I've been thinking of getting a bike for ages but it'll still cost around £1500 to get going, CBT is about £100, a cheap bike is about £500 minimum, insurance is around £400, helmet is about £100, then there's fuel, road tax (I think there's a blanket charge of £40 for all bikes, but I could be wrong), a chain for locking it up etc etc.
Plus, as a student I just can't guarantee I'll always be able to pay for it. I'd also rather buy a bike new that'll last me upwards of 5 years if need be, before I get around to, or decide against doing my full practical test.
I bet they're great fun though. I'm sure I could manage all my own airsofting kit. I'd wear what I could wear and get a huge backpack for the rest. Sorted.
My mum used to have a Fiat Seicento which was roughly 8 years old, I looked at webuyanycar and they quoted it as being worth £475 and to insure me on it would still have cost £1700 just for third party, not even fire or theft added. It was only a 1.1L as well. It's literally daylight robbery.
I'd honestly rather pay protection money to gangsters than tax and such like to the government. At least then if I get f*cked over I know my protection racketeers will drown the dicks who f*cked me in a lake. In the "real world" I'm just stuck with the legal system which will only f*ck me over again.
It's honestly a joke. I can't believe we let it get to this.