Ha...here's where I decide what you meant by your post by including a picture of my bike from another thread...
1) You think I was laughing at your car...which I wasn't. It's just one of those vehicles that I remember as being unsafe in specific accident conditions.
2) You're saying if your car is unsafe, what is my bike?
I'm banking on #2, but either way...
I don't think anybody would expect a motorcyclist to be pointing out the mortality rates for the cages he... or she's gotta share the streets with. You should also know that's not the reason I don't own a bike, the temp here is currently .8F/-18C not to mention what riders here are shelling out for insurance for a few months of riding weather, it's just not really worth it.
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...not to mention what riders here are shelling out for insurance for a few months of riding weather, it's just not really worth it.
Not trying to stir things up, and Canadian insurance may be completely different but I pay State Farm $218/year for really great coverage (better than what I have on our cars) for my 250cc.
It depends on what those riders have as to what their insurance will be (Hayabusas are probably pretty expensive to insure.) And it certainly pays to shop around. Geico wanted $600/year for lesser coverage. Progressive was around $325/year.
My first cell plan was with Cellular One (circa 10/94). It was $49.95/month for 100 LOCAL minutes, voicemail was $4.95/month extra, and it was an additional $.10 to per call to call a landline. No "nights"! - only weekends.
Now: Nation 850 (total of 4 lines): Unlimited M2M & N/W~$79.97/mo. No landline since 1/05!
Right now I feel:
Not trying to stir things up, and Canadian insurance may be completely different but I pay State Farm $218/year for really great coverage (better than what I have on our cars) for my 250cc.
It depends on what those riders have as to what their insurance will be (Hayabusas are probably pretty expensive to insure.) And it certainly pays to shop around. Geico wanted $600/year for lesser coverage. Progressive was around $325/year.
Privatize insurance here, if you don't go though the government for registration/insurance you don't get to have any vehicle on the streets. To insure a motorcycle you pay for the riding season, from May to September that covers you for all year of riding. If you should wanna load your bike on the back of a truck and head for Miami in February it wouldn't be a problem. Now somebody with a good driving record not perfect but nothing bizarre with a 600cc-1000cc sportbike could be paying up to $3000 for one year of riding.
It's getting to the point where most cancel their insurance and attend track days on the weekends, no inept drivers, inattentive soccer moms, Dirty Harry wanna be's, curb's, mailboxes, lamp post...
At $3000 a year how many years of insurance do you pay before you actually covered the cost of the bike? I worked with a guy that was looking at getting an older bike, they wanted more then what the bike was worth to insure it.
It's not a trailer queen. It got to 178,000 miles by being driven. Anyone who buys it, is buying it because of both the appearance mods and the performance mods.
Privatize insurance here, if you don't go though the government for registration/insurance you don't get to have any vehicle on the streets. To insure a motorcycle you pay for the riding season, from May to September that covers you for all year of riding. If you should wanna load your bike on the back of a truck and head for Miami in February it wouldn't be a problem. Now somebody with a good driving record not perfect but nothing bizarre with a 600cc-1000cc sportbike could be paying up to $3000 for one year of riding.
It's getting to the point where most cancel their insurance and attend track days on the weekends, no inept drivers, inattentive soccer moms, Dirty Harry wanna be's, curb's, mailboxes, lamp post...
At $3000 a year how many years of insurance do you pay before you actually covered the cost of the bike? I worked with a guy that was looking at getting an older bike, they wanted more then what the bike was worth to insure it.
You would be an absolute idiot to pay $3000 a year for insurance for any bike. A buddy of mine pays $120 a month for amazing coverage on his brand new ZX6R, and has been in 3 at-fault accidents in the past 2 years. He's also 19. And he only pays month-to-month on his insurance. If he were to pay for a year in full, it would be about $1000.
i may be a bit prudish, but if you're trying to sell your car, might want to take out the avatar of you laying rubber down
I agree!
I see FOR SALE and then see this:
Ummm... no thanks!
I'm not the only one who thinks like that. I was at Repo Depot on the weekend and there were 2 350Zs there, one modded one stock. Guess which one people were bidding on?
As a general rule: Never buy a "modded" car from someone. It's likely been abused (see GIF above), badly modded and if the previous owner had enemies, they'll instantly reconnize his old car and you'll have to deal with his crap.
I don't think anybody would expect a motorcyclist to be pointing out the mortality rates for the cages he... or she's gotta share the streets with. You should also know that's not the reason I don't own a bike, the temp here is currently .8F/-18C not to mention what riders here are shelling out for insurance for a few months of riding weather, it's just not really worth it.
Point taken!
I do have a car, but it's just more fun on the bike. I logged about 11,000 miles in my car last year and just over 1,000 on the bike (granted I started the season late).
My insurance was $89 for the year.
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Originally Posted by dsigma6
Ha...here's where I decide what you meant by your post by including a picture of my bike from another thread...
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