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**kausarayub** · 08-07-2016, 01:26 AM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

Originally posted by HyperRetard View Post

Just to clarify for the interests of various people here

a) its my money. MINE.
b) I dont really appreciate moralistic ideological preaching.
c) I'd rather die a pauper having spent my money on things I like than a bank full of papers(read currency notes).

**drdanishkhannew.540** · 08-07-2016, 09:53 AM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

If i may opine. As it has been advised before please ride your bike a little more. It wont be of any consequence if you buy a new bike and still arent able to drive it because of the current situation (s) you are going through. I personally have the habit/ocd of blowing off my cash as soon as i get some. (Courtesy headfi). But with regards to a bike i think you are better off saving some more as of now. You are bored with your bike ( feels slow eh?) and that is perfectly understandable (R15 v1 09 model here) but what you will be getting by spending money right now imo isnt worth it. All the options you have mentioned have significant disadvantages. It would be highly advisable to save atleast till you reach the 2L mark and then buy a brand new bike.. just my 2 cents

**Vishal_G** · 08-07-2016, 07:03 PM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

+1 to the above post. Bear it a bit longer and save some more. At least, when you change your bike you can have choices if you have decent cash. AS200 can serve for another 1-1.5 years and by then you will have 1.5 - 2 lacs worth of paper. You can then buy the bike you like (Kawa, Hyosung, Benelli, Yamaha and what not).

**Naveen Vajja** · 08-07-2016, 10:54 PM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

Originally posted by HyperRetard View Post

Just to clarify for the interests of various people here

a) its my money. MINE.
b) I dont really appreciate moralistic ideological preaching.
c) I'd rather die a pauper having spent my money on things I like than a bank full of papers(read currency notes).

About the last two things ... well let's get into the third statement first ...

What the folks are suggesting is not to save your money in paper and retire/die the greater fool. You did somehow have to save money to get to 50K spare change right...save some more until you get 1 lakh or 2 or 3 and get something better. So yeah ... don't die a pauper but don't live a fool either.

As for the second point ... you asked for advice in an open form. Amongst a few of the things that you are going to get ... there is going to be Moralistic ideological preaching as well as moronically idiotic ranting.

As you advised earlier ... salt, salt and then some salt my friend ...

P.S: Nothing directed personally at anyone ... just general onservation. And think about that Duke ... think it might be a good option

**HyperRetard** · 08-08-2016, 12:53 AM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

Originally posted by Naveen Vajja View Post

About the last two things ... well let's get into the third statement first ...

What the folks are suggesting is not to save your money in paper and retire/die the greater fool. You did somehow have to save money to get to 50K spare change right...save some more until you get 1 lakh or 2 or 3 and get something better. So yeah ... don't die a pauper but don't live a fool either.

As for the second point ... you asked for advice in an open form. Amongst a few of the things that you are going to get ... there is going to be Moralistic ideological preaching as well as moronically idiotic ranting.

As you advised earlier ... salt, salt and then some salt my friend ...

P.S: Nothing directed personally at anyone ... just general onservation. And think about that Duke ... think it might be a good option

**Srinivas sr143sr** · 08-08-2016, 04:27 AM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

Hi bro,

As per the consequences you had gone through for fixing your bike (although its new), i think you totally lost the trust on the bike. Internally sometimes your sub-conscious mind may tell you that the bike is good, but your conscious mind is not in a position to accept it..!! Well... It happens because of the pain you have gone through...

Now what you have mentioned, the bikes whether RE, Duke, Kawa etc, all are high tech and carry the same(maybe way more) technical issues (if at all they occur) like the AS200. Tune your mind to accept it.. (i think you know very well about that)

One more point.. Impulse is just an ordinary bike and may not handle the thrashing you are talking about when compared to AS200 (as you are thinking it very Robust)

So if the bike(AS200) is making you sleepless, i suggest you to sell it off quickly to reduce the depreciation.

buy a secondhand low capacity bike(may be 150cc or even low, so that you dont have to spend more on it) for the time-being and save up the required funds to get a bike of your choice.

Take the decision quickly but think twice before doing it..

**sharathchandra** · 08-08-2016, 11:29 AM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

Option 5

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**tanay** · 08-08-2016, 11:51 AM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

Oof just happened to chance across this thread.
I have a sorta different take on owning a Bajaj or an RE motorcycle.

When you buy a Jap, or maybe a Hero or maybe even a TVS, you *generally* get years of trouble free service. Your expectations then set themselves on a high platform automatically.

When, however, you buy a Bajaj (or go full masochistic and buy RE) then from day 1 you are subject to the bike's whims and fancies. Not a week passes when there's not something wrong with the bike, real or imagined. Because of this, you slowly learn how to keep the bike shipshape. The mechanic in you will be born and will be perfected over as many years (or months) as you can put up with it. Your expectations adjust accordingly, as do your preparations and maintenance. You learn to take care of you bike and hopefully the bike takes care of you.

After that ownership experience, the day you move on to a refined, good quality motorcycle, you will appreciate it all the more. Because then you've not only seen how good bikes can get, you've also seen how bad they can, sometimes. I think it somehow makes for a more "complete" experience, if you will.

So yeah, keep the lemon. Make lemonade. Then move on to bigger and better fruits.

**dnewguy** · 08-08-2016, 12:33 PM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

Originally posted by HyperRetard View Post

Okay. I have saved about 50K since I last went shopping, which was March, when I bought my AS200.

So what is the best way to spend 50K?

Option 1
Spurce up the AS 200.
Better tyres, maybe a new exhaust (heard Mark Performance does some rad stuff. The noise will be an issue though) (Also open to suggestions if I do decide to go down this route, maybe new rims. Might do a few mods in this thread, apart from the ones that I have obviously disagreed with, e.g. the quick throttle)
Advantages:
Well, you're only making it better
Disadvantages
Well, my AS200 hasnt exactly been at the pinnacle of dependability, incase you've followed my "Have I been sold a lemon" thread, you'd know.

Option 2
Buy a used hero impulse.
Advantages
Proper adventure motorcycle. Can withstand an insane amount of abuse. Also simple construction. No Fi, no liquid cooled engine, no etc etc, so can be fixed anywhere
Disadvantages
Slow as hell. My AS200, which does about 135 max is starting to feel slow, what will happen in the impulse?
Might get tempted with an engine swap, and thereby end up having an absolutely useless motorcycle (AS200 with impulse engine. Sounds about as exciting as day before yesterday's Tinde ki sabzi, doesnt it?)

Option 3
Buy an used Royal Enfield Continental GT
Sell of the AS 200 (lets say I get 75K for it) + add 50k = 125K
Buy a RE Continental GT (If I can find one for that price)
Advantages
Sexy as ****
Disadvantages
RE is not exactly known to be reliable, and my current AS200 isnt reliable either. What if I sell of an unreliable motorcycle for another unreliable motorcycle? That will be like a prostitute changing her city. Still getting ****ed, just by different people. Also the Bajaj people, are atleast polite when they **** me over, and smile, and give me a chair to sit on, RE, well, thats unchartered waters.
The Ergonomics are going to be an issue for a 6'1 rider.
I have a big backside, so I might sort of look inappropriate on a cafe racer styled motorcycle.

Option 4
save another 50K in another 6 months
50 current + 50 future = 100k
Buy another motorcycle for like 1 lakh rupees and keep the AS200.
Advantages
Errr? What exactly? You already have a 1 lakh rupee motorcycle. Duh.
Disadvantages
What 1 lakh rupee motorcycle will be better than what I currently have? I might end up with two AS200s. Oh the stupidity @HyperRetard THE STUPIDITY!!!

Option 5
save another 50K in another 6 months
50 current + 50 future = 100k
Sell off the AS200 (lets say I get 60 K for it)
Total = 160K
Buy either a used D390 or a used Hyosung GT250R or a used Himalayan, or maybe even a mojo. Or go full retard and get a used Ninja 650 or the Hyosung 650. (note to self: Never go full retard)
Advantages
Proper tourers ( like the last two)
Proper fun (the first two)
Disadvantages
Hmm, cant really think of any, except that it might take 6-7 months to save another 50K, and time changes everything in the blink of an eye, 6 months is an insanely long time. Or as Allen Saunders said: “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”

Hehehe
Naah... not your best work, Crude analogy i will say.
Reading through i wonder if you considered going to Bangkok ?
I'm sure many people would agree it to be one of the best way to spend 50k !!

Now coming to the motorcycling part:-

# Option 1:- You may/may not spruce it up. Its a pulsar afterall. If you are not getting enough time to ride it then i guess you won't be interested in performance mods but only adding bling and sound.

# Option 2:- Don't know much about H.H Impulse.

# Option 3:- This i fully agree on. The bike may not be faster than the As200 but it definitely makes it all up in looks/ handling/ looks/ performance/ & looks.
You don't seem very happy with the current bike. With RE-CGT even a 2km ride would bring you smiles and i can assure you that everybody would be too busy looking at the bike than to notice your backside unless it eclipses the tailsection and more in which case may be you should invest in a car.. !!

# Option 4 & 5:- As they both involves 'Saving'. You can go for the upcoming CS400 while killing time with the AS, Bajaj is known for competitive pricing. May be you can have double the bike with a little more than a lakh.
'Saving' has always been an elusive concept to me. I always end up lending it to my friends/family to never getting it back or getting it back in small bits over an extended period of time which defeats its useability for any major purchase. And that is why and when i realize 'Now' the importance of ITR (Income Tax Return) and hence, paying it collectively 'This' year.

Why i'm talking about ITR you ask ? because may be you can invest in some tax saving policies in order to make more savings and getting close to owning your dream bike or N650 or any other.
Something in the thread tells me you haven't already - Same Pinch... !!

Cheers.

**Naveen Vajja** · 08-08-2016, 01:01 PM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

I'd say go option 5 ... find a good specimen and you'll be happy. Or save for another 6 months ... this makes sense considering the options you mentioned .. the Duke (might get a 2017 new) and the Mojo (might get ABS). This disadvantage you mentioned can be used to your advantage ... Quoting Don Quixote "demasiada cordura puede ser locura, y mas loco de todos, a ver la vida tal como es y como debe ser. se quien soy y quien soy tal vez si elijo"

On an off note and understanding that this thread is not for this ... I'd take a 'line' to thank the moderators and 'people' of XBHP. This has been my rehab for all the shit life threw at me :-)

**The Monk** · 08-08-2016, 08:19 PM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

Originally posted by HyperRetard View Post

I did think that Avinash had the best sense of humour from among all the moderators, followed by Divya, but I dont know, I guess they were in a bit of a hurry, and did not read my thread in the entirety, and just glanced at, what they thought, was inappropriate language, without realizing I was drawing analogies, and self-depreciating

My most unmoderator like comment below:

Poetic justice is when the most active troller on the forum gets trolled himself

Oh you didn't get the poem, well it was a wee bit like your humour

I shall now go back to my non-paying, hectic and often thankless job!

I am not judging you on the basis of your odo reading man. All that i am saying is increase that odo reading before you make any hasty decisions of selling off the Pulsar or investing in another bike.

And as Tanay rightly pointed out, Bajaj bikes have character. Which if you read between the line means, that two people buying the same bike at the same time will get two very different bikes! Which isn't a virtue.

Another option i can suggest is to save up that cash and hope by next year the BMW comes into the market.

Also i honestly didn't in my wildest dreams expect you to attempt doing the ASpulse merger yourself. You were bound to take professional help. Even then, if you read through older threads where people have undertaken even minor mods, the only happy customers are the ones who actually bothered educating themselves before mucking around with their motorcycles. If you think that you are going to pay someone and they would do it all for you and the only thing you lose is the pennies in your pocket, then you are barking up the wrong tree mate!

I did notice two statements you made on this thread and i have taken the liberty of adding my brand of humour! You rightly state that people waste 50k every 6 months on a dumbphone and no one questions their intellect! The other statement was the blank canvas your big backside forms on a cafe styled motorcycle. In the cycling world the smartphone statement is quite often repeated. So here is the best free advice you can get. Take that 50k, buy a nice cycle and lose both your 50k and ample posterior in one swift decision

See problem solved, i wish someone would pay me for my free advice! Or heck, maybe i should just stand for elections and not repair potholes!

PS: Just FYI, your bike will depreciate, but you indulge in self-deprecating humour!

**HyperRetard** · 08-08-2016, 11:03 PM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

Originally posted by The Monk View Post

My most unmoderator like comment below:

I shall now go back to my non-paying, hectic and often thankless job!

I am not judging you on the basis of your odo reading man. All that i am saying is increase that odo reading before you make any hasty decisions of selling off the Pulsar or investing in another bike.

And as Tanay rightly pointed out, Bajaj bikes have character. Which if you read between the line means, that two people buying the same bike at the same time will get two very different bikes! Which isn't a virtue.

Another option i can suggest is to save up that cash and hope by next year the BMW comes into the market.

Also i honestly didn't in my wildest dreams expect you to attempt doing the ASpulse merger yourself. You were bound to take professional help. Even then, if you read through older threads where people have undertaken even minor mods, the only happy customers are the ones who actually bothered educating themselves before mucking around with their motorcycles. If you think that you are going to pay someone and they would do it all for you and the only thing you lose is the pennies in your pocket, then you are barking up the wrong tree mate!

I did notice two statements you made on this thread and i have taken the liberty of adding my brand of humour! You rightly state that people waste 50k every 6 months on a dumbphone and no one questions their intellect! The other statement was the blank canvas your big backside forms on a cafe styled motorcycle. In the cycling world the smartphone statement is quite often repeated. So here is the best free advice you can get. Take that 50k, buy a nice cycle and lose both your 50k and ample posterior in one swift decision

See problem solved, i wish someone would pay me for my free advice! Or heck, maybe i should just stand for elections and not repair potholes!

PS: Just FYI, your bike will depreciate, but you indulge in self-deprecating humour!

Thank you for being gratuitous enough, and for the exceptional generosity exhibited by you for not judging me.
I have no idea how I would reconciled with a random stranger on the internet judging me. Would have been pretty damning.

Over and out.

**The Monk** · 08-09-2016, 12:30 PM

Re: Best way to spend 50K? WARNING: Has typical @HyperRetard humour

Originally posted by HyperRetard View Post

Thank you for being gratuitous enough, and for the exceptional generosity exhibited by you for not judging me.
I have no idea how I would reconciled with a random stranger on the internet judging me. Would have been pretty damning.

Over and out.

Haha. Touche!

From the entire post you found five words to dwell on! Read between the lines much?

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