New Ride

[CanberraR3]

Congratulations @Silli . I think it's smart buying. Well done.

 

[Blackthou]

Congrats Silli on your amazing purchase. Great that you can buy one in SA. Hope all goes well for you Saturday and don't forget to post some pictures. Can't imagine what it will look like LOL

 

[1olbull]

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!

Glad you are happy with paying everything for the 10.4% that don't work.

 

[TriumPhil]

It works better in many, if not most respects than our system, Steve.

 

[Mike188]

Congrats, enjoy

 

[TOMCAT]

One more sleep Silli ..if you lived in Australia anyway. Bet you're like a kid before Xmas.

 

[Silli]

Yep - One more sleep, and yes - a kid at Christmas is a good description of how I feel.

Thanks everyone.

 

[cr0ft]

Glad you are happy with paying everything for the 10.4% that don't work.

Glad you're happy that 50% of your income taxes go to killing brown people abroad so you can take their stuff.

At least our taxes buys us something worth paying for, and gets us to #1 in the PISA school ratings, and top three in the world on the happiness index, and gives us far better social mobility than the USA by a massive margin (ie, the American Dream should be renamed the Scandinavian Dream....)

 

[Wrecka]

Glad you're happy that 50% of your income taxes go to killing brown people abroad so you can take their stuff.

At least our taxes buys us something worth paying for, and gets us to #1 in the PISA school ratings, and top three in the world on the happiness index, and gives us far better social mobility than the USA by a massive margin (ie, the American Dream should be renamed the Scandinavian Dream....)

Does it get you puzzy ? Cause thats what really counts................

Congrats on the new ride to the OP

 

[cardinal93]

@croft rather than hijack silli's happy thread. I'll respond to you in the final drive!
Big day today @Silli give us a report on that first long and happy ride!!