Cost of ownership after 3.5 years : £22349 sterling.

[adrianw]

Hi,


Bloody hell.


P.S. 75,000 miles now.



Date Vendor Notes Mileage Cost
1-Mar-1999 Vines Purchased; Sports supsension + 5.5 Rear wheel + Pannier rails. 0 £8,900.00
6-Mar-1999 Vines 600 mile serice + alsrm + BMW tnk bag 721 £634.86
12-Apr-1999 Vines Crash includes new wheel+right hand hanbdle bar etc 3,009 £1,307.22
14-Jun-1999 Bath 6000 mile service + bt56ss fr/rr 5,918 £478.33
13-Aug-1999 Bath 12,000 service + new tyres + fairing panel 11,804 £798.62
26-Oct-1999 Staintune £708.98
2-Nov-1999 Vines 18,000 service + tyres + fitted staintune (cat ****ed) 17,350 £549.90
13-Nov-1999 Bath Horn failed 18,370 £15.86
5-Feb-2000 Bath Rear tyre 22,559 £158.63
26-Feb-2000 Bath 24,000 mile service + Front tyre + Stainless bolt kit 23,487 £589.03
6-May-2000 Bath Rear tyre 26,598 £214.44
8-Jun-2000 Bath Front Tyre 28,883 £137.48
15-Jun-2000 Bath Battery packed up 29,233 £32.67
27-Jun-2000 Bath City lids for panniers £88.17
7-Jul-2000 Bath Rear tyre 31,202 £180.16
15-Jul-2000 Bath Rocker cover (knocked off at Bristol zoo) 31,988 £56.80
15-Jul-2000 Bath 30,000 service 31,988 £131.22
25-Aug-2000 Bath 36,000 service+steering dampner 35,810 £434.44
20-Sep-2000 Bath Tyres 37,353 £317.44
28-Sep-2000 Vines Fuel hose leak + Brak pads. 37,893 £71.18
28-Oct-2000 Bath Stripped clutch spline 40,501 £153.87
6-Dec-2000 BVM 42,000 service + New wiring loom 41,680 £118.98
13-Jan-2001 ProTyre Tyres £240.85
6-Apr-2001 ProTyre Tyres £240.00
27-Apr-2001 Maxton £940.00
3-May-2001 Bath 48,000 service + Maxton +EBC disk/pad + ****ed tappet 48,243 £925.39
10-May-2001 Motoworks Inlet £244.94
11-Jun-2001 Vines Alarm failure + tyres 51,372 £413.72
30-Jul-2001 Rydale 54,000 service 54,670 £200.15
27-Sep-2001 ProTyre Tyres £230.00
14-Nov-2001 Rydale 60000 service + fueling issue + pads 60,225 £630.61
21-Dec-2001 Protyre Tyres £227.95
14-Mar-2002 Rydale 66,000 nile service + exhausht issues 65,108 £408.00
23-Apr-2002 Bath Replace throttle bodies 66,427 £402.23
20-May-2002 ProTyre Carbon lorraine Pads £37.60
1-Jun-2002 ProTyre bt010s £241.00
25-Jul-2002 ProTyre Mitchelins £233.00
15-Aug-2002 Bath Roller pins for disks £33.14
16-Aug-2002 Motoworks PADS + PFM disks £222.82
4-Jul-2002 Bath 72,000 service £399.91


Total £22,349.59

But would you buy another?

[Mark Smith]

Are you sure on the prices you are being charged for your tyres?

On a quick calculation with exchange rates your price is $540 - per rear tyre - I had a new Dunlop rear fitted on Saturday for $249

Rough calculation backwards = 83 english pounds !!!!!!

Change suppliers mate

Mark

[DanceswPavement]

I was impressed with the sheer volume of recorded information nonetheless.

[Trevor Rossack]

What about the cost of fuel? For those miles it would be a subsantial amount.

Any speeding fines? What about depreciation?

Sure is amazing how the costs quickly add up. Like any vehicle if you were to think about the real costs you may think twice before purchasing it

Cheers
TREVOR

ps-What sort of **** would steal your rocker cover?

[adrianw]

Hi,

Sorry by "Knocked off" I mean someone knocked me off the bike, by T - boning the bike at a T junction funnily enough.

The tyre prices are correct, roughly speaking I've been getting them for £240 fitted for front AND rear. At a dealership that could be anything up to £330 pounds.

I think a rear is about £99 - £120 depending on manufacturer, so it's not far of your reverse translation.

Oh, I forgot insurance call it £1500 for the 3.5 years, I could be more accurate but I can't be arse looking it up. Fuel; I reckoned on 10 miles a litre with the average litre price of 66 pence (I think its about 77p now, can't remember what it was in 1999), call it £5000. Plus road tax, I think its about £60 a year, lets say £200.

I also forgot Superchips, which I think was about £100.

That makes......

£29,149

or 38.5 pence a mile. (75,900 miles)

Adrian

[remedy70]

You forgot that you still have an S left after paying all that, so not everything is lost.