I always knew I'd lose money on it. The way I viewed it is it cost me a bit to own it for the year and I think I got that much value back from it, my lad used it to learn on and that on it's own was worth it. If I amortise that cost/value in good memories over a lifetime then it's peanuts.
Out of interest, what did the RE cost per month over your ownership? Anything close to 200?
Re: What to do?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:29 am
by Asian Boss
I nearly bought an African Twin recently. I really liked the headlights (sidelights?) on the 1100 model. It'd have to be the Adventure Sports version though, it makes the standard one look dead wee and nesh.
I ended up getting the KTBoom so it's all moot.
£200 a month is £2400 over a year, probably about the same as buying and then selling a new one I'd guess.
