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bnizzy · 09-05-2004, 04:21 AM

Sup guys...

I have been trying to save up for a motorcycle for so long now... but it seems painfully slow... How did you guys save up money/make money to buy your first bikes? Any suggestions?

**Trapper** · 09-05-2004, 07:21 AM

CREDIT!!!

**Uncle Bob** · 09-05-2004, 10:37 AM

Marry money !

Bluejeans · 09-05-2004, 12:27 PM

Yup credit...waiting till middle age didn't hurt either...but I'm betting you're not wanting to do that...

Gixxerman · 09-05-2004, 12:55 PM

If you want it bad enough, how bout a loan ? or the boring plan B: Just sit quietly every day counting your beloved nickles and dimes

**Uncle Bob** · 09-05-2004, 01:11 PM

Tried getting a job ?.LOL

It seems a lot of things in life we want we must wait for, just makes you appreciate it more.

Gixxerman · 09-05-2004, 01:42 PM

I have not funded my bike with a loan either so I know how it is. It's a better feeling

**inspiron** · 09-05-2004, 03:01 PM

Financing a new bike ... lets see:

1) Go into a local supermarket, in the fruits and vegitables section.
2) Pick up a ripe banana and drop it on the floor (when no one is looking),
3) Step on the banana, and do a backflip while screaming
4) Sue them for $5,000,000 for the pain and suffering caused by their negligence.
5) Settle the case out of court for $10,000.

Take the $10,000 and buy a bike, gear and take the MSF course.

Hope that helps

c50tiger · 09-05-2004, 04:22 PM

On a more serious note (bananas, good one), after high school and before starting college, I got a job. At a construction/mod project on an oil refinery in Convent, La. Money was supposed to be for college, but some of it managed to slip out of my account and land in the palm of a guy who was trying to sell everything he owned to afford his last year of college. Nobody ever said your first had to be brand new.

Aside from that, reaching middle age definitely has a few perks. Cheaper insurance rates. Decent credit.

maniacmedia · 09-05-2004, 05:09 PM

Well, I sold a few things that were less important to me at the time on eBay. Cashed out a life insurance policy (could be considered ironic, or subliminally clever), and did the rest on credit. Oh yeah, and took a partial loan off my 401k.

bnizzy · 09-05-2004, 05:43 PM

thanx for all the replies..

1. job- i have a hard enough time keeping up with college classes as it is, let alone time for a job.... but i'll try to find one.

2. loan- eh... i sorta got not that great of credit, % will prolly be nuts.

3. supermarket banana idea- i'll go for it. haha... somehow i dont think it'll go the way i want it to.... haha

4. win the lottery- in my dreams.

i definetly wont be buying a new bike thats for sure... its so hard with all these scams going on too... especially on ebay with the people in the UK and stuff... uuugh.

thanx guys...

if i think if a brilliant way to make 5-10Gs real fast and easy, i'll let u guys know. ahha...

later

red7eb · 09-05-2004, 08:21 PM

I sold my horse.

c50tiger · 09-05-2004, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by red7eb

I sold my horse.

Sorry 'bout the horse. My father has a small horse ranch in upstate South Carolina. I've discovered I much prefer horses when I don't have to feed them and muck stalls.

Dodge345 · 09-05-2004, 11:02 PM

I did the same thing as maniacmedia...sold off everything I could find that I didn't use or didn't want as much as a bike.

**87gsxrnut** · 09-05-2004, 11:26 PM

Buy a small CC, used motorcycle, something that is not so expensive and that you can get around on. Or you can do what I did. I bought my first bike in 1988 from a drug dealer who lost his license. I was in college with NO money

I traded a Gibson Flying V and $100 for a 1986 Interceptor 500. Bike was worth $1,800 at the time (maybe more).

Good deals are out there. You just have to know how to ferret them out.

- Nut

Madura · 09-06-2004, 03:00 AM

I killed people for money.

09-05-2004, 04:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
bnizzy Newbie Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 6	your first bike Sup guys... I have been trying to save up for a motorcycle for so long now... but it seems painfully slow... How did you guys save up money/make money to buy your first bikes? Any suggestions?

09-05-2004, 07:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trapper Dogs Best Friend(admin) Joined: Jul 2004 Bike: SOLD Location: Moncton NB Canada Posts: 9,094	CREDIT!!! __________________ PointFlushRetrieve.com - Bird Dog Blog Motorcycle-Journal.com Blog

09-05-2004, 10:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
Uncle Bob Site Admin & Squeegee Boy Joined: Dec 1969 Bike: 2003 Volusia SE Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada Posts: 107	Marry money ! __________________ Yadda yadda yadda, whatever, they ain't going to listen anyway.

09-05-2004, 12:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bluejeans Clunked into first gear Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Maine Posts: 226	Yup credit...waiting till middle age didn't hurt either...but I'm betting you're not wanting to do that... __________________ There are 10 kinds of people...those who know binary and those who don't ------- 1995 Intruder VS800 - Black w/blue metallic flake 2003 Savage - Teal Green

09-05-2004, 01:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
Uncle Bob Site Admin & Squeegee Boy Joined: Dec 1969 Bike: 2003 Volusia SE Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada Posts: 107	Tried getting a job ?.LOL It seems a lot of things in life we want we must wait for, just makes you appreciate it more. __________________ Yadda yadda yadda, whatever, they ain't going to listen anyway.

09-05-2004, 03:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
inspiron Muscle Biker Joined: Jul 2004 Bike: Blue Suzuki GSX 1400 (2003) Location: Canton Basel-Land, Switzerland (47.4493, 7.76536) Posts: 11,946	Financing a new bike ... lets see: 1) Go into a local supermarket, in the fruits and vegitables section. 2) Pick up a ripe banana and drop it on the floor (when no one is looking), 3) Step on the banana, and do a backflip while screaming 4) Sue them for $5,000,000 for the pain and suffering caused by their negligence. 5) Settle the case out of court for $10,000. Take the $10,000 and buy a bike, gear and take the MSF course. Hope that helps __________________ There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe blog: gsx1400

09-05-2004, 04:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
c50tiger Can Ride And Chew Gum Joined: Aug 2004 Bike: 2005 C50 Location: Selma, Alabama Posts: 2,058	On a more serious note (bananas, good one), after high school and before starting college, I got a job. At a construction/mod project on an oil refinery in Convent, La. Money was supposed to be for college, but some of it managed to slip out of my account and land in the palm of a guy who was trying to sell everything he owned to afford his last year of college. Nobody ever said your first had to be brand new. Aside from that, reaching middle age definitely has a few perks. Cheaper insurance rates. Decent credit. __________________ Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. - Douglas Adams COGITO EGGO SUM: I think, therefore I am... a waffle

09-05-2004, 05:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
maniacmedia Ditch Magnet Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 159	Well, I sold a few things that were less important to me at the time on eBay. Cashed out a life insurance policy (could be considered ironic, or subliminally clever), and did the rest on credit. Oh yeah, and took a partial loan off my 401k. __________________ 2007 Harley-Davidson Sportster Custom XL1200C in White Gold "Truth is just like time, it catches up and it just keeps going." - Dar Williams "As Cool As I Am" “You can't take the sky from me." - Joss Weadon "Theme from Firefly" "Serenity", the "Firefly" movie now available on DVD.

09-05-2004, 05:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
bnizzy Newbie Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 6	thanx for all the replies.. 1. job- i have a hard enough time keeping up with college classes as it is, let alone time for a job.... but i'll try to find one. 2. loan- eh... i sorta got not that great of credit, % will prolly be nuts. 3. supermarket banana idea- i'll go for it. haha... somehow i dont think it'll go the way i want it to.... haha 4. win the lottery- in my dreams. i definetly wont be buying a new bike thats for sure... its so hard with all these scams going on too... especially on ebay with the people in the UK and stuff... uuugh. thanx guys... if i think if a brilliant way to make 5-10Gs real fast and easy, i'll let u guys know. ahha... later

09-05-2004, 08:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
red7eb Clutch Cadet Joined: May 2004 Bike: 2001 GSX-R750 Location: Maryland (Howard County) Posts: 935	I sold my horse. __________________ *You know he doesn't ride when he asks to ride bch and thinks it's "cute"...***

09-05-2004, 11:02 PM	#14 (permalink)
Dodge345 Where Am I ? Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 25	I did the same thing as maniacmedia...sold off everything I could find that I didn't use or didn't want as much as a bike.

09-05-2004, 11:26 PM	#15 (permalink)
87gsxrnut Ho Dog Joined: Dec 2003 Bike: 867-5309 Location: Terror Lake Posts: 4,203	Buy a small CC, used motorcycle, something that is not so expensive and that you can get around on. Or you can do what I did. I bought my first bike in 1988 from a drug dealer who lost his license. I was in college with NO money I traded a Gibson Flying V and $100 for a 1986 Interceptor 500. Bike was worth $1,800 at the time (maybe more). Good deals are out there. You just have to know how to ferret them out. - Nut __________________ Person or person's unknown.

09-06-2004, 03:00 AM	#16 (permalink)
Madura Puddle Runner Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Orlandon't Posts: 384	I killed people for money. __________________ I said Madura, not Marauder.

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