I hate to think what iv spent :o... but iv enjoyed every minute ;)

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I nearly choked and spat my tea out when I read this-the amount that has been spent on the 890 and the baby 'R' beggars belief-not counting the DesmoDue race bike..........:lol:

John

Not really - paid 6K for mine in 2001 and I've spent about £1200 on servicing, £1000 on crash damage and another £700-800 on bling since then.

Things like trackdays and foreign trips don't count - I would be doing those whatever bike it was.

So in total, roughly £9K over 4 years doesn't work out that bad.... does it? :o

loads and there is always more to do :cool:

Robin,

Bought mine as a project/hobby and I've kept a spreadsheet so that I've logged all the bits I've bought/sold along the way.............Don't even ask.

It'll down to the frame again this winter, and hopefully, will come out in Feb/March actually looking like we've planned.

Expensive, yes, but so are many hobbies....I live near the harbour and my brother-in-law calculated that his big Sunseeker avereaged at approx £5,000 a trip as he didn't get to run it that often. Makes Duc's look cheap.

Since we've sold the racer we have plans for at least two other bikes. You know about one, the other'll be late 60's Italian vintage.

If it's just for transport, it's far to expensive to be real-world, as a hobby/passion, welllllllllllllllllll WTF, you only live once.

Rgds, Rob

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[Edited on 28-7-2005 by rob41b]

Robin, loads matey..... nothing compared to you!!!!

How you doing?!?!;) Have you got exotica back on the road yet?

If you go out with a super model you would'nt expect her to eat at the Little Chef now would you...... Talking of kitchens?????? :rolleye:

I affectionately call mine 'The Fiasco' after John Self's car in 'Money' by Martin Amis (well rec'd), - I see Kar from Performance Bikes moaning this month about a major service for his long term R1 costing more than £200..
I wish:sniff:

Yes - but I know I would spend it elsewhere or the wife would.

My little fella went in for a cam belt job and on the way there, it stopped working, wouldnt fire up off the button, so I jumped it.

Turned out that the generator had packed up and the fly wheel was f`ked...

Gonna cost close to a grand...:sniff::sniff::sniff: and 10 days with out the bike, as they order the parts :sniff::sniff::sniff: