I currently have a 1988 MC19 CBR250R, and it has served me very well over the past 2.5 years I've owned it. Now that I have my full bike license, I'm looking at buying a CBR900RR or even a CBR919RR if I can find one cheap enough.

I'm a poor student, so how much more expensive in general will owning a CBR900RR be compared to my MC19? I know that insurance and vehicle licensing will be the biggest things, but what about tires, chain/sprockets etc? I know that tires will probably be the biggest difference, but do I really need road legal race tires for road riding? Currently I'm using Pirelli Sport Demons on my MC19 and they've never let me down, even on a track but I suspect that I may need better tires on a big bike. I've heard horror stories from litre bike owners who have told me how much tires cost, and how little life they get from them.

I can afford to service and maintain my bike to a reasonably high standard since I do basic maintenance myself such as oil and filter changes, spark plugs, air filter, fuel filter, coolant etc but that's as far as my mechanical knowledge goes.

I just don't want to sell my CBR250R and then buy a CBR900RR/919RR only to find out that I can't afford to run it.

 

Owning a 900rr is relatively cheap. Most of the cost is luxury promoted....

1. Registration is roughly $90/year
2. Insurance (basic liabililty - one way) is roughly $20-25/Month (i'm much older near 40yo, so my insurance is $40 every 3 months.
3. Gas? IDK? depends on how much you ride...I would say i get about 50-55+ MPG..really depend how you ride.
4. Tires....if you change your tires accordingly when its due, then your ok..worst case is that you may run over a nail, that damage your tire and you need changing...but those are all un-expected horse**** stuff...

Basically, owning a bike is 1/2 or 1/3 of owning a car... but in reality, it's all LUXURY!!!!!

you have to say no! I can't buy this! Just don't overkill to make your bike the best looking one of all your friends then your ok...

be conservative...