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Originally Posted by RabidRat
$15 - Knowledge Test (can start riding right away, but require supervision, can't exceed 60kph)
$xx - Motorcycle Skills Test (can now ride alone, but only during the day)
$50 - Class 6 Road Test (full license)
You can buy a running bike for as little as $1200 from what I've seen.
You can get a government approved DOT (but not Snell) stamped helmet from Canadian Tire for about $100.
So in total, you could be riding for as little as $1500?
In order to "do it right" though:
You'd probably want to go through a course like PRS, you'd probably want full gear, and you'd probably want a helmet that'll do something for you in a crash.
Course
$800 - PRS
Gear
$400-500 - Good helmet like a Shoei RF1100 or Bell RS-1
$200-400 - Textile/leather jacket
$200-400 - Textile/leather pants, or kevlar jeans + knee/shin guards
$100-200 - Gloves
$100-200 - Boots
Bike
$1500-$2500 - An decent starter Ninja 250 can be had for around $2000 if you look hard enough. Or a really nice newer CBR125R, if you can stand being seen on something like that - there are tons on Craigslist and I've seen them for as little as $1600. Even older 600s aren't bad, I actually got my '01 YZF-600R sportbike for about $2200, and almost bought an '00 CBR600F4 sportbike before that for $2500. Just gotta look around on Craigs.
So probably around $3500-$5000 depending on how much you want to spend to start. And of course if you wanted to start on a newer nicer 600cc sportbike, that would mean spending significantly more.
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those gear prices are a bit on the expensive side. granted that that's proabbly the price your paying if your looking to get alpinestar, daienese or whatever...but if your okay with other brands...
Gear
$200-500 - Good helmet (DOT, Snell will run a bit more)
$150-400 - Textile/leather jacket
$100-400 - Textile/leather pants, or kevlar jeans + knee/shin guards
$40-200 - Gloves
$150+ - Boots