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Old 29-12-11, 02:17 PM   #8
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Default Re: A car, a motorcycle, keep using the push bike...or something else?

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Originally Posted by EssexDave View Post
cost of a cheap SV: £1,000
Insurance £500
2 self services £100
1 set of tyres £200
tax £70

Cost of bike to own: £1,870 (for first year obviously)
You then have your fuel so if you do a tank a week on your commute let's call is £20 a week, every week.

£1,040.
In cycling distance no way do you need an SV. Sledgehammer to crack a walnut!

Get a 125:
Bike £400
Insurance £100
2 self services (not that they cost £100 on an SV anyway! More like £30) £15
1 set of tyres (which will probably do 2 years) £50
Tax £15

and 110mpg, £9 a week...

£650 a year, probably end up spending close to that on push iron bits.
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