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Would you ride a €1000 motorbike and trust it? Also, how good are you at maintaining them to pass the yearly inspections?



Yes, given that is an approximate price for Piaggio and Honda models when one shops around for dealer deals.

Additionally, maybe up that price for a proper quality e-bike.

E-Bikes also require maintenance by specialized shops and after a certain speed limit constraints similar to motorbikes anyway.


can you please send me link/country/model to 1000 EUR Honda motorbike? here in Czechia PCX 125 cost like 3000EUR, there is no way you can buy brand new Honda for 1000 EUR


You hunt for deals known as Tageszulassung in Germany, and maybe get lucky.

In cars you can get up to 5000 euro discounts on such offers.


yeah, you can have small discount or it's just used car from what I checked, definitely not getting brand new car/motorbike for 1/3 of normal price, like your Honda motorbike for 1000 EUR


That's not all that relevant. Bikes need maintenance too. And indeed, e-bikes are often vastly overpriced.


Yes, especially those batteries. I had to buy a 500Wh for a project bike of mine, cheapest used one I found was refurbisched for just 250 Euros, plus some for the casing to fit it on the bike (don't ask) and new ones go for 700 Euros. I keep saying for years: Unitl someone comes with a totally revolutionary battery that's 10 times better than what we have now, neither e-cars nor e-bikes are worth the hassle.




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