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You can work out the running costs of the motorcycle,
the following are with UK prices.
I should warn you that seeing all the running costs might
be a shock.
You will either realise its very, very cheap to run,
or you will think its very expensive,
since you have not
seen the costs of another bike or car.
If you do the calculations on a large bike or car,
you will
find the Honda CG125 is very, very cheap.
The average miles per year for any UK motorcycle is around
2500 miles,
I entered 5000 in this example, but you can
change it with a calculator.
The numbers in this example are from the
Honda CG125 front disc brake model,
they are not exact.
Fuel consumption varies dramatically based on your average
speed.
With only a leather coat and nothing else from
Improving Performance page.
I got 87 mpg if I pushed the Front Disc brake model flat
out.
I got 124 mpg if I kept speed down to 40 mph in 5th
gear.
If I kept the speed down to 50 mph in 5th gear I got around 105 mpg.
In very strong head wind throttle would be all most flat
out at 50 mph in 5th gear.
4th gear would give better fuel economy since
throttle would only be 1/4 open.
Normally higher revs means worse fuel consumption, but in
this case it does not.
Stay below peak power. Since bikes lightweight acceleration
is not to important.
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Petrol
110.9p a litre Per Mile
110.9p * 4.54 = 503p a UK
gallon
Fuel Econ 100
mpg
5.03p
(503p / 100mpg)
Miles
Oil
£7.99 1750 0.46p
(£7.99 / 1750)
Sparkplug
£2.99 2500 0.12p
Chain Lube
£6.99 12000 0.06p
Tyres
£100.00 10000 1.00p
Mechanic
£0.00 2500 0.00
Total
1.63p
Miles / year 5000 (5.03p
+ 1.63p) * 5000 = £333
Year
Insurance
£150.00 (it could be less than £100 or more than £200)
Road Tax
£15.00
MOT £28.65
Breakdown
£0.00
Bike Devaluation
£75.00
Total per Year £269
Per Day £0.74
Per Week £5.17
Final Total per Year £333 + £269 =
£602
Final Total per Day £602 / 365 =
£1.65
Final Total per Week £602 / 52 =
£11.58
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