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Old 07-Oct-2009, 23:09   #1
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This should have ***SPOILER*** in the title

Please use the universal conversion rate and change to 'bike pounds' immediately,(or at least before our better half's see it).

Think of the money you will have saved

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Old 08-Oct-2009, 11:32   #2
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No chance I'm putting how much I've spent just in case the ball and chain sees it.

Least the kids can have Heinz beans till March.

Doing it next year????????????????????????? Hell yeh!


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Old 08-Oct-2009, 11:36   #3
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No need to justify it! If you adjust any spending over the life of your mortgage, it costs pennies a month.

Perfect solution!
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Old 08-Oct-2009, 12:36   #4
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I don’t mean this to turn into a competition to see who can spend most, but our costs are shown below. We did start from a very low point after the 2008 Snetterton crash, with new leathers/helmet etc for Sam and lots of bike repairs.

Memberships/license £115
Leathers, helmet, gloves, etc £1330
Race Entries – 9 rounds, some with both days, some with Allcomers £1855
Ten test/track days £1279
Bike repairs and development £3862
(This includes buying a spare engine as well as having an engine rebuilt after it trashed a piston at Snetterton requiring a new barrel)

Not including any travel, fuel or subsistence. And definitely not including the motorhome!

Total £8441

Worth every penny!

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Old 08-Oct-2009, 13:31   #5
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Depends where you start from to do any sort of comparison. Fully costed from scratch would include all your gear, the bike, a van maybe etc, or simply incremental costs of a season so excluding the above and simply looking at fuel for bike and van, entry fees, test fees, repairs, tyres, servicing inc oil and brakes.

Where do you put depreciation of van and bike? These costs are also net out of your disposable income, what do you really have to earn to pay for it?

What about putting a price on the opportunity cost of spending time with your other half and the kids?

For everything else, there's mastercard

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