Second hand super-bikes

[Hairy]

If you owned a R30 bar house in Camps Bay. Why would you drive a Porsche Cayenne

 

 

I don't think it's about performance gains. If you own a 30 bar house in Camps Bay and your daily driver is a Porsche Cayenne Turbo Why would you ride a 30k Giant TCR?

Let's just be clear here guys ... a 30 bar house in Camps Bay does not really get you much for your money

[Me rida my bicycle]

I love expensive bikes. Love looking at all the latest need to have tech and improved frame geometry, love looking at them from the comfort of my mid range bike when passing them????????

[Barry]

The average person sees a bike as the price of a car or a luxury item

but some people see it as one less bottle of Balvenie 50 year old for the month.

[Dieter ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

... if you have an ftp of 200 then a bike that's worth 60k+ is certainly not going to give you any advantages.

I feel personally attacked...

[Markellis]

I tried FTP once, didn't care for it...made my eyes sore.

[Underachiever]

I feel personally attacked...

Me too, but let's wait till tomorrow before we get the handbags out....

[Josh_the. Man]

Now I feel personally attacked

[CdT85]

I ride a quite high end bike, well over 100k+, got the frame secondhand and built it up for about a third of what my insurance valuated its replacement value.

 

Do i have the skill/fitness to warrent such an expensive kitted out rig? Short answer, No. But do I enjoy riding it? Hell yes.

 

Worked my way up from bmx's, cheap mtb, and untill this time last year, still rode a 2008 26er mongoose teocali

 

Is it a status symbol to own my rig? No. All i can say, its is lightyears ahead of any bike i owned before, it boosted my skill and fitness levels since I got it, because i want to spend every possible moment on it.

 

Different strokes for different folks. Some people spend their money on cars, other on booze and woman. Some of us just like nice bikes

[popcorn_skollie]

Sounds like a good decision to me.  Spend money on investment and not toys. 

 

When you have a diverse portfolio of investments and shares. A few properties, vehicles and in some cases... wives. You may find yourself in a position where the most sensible thing to do really is to buy the most ridiculously priced sled out there. Even those of us who live seemingly comfortably, with more disposable income than your average joe. Still can't comprehend what its really like to be absurdly wealthy. To have so much stuff and so much money that its actually hard to find things you want to spend it on. 

 

Most knee jerk reactions to crazy purchases go a little something like:

'That's crazy. Even if I could afford it I wouldn't.'

Or so you think. To put things in perspective.

This handbag sold for a whopping R3mil last year

Now if you were Jeff Bezos. At his last recorded forbes net worth (and some of skollie's quick math) He could buy over 500,000 bags like those. Imagine the pressure that man feels when his anniversary comes up. McKenzie must be like: 'Is this what you think of me? I'm not some smelly pirate hooker Jeff. Spend some money you cheap slut. Its our anniversary jeez.' 

No wonder they got divorced.

[porqui]

But should that R100k bike really cost that much or a R60k bike for that matter or are we being taken for a ride???

 

I suppose that is a matter for another day.

[seven]

But should that R100k bike really cost that much or a R60k bike for that matter or are we being taken for a ride???

 

I suppose that is a matter for another day.

Well... putting one of these next to an engine powered super-bike, I can’t see how the costs can be justified...

[Wayne pudding Mol]

I can’t afford a supercar so I have a superbike. Over a period of time I turned my bike into a superbike. Now you can’t do that to a 17 year old Pajero

[MORNE]

I can’t afford a supercar so I have a superbike. Over a period of time I turned my bike into a superbike. Now you can’t do that to a 17 year old Pajero

argument invalid  :

 

[Barry]

But should that R100k bike really cost that much or a R60k bike for that matter or are we being taken for a ride???

 

I suppose that is a matter for another day.

We as consumers have created that monster.

the have's just buy and the have not's will finance and buy.

[Eddy Gordo]

Why would you want to ride a 100k MTB when doing Le Tour?  Last time I checked it was still a road race.

To road gap the pelaton!!

[Underachiever]

When you have a diverse portfolio of investments and shares. A few properties, vehicles and in some cases... wives. You may find yourself in a position where the most sensible thing to do really is to buy the most ridiculously priced sled out there. Even those of us who live seemingly comfortably, with more disposable income than your average joe. Still can't comprehend what its really like to be absurdly wealthy. To have so much stuff and so much money that its actually hard to find things you want to spend it on. 

 

Most knee jerk reactions to crazy purchases go a little something like:

'That's crazy. Even if I could afford it I wouldn't.'

Or so you think. To put things in perspective.

This handbag sold for a whopping R3mil last year

Now if you were Jeff Bezos. At his last recorded forbes net worth (and some of skollie's quick math) He could buy over 500,000 bags like those. Imagine the pressure that man feels when his anniversary comes up. McKenzie must be like: 'Is this what you think of me? I'm not some smelly pirate hooker Jeff. Spend some money you cheap slut. Its our anniversary jeez.' 

No wonder they got divorced.

We have some hard working friends.  Their properties in SA that I know of is 45 Bar (2 houses).  They talk about more property they have in the UK and Greece.

 

AND, apart from the movie theatre and the wine-cellar and, and, and, they live fairly modest lives.  He drives an 8 year old C class, she a 5 years old 320d, and their toy is an 8 year old Z4.

 

Solid marriage...