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Hey guys,
I am 16 years old, and I will be 17 in about a months time. So, I can get a license this summer. It is a ridiculous to ask my parents to buy me a car, and there is no way I can save up to buy a car either.
So I am deciding to buy a motorcycle. The thing is, there is NO WAY that my mom would ever let me go buy a motorcycle if I tell her ahead of time. So I plan to save up on my own and just buy the motorcycle w/o asking her first. What do you guys think of this?
Also, I would appreciate any advice on how I can convince my parents to let me keep the bike once I buy it.
Good idea.
Allow me to interrupt the fantasy if I may.
I hope you understand that you're going to need to get a separate motorcycle operator license, being that you cannot drive a motorcycle with a regular driver's license and if you have a motorcycle license, you cannot operate a car with that license. What are you going to do in the winter when it snows? What about on a really rainy day? You're going to pay the costs to get both licenses? If it's NY you plan on doing this in, you're looking at a hefty bill.
I don't know if you understand registration and insurance and just how much it is going to cost to insure a new 17 year old driver on a motorcycle, but that's a lot of $$$$$$ It's not just "O ok I bought the bike I am going to tear it up out there" and FORGET ABOUT the cost of your insurance if you get cited for a moving violation on that bike (and cops are always looking for people doing wrong things on bikes).
Now, I know its a boy toy thing but it's just not the right time my man. You're an insane liability to insurance being a new driver and maybe- just maybe you can think of it through your parent's perspective that it is crazy enough driving out there in a car with the amount of accidents and DWI related deaths that you don't have a chance on a bike instead of saying "Me Me Me Me".
(Rating: 2) You see, I dig, but I don't live in America. I live in Belize. I should have mentioned that earlier. So I added the info to the question/ maybe you want to change that advice.