ahh . so on a regular bike that would have helped ? Well . I ' m so tired of being worried about where to put my bike when I ' m out , and the possibility of theft . and the upkeep . citibikes are just too convenient but they need an even surface when as you said they have no suspension . <| sep |> I ' ll second the buy used advice . I ' ve bought a lot of used gear and saved a lot ofoney doing it . great thing about motorcycling is that a ton of people with more money than brains are willing to buy nice gear only to find out they don ' t like riding , then sell the practically new gear at a huge loss . <| sep |> I was thinking of buying this and using the Aurstralia post mail forwarding system . Would still end up costing less that $ 1100 AU