How do you guys do it?

[mcwilly]

How do you have all these bad @$$ upgrades on your quads?! From a-arms, to Hipers, to triple rate suspension, motor upgrades...the list goes on and on. I make decent money, and I've dumped tons of money into my bike, but by no means am I close to the level most of you guys seem to be on with 'upgrades'. And some of you guys have more than one bike w/ all the goodies on them all. :eek2: So how do you do it? Or am I just checking the wrong places for prices? :D Does everybody on here make a six-figure income? :huh

[TRX_450]

we all sell drugs

[Dan_Guetter]

Resume

[ALAMX37]

Its a passion my friend. I have put more into three machines than I paid for my vehicle. I sacrifice going places and vacations and such to build my bikes. I am by no means a wealthy person, I just have my priorities screwed up. lol

[300ex_#387]

Well i'm only 18, and i'm paying for everything on my quad. I sold last years race quad and used that money to buy my suspension, and stuff. I'm making payments on my 450 though. I bought it new in november. I also make a truck payment. I guess I just manage my money.

[mcwilly]

Originally posted by TRX_450
we all sell drugs

Are you hiring?

[xsr_racing28c]

Money management is the key. Its scary how much I put into my quads, but at the end of the day its my passion/hobby and its become somewhat of a lifestyle. I gave up racing to make parts now and though i still ride and love it, I find more interest in building..

Jay:D

[tri5ron]

I have cut and pasted this from one of my previous post's.
this should help explain what many of us here are afflicted with...

it's called--
A.A.D.S.
( Accesory Aquisition Disorder Syndrome )

You are BORN with it.
There's nothing you can do about it.
(Trust me, I've been through the 12 step program,
and the weekly group support meetings)

It is TERMINAL !
There is NO CURE.
It controls everything you do.
The best way to deal with it is to simply accept it,
(The hardest part is getting your Wife to accept it)

Now go find peace in your soul,.....

(and Piece, after Piece, after PIECE, AFTER PIECE, for your Quad)


and here are some replies from other forum members...

So there's no hope? Dang. I've owned the quad a month and I'm already seriously stricken with the disease. Of course, I've always had the disease as everything with wheels I've ever owned has been modified.

In the last month I've purchased the quad (new 2007) and put about $1500 into it so far. I'm sending the shocks off to be revalved/sprung by C&D next week. Custom ordered new Works shocks for my wife's 250ex a couple days ago. Going to put new tires on the rear of hers to help handling. It never stops.

Just put the +2 JD Performance A-arms and tie rods on yesterday. I'm going to go try it out tonight or tomorrow morning.

I feel your pain...

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Quote- "hi my name is jason and i am an ADDICT".

ROTFLMAO

Group Support meetings are held the 6th Saturday of each month,
Welcome to the club.
We WILL NOT attempt to cure you,.......

As I said,.... This is a group S U P P O R T meeting !

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A.A.D.S-----Possible symptoms??

I can't seem to remember all the parts Ive ordered in the last few weeks.
When someone says "hello, how ya doing today" I seem to always reply something like"Not bad my new bumper showed up" or "terrible, my nerfs are on backorder"
I wake in the middle of the nite to check eBay for new parts...any new parts.
I think about upgrading my upgrades even before they are delivered.
The UPS guy looks at me like Ive got rabies.
I'm tripping over packing peanuts in my hallway and in my yard.
OMG do ya think Ive got it??
No probably not, I can stop anytime I want to......BTW Does FedEX deliver on Sundays??

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LMAO. i think they said in last months group meeting "the first step to the road to recovery is admitting you have a problem".

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[Warnerade]

work 70 hours a week and live at home...you'll have plenty of money to do what you want.

[Honda#4]

I just work and save up for stuff and try to find deals.

yeah i buy a lot of used stuff thats in good condition. Actually the only things on my quad that were bought new is the pro armor kill switch, K&N with outerwears, jets, oil, filters and gas lol

[Ruby Soho]

i found buying used saves ALOT of money. my exhaust for example, a 350$ pipe i got on ebay for 75$ and it was brand new.

Originally posted by NacsRacer027
work 70 hours a week and live at home...you'll have plenty of money to do what you want.

Screw that, I worked 60 hours a week and live at home and I did 60 hr wrk weeks for like two months and I was burned out. Props to the people that can handle that. I live at home and got my car and quad paid for. So yeah all cash goes to goodies!

[Warnerade]

its easy to keep doing it when you get used to the checks...very easy lol

[250r4life]

or you could do what i did...

i bought a 100% stock original raptor with like 5 hours on the bike... i then bought another raptor with everything you see in my sig, which was approximately $7k worth of parts. it had a lot more hours on it, and he hadnt maintained his engine and what not as good as what i liked... so, i took all the parts i wanted off the rough bike, and switched them out with the stock parts off the brand new bike... i then sold the rough bike with all the stock parts on it, for what i had orignally paid for it with $7k in aftermarket parts...

so basically i got $7k worth of parts and it only cost me 2 saturdays of switching all the parts back and forth between the two bikes...

you never get what you put into bikes, as bikes with $2000 in suspension work bring $300 more then bikes with the stock suspension... so buy, swap, and even if you lose that $300, you got $2k worth of suspension for $300...

[honda250xman]

you could do what pepper and i do and just get mommy and daddy to pay for everything. it works out great! hahahahaha

im just playin guys dont get all pissy i would for my stuff

im 19 making almost 11 a hour working part time and i bought and built a full mx kfx. now the only thing is getting your priority set. quad parts come first..

[450raider]

i was wondering the same thing myself but then again, if i had all the money back ive ever spent on whole quads (flatout buying a few new, trading off and such for others, putting $2500 into a $5000 440ex) and could put it in my KFX, id guarantee qoty (quad of the year) and simply wow 250r, if you dont mind im gonna swipe that sometime and try it:D

[chris46250r]

My secret is commonally refered to as "damn good credit"!

[D Bergstrom]

Went to college and got a good job. Got my life in order first then the quads came after. (I am 35 now. House, car, pay off student loans, etc.) It does sometimes make me sick to think how much I have in all three of my quads though. Helps that I also do not have a wife and kids, but the wife will be soon, then the kids will come after. I think my my days of spending money all at once will soon come to a end.

Doug

[MX300ex]

1. buy and sell to make profit.
2. save money.
3. borrow money when needed when you find deals

[CannondaleRider]

Around 11 hour days...6 days a week.

Works okay for me.

[jesseweaver]

work your *** off and dont spend money. work weekends cause thats when youll spend the most money. dont buy little stuff. if you get a soda everyday ay work for $1, that can be as much as an exhaust at the end of the year. when your friends want to see a movie saturday night, make up some excuse and stay home and save $15, and at 50 weeks a year right theres almost $800 just to go without movies for a year. little stuff like that really adds up, just discipline yourself.

and yeah for most of us on here, quads come first. people (expecially my parents) think im crazy if they know i have more in my quad than i will in my first vehicle.

[wilkin250r]

It's all in your priorities. You'd be surprised how quickly a $3.50 for your morning starbucks will add up. Add that to your $1.29 soda every time you get gas, $12 for lunch when you could get by with $2.50, all of those things add up.

Most people, when they have an extra $100 in their pockets will go have a little well-deserved fun, a night out. Intead, put that $100 away, and the next $100 away. It might not be a huge amount, but it might be enough to turn your $600 tax return into a $1200 suspension setup.

[quad2xtreme]

marry rich...even if she is fat!!! :devil:

[honda4life72]

like this.
08 450r-7 grand
built 07 450r . used-6 grand lol

[gcart2]

alll but 1500 of this is mine and im 15. fthe 1500 was a loan from my momma which im paying off lol.


http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k181/gcart2/DSC_0247.jpg



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[Mxjunkie]

Originally posted by NacsRacer027
work 70 hours a week and live at home...you'll have plenty of money to do what you want.


Yeah man! 75-80 hour weeks are hell too.. thats how everyone has the badass toys that were built by paying cash, but there is also the plastic card built quads out there. I would hate to have 5,000 dollars in credit card debt! Paying cash is a slower but a better way to go at it IMO! One downfall to woking so much it sucks being exhausted as hell after work everyday though. But yeah not having to pay rent is a huge help to afford the gas to go to a race.

[trx310R#24]

as of right know till i get out of law school. im a rol-ex dealer...:D

i sell $6000 rol-ex's for $250.00 i know people:D

pm me if you want one they some come in a 18k rose gold case

[Warnerade]

Originally posted by trx310R#24
as of right know till i get out of law school. im a rol-ex dealer...:D

i sell $6000 rol-ex's for $250.00 i know people:D

pm me if you want one they some come in a 18k rose gold case and do your "rol-ex's" second hand move around the watch steady, or does it click

[trx310R#24]

Originally posted by NacsRacer027
and do your "rol-ex's" second hand move around the watch steady, or does it click

steady

[JR3]

how do i do it is just hard work man working 6 days a week then maybe a side job on sunday. and also just sacrifices not going with my friends and **** sometimes to places cause i aint got the money but my quad makes it all worth it in the end. ive had 3 race bikes over the course of 4 years here are some pics. first it was my 400ex then my 450r then my now current yfz.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/100_2464.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/100_2466.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/102_4388.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/100_5464.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/a94ea5d5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/100_5630.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/000_0247.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/000_0249.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/000_0248.jpg

[younggun95]

No one seemed to pick up on the resume hint that someone posted at the beginning of this topic. With the creation of mxsponsor and sponsorhouse, anyone can get a sponsorship on pretty much anything. Not factory racer deals by any means, but getting those 30 to 60% discounts add up. I made a point from the beginning of my racing career to make as many connections in the industry as possible. What started as discounts on parts for me, now is not paying for parts at all.

[RaptorRacer45]

Yeah basically my Quads are the only thing i have 2 spend money on right now, i still live at home and work 40+ hours a week, my Trucks worth about $1500 and i have 2 $10,000+ XC Quads........as mentioned before, its a passion and its all i live for:D

[Benjithx]

Feed the piggy bank and avoid Hookers and blow, It will add up quick!

[416exfreak]

Make a tax free living.:chinese:

[mcwilly]

Originally posted by Benjithx
Feed the piggy bank and avoid Hookers and blow, It will add up quick!

:eek: Do I have to give up both? Or can I just pick one?

Sounds like I need to move back in w/ my Mom. Hope she doesnt mind the wife and kids coming along too.
Anybody want to buy a kidney? Used but in GREAT condition. :D

[Quad18star]

Buy stuff used ... bets way to get a nice looking quad for less money.

I mean , why pay full pop for something , when you can save cash. The nerfs on the yfz were used when I got them but were still in really good shape ... I saved half the price.... when the YFZ was sold , it was parted out from the aftermarket parts and I sold the nerfs for the same price I had paid for them.

SOmetimes you can get good deals .. there might be a few scratches or a bit dirty but unless you want a show quad , these things will happen over time anyways.

And as said ... buy a used quad that's already done up . I lost some money when the YFZ was sold , but it was of no use anymore ..... a 4x4 was more of an interest. So we found a fully done up Yamaha Grizzly 660 that was loaded with everything for a few thousand less than a new Grizz. The only thing I've put into the quad since owned was a set of fender guards and footpegs ... that's it .... everything else was on it. The guy that sold it was getting into dirt bikes and wanted to get rid of the quad ASAP.

[8my_Cash]

2 words..... credit card




then to pay off credit card take out more money with student loans for college and deffer them



then deal with the problem of paying off the debt 6 months after college

[lreeves]

Marry a Pharmacist. There's no way that I could afford to race if not for my wife. Plus, she can get me the really good stuff if I take a hard crash!

[patrickj75]

credit cards, a good job and sposorship! I'd post a pic of my quad but it's not done yet....

[ZeroLogic]

Originally posted by lreeves
Marry a Pharmacist. There's no way that I could afford to race if not for my wife. Plus, she can get me the really good stuff if I take a hard crash!

Hell, that ain't a bad idea!