just did my road tax

[johnnyvr6]

I have 3 cars to tax  two are 6 cylinders 2.8's and one 2.0 gti

thats got to hurt the wallet

[clancy]

mines over £260 for the year, bikes like £50 lol

[tweed]

I have 3 cars to tax  two are 6 cylinders 2.8's and one 2.0 gti

thats got to hurt the wallet

Me and my wallet ain't the best of friends

[mcgee9t2]

mines over £260 for the year, bikes like £50 lol

this is why i want a bike, cheeep insurance cheep to run cheep to tax. just cant afford lessons or anything 

[clancy]

bikes are the best mate you should get one

if you have some bike experience then tbh you could do your test with no lessons or like 1 lesson. if you have no experience then you might need a fair bit tbh :/ definitely worth doing though, bikes are insanely good fun and cheap as chips

[JC]

mines over £260 for the year, bikes like £50 lol

this is why i want a bike, cheeep insurance cheep to run cheep to tax. just cant afford lessons or anything 

erm, who told you that they are cheap to run 

insurance ISNT cheap for new riders

Tyres, £170 a pair + and can be shot in 4000 miles.

brake discs 

add in ya kit, helmet etc

X2 if ya wanna ride all year.

starting from scratch £ for £ a cheap runabout car can be a LOT cheaper 

[clancy]

thats a good point ^^ haha, forgot about the extras

my helmet was like £600, gloves and boots where about £200 each, leathers werent to bad
tyres are expensive but last fine depending on what you use the bike for and what tyres you get. i use my bikes purely for fun so i run on bt016s which are pretty much legal race tyres and they last 5 minutes, but when i used it as a daily i had other tyres which lasted over a year

[JC]

i commuted 65 miles each way on my bike for 6 months,

 went thru a set of tyres in just over a month.

it worked out cheaper to run a car when you worked out how much the consumables cost to replace 

[Steve_PD]

Knowing how Chuff used to ride his bike am surprised they lasted 1k let alone 4k

[JC]