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    Posted: 20 Mar 2013 at 12:57
So we are relocating offices (moving 12 miles north of where we are now), This turn's my 50 mile a day commute into a 74 mile a day commute.

Frankie already has 43000 on the clock and in present condition and age is probably only worth £1000, so do I sell for a grand and put that into a car (sell my existing car and combine the money) or just run him into the ground ?

Its that old issue of no finances to replace him (and I am not sure I want to) and I need a car for family transport.
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Bloody hell Kiwi, I hope he cant read. He'll never f**kin startLOL

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No bike no question! DOT SELL
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Putting my sensible head on i would say it depends on how you feel about that distance all year round on a bike. Having had bikes as my only transport in the past i know how tough it can be over winter months.

But you have to factor in how good a car you get for 1k plus the higher road tax it attracts unless a super mini. Plus and i think almost most importantly, what not having it does to you.

In all honesty, currently i can't really justify my Ducati but selling it would destroy me so it stays. I truly get the family commitment stuff as i have one too but at some point there has to be a little corner of your life just for you and my bike and i suspect Frankie is that.

If the answer to my first comment is that you can cope with the mileage physically, keep it.



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does the car really need replacing???.. you've been through so much with Frankie it will be like having a limb cut off.
 
you nearly sold him before then went down the replacement engine route...think the bike is part of your life / soul ha ha ha ha  you were obviuosly bad in a previosu life.


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For me when i was commuting to work on my bike it was the time that was the biggest factor the run i was doing on the bike took around 25 to 30 mins but if i used my motor it was anything from 45 to 2hrs+ it would of made me open a vein and even when it was cold and pissing down i was still able to have some fun carving the traffic looking at everyone bored out of their minds.
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Originally posted by redratbike redratbike wrote:

you nearly sold him before then went down the replacement engine route...think the bike is part of your life / soul ha ha ha ha  you were obviuosly bad in a previosu life.
 
The engine you put into him has done way less than 43000 miles, unless you've been racking them up loads in the last couple of years.
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Difficult one that Scott,I've had to commute on a bike when I had car trouble and I didn't enjoy it much at all when the weather was crap.

However as already said,if you got a grand for Frankie and traded up your car what would that amount to?  There's a lot of bodged up crap out there that needs money spending on it ( I know this 'cos I usually end up buying it and regretting it later)

I hope Frankie isn't telepathic or you are in for so much sh*t next time you try and start him.LOL
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Depends if you can find a great car for a grand plus .
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You'll already know the answer yourself.
But, if you want convincing otherwise, don't sell the bike ;)
I went six years without and hated every minute - it was a living hell.
Don't sell.
 
Or at the very most, sell it and get something else....
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The age old dilemma! Keep bike & alternate between car & bike that way the milage will be shared between them & you will have a stand-by if one gives up on you.
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DO YOU EVEN HAVE TO ASK!!??
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NO DON'T SELL FRANKIE. . . . . .

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No brainer, your on the wrong forum to ask opinions on things like this. 
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Whoever you sell Frankie to would be hunting you down within a few months to make you buy him back mate! So it really isn't worth the hassle. Thumbs Up
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wot bike is frankie?
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Originally posted by mad73 mad73 wrote:

wot bike is frankie?

A Legendary one Lmao LOL

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There's only one FRANKIE

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Originally posted by mad73 mad73 wrote:

wot bike is frankie?

Have you ever seen the movie Christine?
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Originally posted by A303 A303 wrote:


Have you ever seen the movie Christine?

Is that the car than controls people and turns them evil ?
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Doesn't control people as such, just, er, kills them....all.
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FRANKIE SAYS................. Keep me
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These bikes aint worth much ££££
 
Keep it
 
Even if I had the dollar I would just keep the RSVR
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Originally posted by stevezx7r stevezx7r wrote:

Doesn't control people as such, just, er, kills them....all.

Yeah but she does have a cuddly side.
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Sold my RD350lc for £500 twentyeight yrs ago, BIGGEST MISTAKE of my life
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Originally posted by Flipspeed Flipspeed wrote:

Sold my RD350lc for £500 twentyeight yrs ago, BIGGEST MISTAKE of my life

Yeah, when I think of all the 'classic' bikes I sold cheap, scrapped or gave away.
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Well thanks to the responses and the folks on here I have decided to keep Frankie and have done enough overtime in the past two months to pay for the next 12 months running costs.
He now has his own bank account !!.

So a very heartfelt "Thankyou" to all those that have posted on here and made my decision that much easier...now about the fcuking weather ?

Oh and in gratitude Frankie fired first press of the starter today (first start in 4 weeks), a few back fires and some coughing and spitting through the T.B's and he settled down to a nice even idle for about 20 minutes or so (just enough to heat the oil and the fans kick in twice). Then it was back under the duvet cover again.

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Ed, I'm relatively new to the forum, so can you tell me why you call him Frankie?
Is it anything to do with going to Hollywood or relaxing or am I just incapable of thinkin it out for myself
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I'm Scott (kiwi_rsvr) and owner of Frankie (2000 RSV)

Frankie is short for Frankenstein, he got the name owing to the "international" flavour of the parts used to repair him during his period of naughtiness where if it could break it did break.

Although I think that a few on here might have another name for him !!, This is the sort of thing he would do.

Going on a ride out to Brighton with a few mostly departed members from here :-( , pulled into a petrol station and filled to the brim then parked up with some of the others when he (Frankie) proceeded to dump the best part of 18 litres of fuel over the forecourt and left folks scrabbling around trying to move their bikes from sitting in puddles of petrol !!. Yup bot the internal vent and over flow pipes had split for a 2nd time !!

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