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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:58 pm
by Randy
I think it boils down to money. You gotta pay, wether it is plodding around in a truck or zooming on a bike, gotta pay.
I myself have a truck for hauling kids, boards, trash etc. I have a bike for hauling ME! Like BuzZz said, I'll pay for that.
Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 12:52 pm
by Aquaduct
No, I'd definitely not agree with it, but I'm probably not in the majority.
As mentioned, in a performance comparison, I'd never find a car with 5 lb/hp and 40+ mpg for under $4000. And I'm one of those who enjoy noodling with the bike and fixing it myself. And I've got great friends who also contribute. And bikes are easy to work on, even if, like me, you don't have a garage. Just spent $900 getting the front end revamped on my old Aerostar. Nothing on a bike will probably ever cost that much. Most of my riding is freeway commuting, so I'll trade grip for longevity. Still, the short tire interval doesn't bother me.
$17 for a gallon of Rotella T Synthetic at Wally world. $4 for an oil filter at Autozone. 45 minutes with my 10 year old boy bonding and changing the oil on the bike. A little chain oil. Some fiddling with the carbs. Blasting to work or the grocery store with a big old grin on my face. Doubling the fuel economy and taking hard miles off my aged minivan. $200/year for insurance.
Yeah, there's a good argument for the economy of a bike.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:17 pm
by jmillheiser
I dont think a bandit 600 will merely hang with a vette. Completely obliterate it in acceleration is more like it. 600cc and higher sportbikes pretty much beat all but the very fastest cars in acceleration and braking.
a 1000cc superbike is best compared to an F1 car as NO production road car can pull a sub 3 second 0-60 or a sub 10 second 1/4 mile (fastest 0-60 is currently the porsche GT2 iirc doing the deed in about 3.2 seconds, fastest 1/4 would be the Skyline GTR Z-tune being the only production car that can pull a sub 12 second 1/4 mile in stock cofiguration)
I can justify the economy of owning a bike. I do all my own work and most of my cage experience is from engines that aren't too different than a bike engine (Aircooled VW engines, Honda DOHC 4 cylinder)
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:02 pm
by Kal
I agree with Keyoke, over here running a bike beats running a car hands down, but I have a very, very good non-dealer old school bike repair shop at the bottom of my road.
*The sort of place that you have to go a few times before they get freindly, and has a layer of engine grease on everything - especially the staff.
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:38 pm
by sapaul
My therapy would cost many many times more than running my bike.
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:51 am
by BudmanTom
sapaul wrote:My therapy would cost many many times more than running my bike.
Agreed!