# Thinking about buying a motard... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [May 14, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-about-buying-a-motard/244156 "2009-05-14T19:51:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 43
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-about-buying-a-motard/244156/43 "2009-05-17T11:17:28Z")
> [@suspension questions](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suspension-questions/18112/48): > > Most of the bikes out there have ridiculous maintenance schedules. Buy my BMW its reliable, gets great gas mileage, the maintenance is low and you can ride it anywhere. It’s not too bad really, especially if you can do your own maintenance. And there’s no reason why you shouldn’t because it’s so easy. I just did my valve check last night, took me 30 mins from the time I put the bike on the stand until I took it off and put it away. And that includes piss breaks, talking on the phone, etc. It’s well worth it in the end. If you don’t want to do maintenance then either don’t buy one or get a DRZ and have fun riding the equivalent of an XR100 on the roads :lol I actually enjoy working on my bike, it gives me something to do… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-about-buying-a-motard/244156)._