Gas mileage helping buy motorcycle

I started keeping a record of my gas mileage and maintenance in an Excel spreadsheet about 20 years ago. Disregarding the tire cost and just focusing on gas mileage, the motorcycle I was riding was getting about 65 mpg vs my mini-van at about 15 mpg. Gas prices in the beginning were in the $4 range and the savings added up quickly. I figured based on the fuel cost savings, that it would pay for a nice riding jacket in two weeks of commuting, and nice pants in another week and a half. Since I was riding year around, getting good gear was both a safety consideration as well as a comfort consideration. After all, if you can't ride comfortably, you will eventually find excuses to not ride.

When you consider all the other costs, a car makes more sense...especially if you have a car for those times when a motorcycle won't work and it is in the driveway like mine.

But there's an argument that motorcycling is cheaper than golf when you join a private club.

Chris
 
Daboo said:
I started keeping a record of my gas mileage and maintenance in an Excel spreadsheet about 20 years ago. Disregarding the tire cost and just focusing on gas mileage, the motorcycle I was riding was getting about 65 mpg vs my mini-van at about 15 mpg. Gas prices in the beginning were in the $4 range and the savings added up quickly. I figured based on the fuel cost savings, that it would pay for a nice riding jacket in two weeks of commuting, and nice pants in another week and a half. Since I was riding year around, getting good gear was both a safety consideration as well as a comfort consideration. After all, if you can't ride comfortably, you will eventually find excuses to not ride.

When you consider all the other costs, a car makes more sense...especially if you have a car for those times when a motorcycle won't work and it is in the driveway like mine.

But there's an argument that motorcycling is cheaper than golf when you join a private club.

Chris
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It's definitely not cheaper when a simple 10 mile trip somehow turns into a quick 100 mile adventure that would have never happened in my truck.
 
I drive a '24 4-cyl Toyota Camry when I have to be in a car. Most of the time it gets around 34 mpg. I have gotten as high as 41 mpg on a trip. Filled up the tank on my 21 NC 750X DCT on today's ride. I had gone 197 miles, and it took 2.5 gals to refill for 79 mpg.

What does that all mean? Nothin, I just wanted to participate in the conversation lol
 
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