Silli
.040 Over
Collecting my Rocket III X, No 458/500 on Saturday. Very excited!! 
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Loonitick
Supercharged
Congratulations! How much does such a beast cost in your neck of the woods?
Silli
.040 Over
Thanks
Retail is ZAR 220,000-00
Retail is ZAR 220,000-00
Loonitick
Supercharged
Bloody hell, I live in the wrong country! They want NOK 345,000 over here. So nearly 3 times what you gave.
Silli
.040 Over
There is something very wrong with that number? From my calcs it should retail for approx NOK 136000
Loonitick
Supercharged
The something very wrong with that number is called the Norwegian government. The taxes for engine size and horsepower (+a bit for registering) is about NOK 175,000. Hell, they want 70,000 to register my 2010 R3R!
Silli
.040 Over
That sucks - big time!
cr0ft
Living Legend
ZAR 220,000 approximately equals US$18,000. NOK 345,000 is just shy of US$45,000, which seems a tad high. Maybe @cr0ft could explain why it is so expensive in that neck of the woods.
Sure - Norway is one of the most expensive nations on Earth because they tax their citizens enormously, especially on luxury goods like motorcycles I would imagine. Finland is not quite as expensive, but even my R3 Touring set me back something along the lines of $27000. And that was a deal on a bike that had been unsold for a while, a new one would have seen prices past $30000. I had to go into debt for literally years to pay for it.
The price you pay to get free health care and actual functional infrastructure and free schools etc... it's a bit of a pain, though Norway takes it to an entirely different level. Of course, their salaries are also higher than in Finland, generally.
I think the upsides are worth it - you don't need stuff like expensive medical plans, and you are never at risk of going bankrupt from medical bills, and you don't have to save up for your kids to go to college because that too comes out of the taxes you pay, I have yet to even see a pothole that could damage my bike this year etc.
That said, congrats on the new Rocket!
Silli
.040 Over
Sure - Norway is one of the most expensive nations on Earth because they tax their citizens enormously, especially on luxury goods like motorcycles I would imagine. Finland is not quite as expensive, but even my R3 Touring set me back something along the lines of $27000. And that was a deal on a bike that had been unsold for a while, a new one would have seen prices past $30000. I had to go into debt for literally years to pay for it.
The price you pay to get free health care and actual functional infrastructure and free schools etc... it's a bit of a pain, though Norway takes it to an entirely different level. Of course, their salaries are also higher than in Finland, generally.
I think the upsides are worth it - you don't need stuff like expensive medical plans, and you are never at risk of going bankrupt from medical bills, and you don't have to save up for your kids to go to college because that too comes out of the taxes you pay, I have yet to even see a pothole that could damage my bike this year etc.
That said, congrats on the new Rocket!
You raise some valid points here. Good post!
And thanks.
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