If you had to sell either your bike or RX-8....what would you do?

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I'd sell the bike.. I don't consider a bike to be safe enough as a DD, especially not where I live.. that and it can't carry more than 2 people, nor cargo.

 

I would sell the bike cause what are you going to drive in the winter? If winter driving isn't a concern then I would sell the 8. Just kinda depends.

Or sell both and get something that is a good compromise.

 

Having owned a CBR (and now owing an 8), I'll give my 2cents.

It depends where you live. When I lived in a more rural area, a sportbike was a great vehicle. My friends even pretended they didn't mind helping me running errands, lol. When I moved to the city, I tried commuting on the bike. It was not fun. (I bought the bike to have fun). Finally, I ended up waking at 5am on Sundays just to be able to go for a fun ride without brain-dead losers trying to kill me at every intersection.

Also, there is the opposite sex factor. While my g/f (wife) really loved going for a ride in the country on a nice sunny weekend; her getting into raingear to head out for shopping or dinner on a rainy night got very old, very fast.

Keep the car. Keep a picture of the bike.

 

Here is the situation...I am making payments on the 8 and I own the bike. I was hired at Burger King, but it's not enough to make rent, payments, insurance, ect, ect. I can either sell the 8 and get a daily driver and keep the bike or sell the bike and use the money to put on the loan principal and refinance for a smaller payment.

 

Why are you selling? Money? Where do you drive? Can you deal
With public transport etc. If it were me I would sell the 8 and buy an awd beater and use the bike

 

I would sell the 8 and get a DD that is more econmical, then you still have your bike for fun

 

Yeah...I live in a small city (more like a town) with little traffic..but in June, I plan on moving to Tampa, FL.

 

Ouch. I assume you're a victim of our lovely economy.


The resale value on the 8 is rough b/c of this mess. But a bike in the winter . . . scary. Can you dump the 8 w/enough to buy something cheap and good on gas? I know the overall attitude towards civics can be . . . overbearing here, so I'll suggest an accord.


The bike is yours, paid, and gets great gas mileage. Like TAKid mentioned, can you get through the winter w/the wife (or other family/friends) or public transportation getting you where you need to go? At least that way you still get the fun factor of the bike once the weather turns.

Good luck!

 

I would sell your bike, and use that money to pay off your 8 which would eliminate a car payment or reduce your payment if you re-finance.

 

Re-fi could be tough w/a job change, especially one that likely involves a reduced income.

If you're lucky the 8 would fetch 10k. Is that enough to pay it off? Enough to pay it off w/some left over?

 

OK, so your asking RX-8 owners on a RX-8 board if they would sell their RX-8 or a bike most never have or would own....

 

I would sell the bike. i driven a bike for 3 years straight (okinawa ) as a dd. first year was cool, but after that it felt like a drag. but good in traffice, since you can drive thru the middle of the lanes wihle cars are stopped.

 

I would be probally be buying the car I had before the 8... an eclipse...this time I would be trying to get a 4g63, 5 spd so I could still have some modding fun (no i would'nt rice it out..I can't stand huge wings and ugly bodykits, ect.)

If I sold the bike and refinanced the 8, I would cut the payments in half.

 

The bike since it is a cheaper commodity and weather plays a factor.

 

Keep both and sell drugs to pay for them.

 

Stupid question, but how does someone who works at Burger King own a CBR 1000 and an R8? Sell the bike, full coverage on the bike is nuts and you will eventually dump it so............

 

Answer to your question is in the post above yours...I used to do this, and I made pretty good money at my previous job as a car detailer. But I had to lose my job for reasons I won't speak about. And I didnt have full coverage on the bike, it's only $200 a year. My RR is only a 600.

 

wow, we were only kidding but whatever you gotta do I guess

 

If you have to ask, maybe you were never a real motorcyclist anyway, so sell the bike. I love my 8, but the last thing I'd go without is a motorcycle.

 

1 more vote to sell the bike, keep the car