Steps to own a 2B bike.
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Hi there.. Kinda newbie to the biking world. Anyway.. I wanna ask you guys what are the steps to own a bike..
lets say i wanna buy a 2nd hand bike from a friend. What are the steps involved?
[eg. insurance, road tax, transfer fee etc etc]
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If lets say, I'm getting a brand new bike.. How and what am i supposed to do?
haha.. your input is appreciated!
dont flame me ar... lol thanks!
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Hey there, welcome to the biking world lol.
Anyway, I'm not very sure of the exact steps but here are some pointers you might find useful.
Firstly, if the bike is fully paid and owned by your friend, you will have to pay the amount both of you agreed on and just have to transfer the ownership and the bike is yours!
But wait, you'll have to get your own insurance before you can ride the bike. So find any one of your preferred insurance company to get a minimum of a third party insurance to start riding!
If the bike is still under installment, you can either pay full to own the bike or you can become a sub-rider of the bike and continue the installment. However, I think both of you must have a certain trust in each other to do this because all the fines will still be sent over to the main rider if even if it's the sub-rider who incurred the fine.
For first hand bike I'm not too sure but it's probably more or less the same, just that instead of your friend you're buying from, it's the bike shop. Cos' I don't intend on buying first hand now anyway, it's not gonna be worthed it for 2b bikes.
Road tax has to be renewed every 6 months or 1 year when it's expired.
Cost of insurance depends on your age, bike model and many different criteria. You can call them up to get a quote.
Hope these helps! Good luck!
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adding things up;
besides paying insurance and the machine price which u had agreed on from a friend/someone,u also need to pay the transfer fees + road tax if its expiring.
if ur buying from a shop,remember to ask them the breakdown of everything.
or u might just kena chop up.better to survey from shop to shop and ask
how much is their interest then compare..dont just buy blindly.
for a new bike,u have to pay additional one thing that 2nd hand mostly do not have.that is COE which is about 1000+ under Cat D.
new 2b bike mostly cost roughly 6-7k for new riders age between 18-20.its due to insurance hike + coe lorh.
im not sure if this is the proper breakdown,but so far i surveyed this is how it breaks;
new 2b bike:
machine price - 3.5k
COE - 1k
road tax(1 year) - 120(ard there)
insurance(2nd party) - 1.2k-1.6k
interest - depends on shop.
some services charges - depends on shop.
i think thats about it,hope any experienced buyers can add up if theres missing points. -
It's better to buy NEW bikes as 2nd hand ones can stir alot of problems. That also leads to changes in bike parts which is not cheap.
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ah .. thanks all for your kind input..
hmmm i was planning to buy a 2nd hand old school bike.. You know the RX k... Its a fully restored one. so i think there should nt be any problems..
Hm... any suggestions on wad bike i can buy? [in the 2nd hand market]
looking for fuel efficecy, mainly used for transport, cheap and practical bike...
Er.. not looking for SP or KR .. lol
thanks once again. -
ah...then itll be 4 stroke bikes
can choose from many varities:
x1/x1r
cbr125/150
spark135
bajaj pulsar 180
phantom 200
ybr135(or isit 125?)
cg135
cbf150
wave125
just to name a few..im sure theres more
ahh choose choose 3 for $10k -
a normal kup will be good. but if u have enough $$ for a pulsar, then get it. heard that its fc quite good. kup kia bikes mostly eat quite little fuel.Originally posted by Cpt.ZR:ah .. thanks all for your kind input..
hmmm i was planning to buy a 2nd hand old school bike.. You know the RX k... Its a fully restored one. so i think there should nt be any problems..
Hm... any suggestions on wad bike i can buy? [in the 2nd hand market]
looking for fuel efficecy, mainly used for transport, cheap and practical bike...
Er.. not looking for SP or KR .. lol
thanks once again. -
Hmm.. thanks for you kind input.. haha.. how abt RXk ?
wad u thnk abt it? -
The Lao K is a pretty bullet proof bike.
If you are getting one. Good for you.
You only should worry about
a) Insurance Payment
b) Inspection fee
c) Road Tax
d) Transfer Fee
e) 1st pint of petrol
f) tires pumped up? lights, switches, signal lights working? (Service fee)
g) Season Parking
h) bike parking coupon
i) Cash card for the ERP
j) any top box & rack? Do you need to install one?
k) Duplicate keys for yourself as a spare and one more set for your sub rider?
** does the bike has a erp unit? if not, you may need additional $ to install one.
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The pulsar is currently the top fuel saving 2b motorcycle. But its still kinda new in the market, so its not easy to find a cheap 2nd hand.
Next comes the Honda Waves....they were reputed to be dropped down from a 5th storey or so building and yet still can be picked up and still runs. -
If lets say you do a lot of commute from one end of Singapore to the other end.
A Honda TA200 with three boxes, crash bar and louder horn will do perfectly fine for anyone.
Heck.....its a custom made bike for Singapore. -
hahah well was thinking of getting a restored lao K for commuting, cos its cheap to buy and i guess its cheap to maintain too..
Because I wanted to get the fully restored lao Ks... haha...
hmmm It'll be good to own a piece of stylish motor with cheap price tag haha... -
ahhaha thanks for your valuable input man.. hahah
appreciate it alot.. haha -
Which "man" you are refering to?
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errr.... i mean.. thanks to all the valuable input you guys have given.. haha
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Still the wrong answer.Originally posted by Cpt.ZR:errr.... i mean.. thanks to all the valuable input you guys have given.. haha
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Let me teach you.
Should be "thanks to all the valuable input you guys and girls have given."
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hahha aiyoyo.. ok thanks all for the valuable input!
anyway here comes another prob.. my parents initially agreed to let me buy a bike.. now they turning back...
saying RXK is a old bike will break down often etc etc...
and also they say its not safe.. so any idea how to convince them?
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id probably done the same thing as ur parents..i mean..wth are u thinking buying an almost 20 year old(or over) bike?
lol,well in other words,u have to buy the bike and show them that u can maintain the bike w/o hassle.
not many young ppl nowadays own an rxk..most of them rxz at least.
and yes,y dont u just buy rxz?the price range is just a bit higher than rxk and
its more newer than rxk.that would be better -
Hmm well its just that RXZ dont appeal to me... I will buy the bike tat appeals to me man.. hahah and i like oldies .. hahah
to me oldies are cool leh! ahaha..
but how to convince them to let me buy a car!
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Money is yours or theirs?Originally posted by Cpt.ZR:hahha aiyoyo.. ok thanks all for the valuable input!
anyway here comes another prob.. my parents initially agreed to let me buy a bike.. now they turning back...
saying RXK is a old bike will break down often etc etc...
and also they say its not safe.. so any idea how to convince them? -
Originally posted by technoboy:
KISS lah.
Let me teach you.
Should be "thanks to all the valuable input you guys and [b]girls have given." [/b]
Thanks for all the valuable inputs! -
vk74
Are you riding a Sta11ion now? -
No. That is Shebiker67.Originally posted by mancha:vk74
Are you riding a Sta11ion now?
I do not have the height to ride a Sta11ion. -
oh Ok,
I remember it was a lady.
I thought it was you.