Look carefully at the finance numbers to get a package that suits you, when I buy toys I basically treat them as if resale is worthless. Once youve spent the money its gone, I know some people think differently but my bike was 38k new in 2018 and in 2 more years probably worth 10 as a residual value. 38k @ say 4% over 48 months is 41k in total or 855 per month but I sell at the end and get 10k back. that makes the cost of owning this bike about 150 per week plus running costs etc.
Now it gets ugly, in the last 14 months its eaten 16 tires, registration, insurance, plus a few extras like new wheels, mirrors, front guard, track days blah blah blah- that's about 10k and counting. So add in another 150 per week for a realistic cost of about 15k total cost to buy and run my 1299. Cant see a V4 being a lot less although having two shares running costs.
Can be cheaper but not if youre riding it like its meant to be ridden, it aint a cheap sport
