Yamahas, Festivas, Avantis and XKEs—3 Years with my R

KevinC said:

Wait.. WUT??!!! $1300 to license a bike? The property tax on my $240k house last year was under $1000. For the new Versys I bought yesterday, my total DMV cost was... $150.81. And I thought THAT was high. Insurance is going to run me about $41/month for solid full coverage.

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bboytaktix said:

YEP then factor in the insurance on top of that (I get a pretty good rate for a sportsbike around $700 a year) so yeah I pay $2000 (CAD) a summer to ride. I make the most of it. Plus we pay our license fees yearly with a small premium if you have your motorcycle class license (you need one here to ride) so another $230-240 a year for car/bike license.

HAHAHAH....wow. less than $1000 a year in taxes for your house?

GF and I are looking for income properties (duplex or triplex for us to live in one unit and rent out other two) and we're seeing yearly propery taxes between $9000-12000 per year.

There's a reason they call Quebec the most taxed place in North America.

...Oh and our goods tax is 15% on EVERYTHING. Buy a new car? 15% tax. Buying a motorcycle? 15% tax. Buying some clothes, going out for dinner, you guessed it, 15% tax.

And you probably don't even want to know our income taxes here...once you hit the 100K bracket you're looking at 49% LOL. there are ways around giving the government ALL your money for income taxes but it's never a WIN situation.

And our roads still suck. But hey, we have POUTINE! and REAL poutine no imitation crap

/RANT lol

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tknj99 said:

..and free universal healthcare right?

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bboytaktix said:

Yes, a very good point. Despite having bad service and horrible wait times, I still consider us lucky to walk out of a doctor's office or surgery with zerobills.

Another thing is our education is dirt cheap and high quality. My entire MBA at a top-tier Canadian school cost me about $7500 total. Cannot complain about that ONE bit!

As they say, grass is always greener...

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Al_in_Philly said:

Plus you have real POUTINE. . .

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bboytaktix said:

YEP then factor in the insurance on top of that (I get a pretty good rate for a sportsbike around $700 a year) so yeah I pay $2000 (CAD) a summer to ride. I make the most of it. Plus we pay our license fees yearly with a small premium if you have your motorcycle class license (you need one here to ride) so another $230-240 a year for car/bike license.

HAHAHAH....wow. less than $1000 a year in taxes for your house?

GF and I are looking for income properties (duplex or triplex for us to live in one unit and rent out other two) and we're seeing yearly propery taxes between $9000-12000 per year.

There's a reason they call Quebec the most taxed place in North America.

...Oh and our goods tax is 15% on EVERYTHING. Buy a new car? 15% tax. Buying a motorcycle? 15% tax. Buying some clothes, going out for dinner, you guessed it, 15% tax.

And you probably don't even want to know our income taxes here...once you hit the 100K bracket you're looking at 49% LOL. there are ways around giving the government ALL your money for income taxes but it's never a WIN situation.

And our roads still suck. But hey, we have POUTINE! and REAL poutine no imitation crap

/RANT lol

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KevinC said:

Wait.. WUT??!!! $1300 to license a bike? The property tax on my $240k house last year was under $1000. For the new Versys I bought yesterday, my total DMV cost was... $150.81. And I thought THAT was high. Insurance is going to run me about $41/month for solid full coverage.

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Shabba said:

Your superbike series is pretty rad too. Jordan Szoke? Quite the maestro on a motorbike.

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