>>817293>>817364>>817451>>817478>>817485Story time. OP I was in your exact. same. spot. Lived at home, wanted a bike really bad (CBR 600) but parents threatened to throw me out if I bought one. I made the difficult decision to hold on to the dream, but delay it for a bit. It was tough but looking back I made the right call. A few years later I moved out, got married, bought a house, yada yada. I was now my own man with my own house and my own garage to safely store the bike in. With the mortgage and trying to save for the future and what not I saved what I could and scraped together $1,800 for a used Ninja 250. It's not the CBR 600 I wanted, but you gotta buy what you can afford (that includes insurance and maintenance parts). It was in rough shape but I was ready to ride. Bikes CAN be expensive. I spent $300 on new tires and it turns out the front tire is made to last for about 12,000 miles and the rear is made to last about 6,000 miles. These are not special tires, they are just average road Pirellis and that mileage assumes average riding with no burnouts, etc. Compare that to a car where you get about 60,000 miles out of the tires. All bike tires have to be sticky to keep you on the road so that's the trade off. Average LIABILITY insurance on a +600 sport bike is +$1,000 a year. I got full coverage on the Ninja 250 for about $300 a year. Parts (clutch, brakes, etc.) are half the price compared to the +600 cc bikes. Again, buy what you can afford. Over time I bought stuff to fix up the bike. New tires with dynabeads, clutch, plugs, coolant, oil and filter, brakes, brake fluid, headlights, lubed throttle/clutch cables, fender delete kit, replaced fairings, helmet, gloves, boots, jacket, etc. That $1,800 bike has ended up costing me +$3,600 last I remember, I stopped adding stuff up after that. Bikes are fun but they are dirty. You stink like gas and exhaust every time you ride. And you have to lube the chain every 400-600 miles and the chain lube is messy...
