Any young motorbike riders?

[bigsharn]

Your area of Manchester to Bolton is LESS THAN 15 miles.

[Special Chris]

Mark, I know insurance may be a lot for a car, but seriously..Whats going to get you more places, a motorcycle or a bike? Your gonna ride out on your motorcycle when there's an insane storm going on..I think not.

[Mark]

You mean a car or a bike?

[Special Chris]

Yeh..I was in a rush.

[bigsharn]

I still stick by:

Get a bike to go to work on
With the £1.5k saved from your not getting a motorbike get driving lessons
Buy a cheap runaround with whatever you don't spend on driving lessons
Pay for the insurance with your wages, which you've saved up until this point

[Mark]

Yeah.. but.




A pedal bike isn't even in the equation.

A car:
Driving lessons: £20 each
Theory: £50
Cost of a car: £? (Find a cheap car to go with cheap insurance, I found a £600 car with £17,000 insurance)
Insurance: £10,000 (Find me one cheaper)
Running costs: More than a bike.


Motorbike:
CBT: £100
Motorbike cost: sub £1,000
Insurance: sub £400
Optional gear: £?
Running costs: 100 miles a gallon (Roughly, so that's 4.5litres = £5.50, 5/6p a mile.)
Total cost: £1,500

[bigsharn]

Pedal bike
£500 all inclusive

Car - £2k plus however many lessons and test

[Mark]

A pedal bike isn't even in the equation.

There's no way I can get a car, on my own insurance for £2k inc.

[bigsharn]

Which is why you get it as a named driver on a parent's insurance, whack a No Claims Bonus on it and you're away.

[T3hRogue]

You're gonna be looking at a piddly >250cc bike too, which will just make you loom absolutely daft.

It'll be fine to ride it until your mates find out, then it will be like a a really fat girlfriend