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Basically, i have two motorbikes a Hyosung GT250R and a Suzuki GSR 600. Use the 600 for best and mostly during the power ranger season of March through till October and the Hyosung for my commutes to work (Bolton - Blackburn) roughly 14 miles each way. Now i don't intend on moving jobs for a while as I'm happy.
Now, I've had my car licence less than a year, and im 26. Now for something cheap like a Fiat Seicento or any small economical car, your talking £1300 to £2,000 on insurance.
Now on my bikes i pay £256 Fully comp for a multi bike policy with protected no claims.
The only problem is, is it really worth me swapping to cars just for the fact i can stay toasty warm, and stuck in traffic on my commute home? I can't afford both. Girlfriend has a car and i would love a car, and get mivered by family members that i should have a car now as im 26. However, in ideal conditions, i love my bike. When the weathers really crap i get the bus to work which is £3.90 each way 4 days a week.
Bikes also get 75 mpg for the 250 and about 35/50 for the 600.
Dinnae be daft laddie.
cars are the enemy
Do you really need both bikes? You could squirrel away the saved money for a year or so towards a motor perhaps?
I'd stick with the bikes.
But for insurance get a 2nd driver on the quote to bring it down.
No but I don't like riding the 600 on commutes as its really jerky through town riding. I was thinking of either getting a car or chopping them both in and getting a V twin or a VFR750/800.
Insurance quotes are with Mum as named driver on the policy. Only cheap way is to put her as main driver and me as second. But thats fronting and she'd have to put all her no claims on my policy and have zero on her Audi, which she already pays £800 a year on.
Just wondering, what am i actually missing out on with cars? Yes i am warmer, but £1600 to sit in traffic. I had a lift of girlfriend to mine a few weeks back, and setting off from my work at 0800 to Harwood in Bolton (12 miles) it took an hour, on the bike it takes me 25 mins, as i just filter past the traffic.
You can have a car when/or if you have kids.Stick with bikes for as long as possible.
doesn't sound like it.
i'm gonna be in the van all week - normally try and get on the (push) bike 3-4 times a week. bad planning and work meetings puts me in the van, stuck in traffic and in a bad mood.
had to be in work 15 minutes early today - meant being stuck in traffic for an extra 40 minutes! pointless.
Yeah i couldn't be arsed with sitting in traffic. I like being in cars as a passenger, but just don't see myself driving a car. It just doesn't excite me. And to get a exciting car, you sacrifice fuel economy and have massive insurance costs. I'd love a Audi RS4, but then i think, where apart from a track day would i get to use its power.
Whereas on a bike, cars are dispatched with ease. Even on my 250, i can demolish pretty much most cars off the lights.
[i]No but I don't like riding the 600 on commutes as its really jerky through town riding[/i]
But its a 4-cyl, shouldn't do that - does it need a service (or carb balance)?
Whenever you need a car, hire one.
I like bikes, did 16k commuting on my Triumph last year and only 6k in my car.