Cost of running a sports bike.

BennyC · 20 May 2011 at 07:36

Can anybody give me a rough idea of the price of servicing & general maintenance for a 600cc sports bike? Most likely a ZX6R but I assume that CBR600's & YZF-R6's aren't too dis-similar.

Rear tyres seem to come in around - £100ish
Front tyre around -£80-90.
Tax - £75
Fuel- will vary.

I guess I'm more after the cost of servicing and consumables like pads & discs, change of fluids, chains, and a good checking over. I read on a lot of for sale adds that sprockets & chain have been replaced/upgraded, is this expensive?

I paid about £150 for an annual service on my 182 from a specialist which included filters, oil change, and a good check over the brakes, exhaust and shocks along with CV boots etc.

Can I expect the same in the motorcycle world? or is servicing of a motorbike a different ball game all together?

Thanks

BennyC

BennyC · 20 May 2011 at 08:42

I've done a bit of self servicing on the car so have a fair bit of tooling, sockets, spanners, torque wrench so am sure I could do brakes and the odd fluid change. But I'd like to keep the book stamped too.

Can't believe how expensive discs are! :eek:

BennyC · 20 May 2011 at 09:20

sloth said:
Bear in mind that you won't be changing chains, sprockets and discs that often.

V. True. It's going to be a weekend & summer toy really. So will see less than 3000 mile a year. I put £50 a month aside for the car so that I have around £600 a year for servicing, tyres and anything that may need replacing. Thinking of doing the same for the bike which should be plenty and then for big expenses such as discs or other costly items I won't be left quite so out of pocket.