A week on a Velocity 150 Delivery Package
Full-time riding: 120 km a day, 6 days a week (720 km).
| Cost | A week |
|---|---|
| Bike payment over 18 months, with insurance, tracker and the maintenance plan | R740 |
| Petrol at R30.25 a litre, 2.4 L/100 km | about R523 |
| Tyres: R800 to R1,800 a set, every few months | varies |
| Phone data, traffic fines | yours |
| Bike and petrol | about R1 263 |
Without the maintenance plan
The payment drops to R473 a week, but you pay for services yourself. At about R740 a service every 3 000 km, that’s roughly R178 a week for a full-time rider, plus brake pads, chains and other wear parts. With the plan, those are covered, and you get a loan bike if a repair takes more than a day.
What’s left
Riders commonly report earning R2,500 to R5,000 a week before costs. On a R3 500 week:
| Earnings | R3 500 |
| Bike payment | −R740 |
| Petrol | −R523 |
| Left, before tyres, data and fines | R2 237 |
If you rent instead, the R550 to R750 a week is gone for good. With rent-to-own, after 18 months the payment stops and the bike is yours.
Work out your own numbers
The calculator on our home page works out petrol and your weekly total for your own kilometres and petrol price.
Sources: petrol is the October 2026 Gauteng price; service cost from Big Boy Fourways; tyre prices from AutoTrader (May 2026); earnings from rider reports in AutoTrader (March 2026), EWN (July 2026) and The Citizen (June 2026).
Checked 25 October 2026. Prices and rules change: check before you rely on them.