So how much money in your Bike?

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Junster

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I started out with a 30 dollar garage sale bike and a $150 kit. It was a ya for under $200 this is gonna be great! Well now at last count I have about $875 invested and I'm seriously considering a new $300 frame geesh. The flip side is I have rode it almost everyday this summer and had a blast doing so. I'm curious how much you guys have invested into this "hobby" and if you think it's still a bargain? I think it's been worth every penny.
 
BarelyAWake

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$200 fer the bike (new but cheapie)
$170 for the kit (S&H charges inc.)
$70 for the pipe (SBP)
$100 "miscellaneous" (fenders, rack, bags, etc.)

= $540 give or take a few pennies lol but I don't resent a cent, the entertainment value alone is worth it in both riding and building it.

I too am stocking up parts for my next build, I suspect everyone who's built one is doing the same heh I tell ya what tho - this is by far one of the cheapest yet greatest reward hobbies I've ever had!

I still have less in my bike than the laptop I'm using to write this o_O
 

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I'm afraid to add it all up! LOL. Now its more fun to me to try to have as little as possible in my builds.the bike I just built I have maybe $150 in and it is as sweet as any I've ever built!
 

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Sweet ride toker!

I am about to do something very similar with my black engine, dressing down the cooling fins to uniform and leaving them silver/aluminum on the edges... very snazzy lookin' ;)
 
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Well I started out just needing a bicycle and bought it for $200, I live on a small mountain and discovered going up the hill I needed some help so then I bought a DE friction setup for $750 to help me go up that hill. Then Im thinking some one might want to steel this puppy so I bought a cable lock and a u-lock for it $60. After riding it for a few days I discovered I need a bell to warn pedestrians and a mirror to see cars coming up behind me $25. After 3 flat tires I decided to beef up the tires and tubes $50 includes 1 spare new tire and thorn proof tube. Need to carry stuff so a folding wald basket for $20 too. 3 spare urethane rollers from DE in different sizes $50. Axle lock nut skinny 15mm wrench because I didnt want to grind down a sears or snapon wrench $7. Lastly I just bought a nashbar light set for $30 and a small hex multi tool to carry with me to adjust the brakes if needed $8, Tire patch kit for $4. You add it up Im sick.........lol but I love this bike and will always keep 1 to ride as pure fun but if I did it all over again I would do it differently. DE is a great reliable setup but I just havnt had any luck when wet getting any traction between the roller and tire. But its a reliable ride and its legal and that is what I needed.
 
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stv1jzgte

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$150 for second hand 50cc gasman bike engine detonated 3months later.
$70 new barrel, pistion, gudgen pin, rings useless
$150 new 50cc slant head motor
$78 2 x serfas drifter tyres
$25 new brake caliper
$30 new 36t sprocket
$30 new cdi
$60 new rear wheel
$100 bits n peices mudgaurds, exhaust insulation etc
1x Broken collar bone
 
toker_ace

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here is what is crazy!
$200 bike+shipping
$25.00 handle bars
$170 Grubee 66cc black and chrome
$30.00 Slant head (that bend my rod and ruined motor)
$60.00 new motor (boy go fast)
$120.00 Mount and custom muffler (Barry Ebay)
$15.00 extra chain
$20.00 36 tooth sprocket
$50.00 seat fabrication(countless hours on R&D)
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$690.00 "SMILE" "Somebody please help me!"
.wee. .wee.
 

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stv1jzgte

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toker_ace said:
here is what is crazy!
$200 bike+shipping
$25.00 handle bars
$170 Grubee 66cc black and chrome
$30.00 Slant head (that bend my rod and ruined motor)
$60.00 new motor (boy go fast)
$120.00 Mount and custom muffler (Barry Ebay)
$15.00 extra chain
$20.00 36 tooth sprocket
$50.00 seat fabrication(countless hours on R&D)
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$690.00 "SMILE" "Somebody please help me!"
.wee. .wee.
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60 bucks for a new motor! that 69AUD WTF
 
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I really do not know because I do not keep track
of money spent on a project but I do know the value
of joy....priceless. I learned a long time ago that if you
worry about money....you have none. It is when you
do not care about money....is when money comes to you.
 
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stv1jzgte

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Haha no i get you $150.00 here in Australia for a 50cc slant head motor only + shipping
$245 for a 50cc kit + shipping! $275 for a 66cc kit
 
mechanickid

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$160-66cc kit (ebay)
$5-bike frame in friends backyard.
$10-new cables for bike frame (had everything else)
$4-head gasket paper
$5-ngk spark plug
$6-gasket sealer
$20-fenders
$5-seat from goodwill
$10-hosing to go to larger air filter (off a minivan lol)
$10-piece of duct from hardware store to direct air to the engine
$50-new piston, cylinder, rings, base gasket, bearing coaster, master link
(free shipping from dax)
=$285

best money i've ever spent (accept for the duct, cause i found a better piece at the dump later that day... for free)
 
T0lly

T0lly

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so far;
$200 new bike
$170 66cc 2-stroke kit shipped to door
$30 bolts and misc bit from hardware store.
$20 scrap steel and welding consumables
$420 total

I plan to spend about another $50 on it for lights, paint, and such but that should be it.
 
HoughMade

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Just what the he** are you trying to do here with this topic? I've got a good marriage going on 17 years and a computer literate wife. Do you think I'm nuts?
 
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knucklebone

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I have about the $200.00 into my bike so far. I traded a mp3 player for the bike and then bought the engine and some paint. Most of all it has been my time and thought.....
 
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