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Just out of curiousity.........?
How many people here bought their bikes to save money at the gas pump? How about age, sex, miles to work, make of bike, and mileage?
I'm 54
male
10 miles round trip
2008 Honda Shadow 750
58mpg
I bought what I bought, not to save money. I bought it for fun but decided that it was a hack of a lot cheaper to ride than spend that (used to be 120.00) per month is my Grand Cherokee. If I were in iIT full time I'd be paying what would be EQUAL to the payment on the bike. Also, my wife has a job that requires driving our OWN vehicles most of the day and HER gas bill is equal to her payment on her new Sorento. Oil companies just LOVE us at the end of the month.
14 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Nope, I'm a bit of a tree hugger so I cut my gas use way before it went up. I am using more gas riding than I was before. Heck with trees I want to ride!
I'm female so you aren't getting my age.
I work less than a block from home.
Suzuki Burgman 400 and a Znen 150
- Firecracker .Lv 71 decade ago
I bought my first about 19 years ago, for fun.
Over time, it became my primary transportation.
Finally reached the point that I junked my pickup because it had only left the yard once in two years. So, no, I don't ride to save gas.
The stats you asked for:
44
Male
15 mile round trip commute, used to be much more.
2006 HD FXD35 Superglide
22693 miles
50 mpg from the showroom, about 42 currently.
- simon yLv 41 decade ago
Didn't buy a bike because of gas prices, but it is a nice perk.38, Male
56 miles round trip currently
2003 HD Sportster
Just about 40,000 miles
- stray catLv 41 decade ago
I have a 1977 BMW which I have had for decades, but I get apx 35 mpg. So, I bought a 250 Ninja to commute to work 45 miles round trip at apx 60mpg. I just turned 51 and I'm an old bearded geezer that looks alot more at home on my old airhead than bent over a crotch rocket
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- dreynolds699Lv 51 decade ago
I've been riding off and on since I was 16
I'm 45
male
90 miles a day round trip
2007 H-D Sportster
I average between 55 and 60 mpg
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Been riding bikes since before the gas prices mattered
1 mile or so to work (could walk it if i had to save on gas)
33
male
01 harley xl1200 done up way past stock 98 hp
45ish mpg??? have no idea, don't keep track
- bigbadwolfLv 51 decade ago
Well like other have said it's a nice perk, but let's use your bike (a honda shadow 750) and lets say you paid $6800 for it, and you pay 35 per month insurance, that's $8900.00 you'll spend over 5 yrs not including maintainance, tags, registration, etc.... $8900.00 will buy a heck of a lot of gas in 5 years even if you drive an old gas guzzler truck. It's a nice perk, but sort of difficult to justify on it's own.
- reddishpaLv 51 decade ago
I'm 70 yrs old. Male. I'm a retired structual Ironworker so I ride as much as I want and as far as I want, maybe one day 5 miles, maybe the next day 200. I ride an 08 Street Glide. When it comes to mileage, I feel the same as Maddog.
Source(s): 50 yrs of HD - randyLv 71 decade ago
been riding em for 42 years, and have owned 26 bikes during that time. The last 5 have all been Harley's.
52 yrs old
male
retired cop
2007 Harley "ULTRA" 52 mpg at 70mph riding double with full gear for a weeks vacation.
Source(s): I don't care what you ride, as long as you ride, and your not some immature punk that has to put someone else's ride down just because you ride some "go fast". - Chuck VLv 41 decade ago
Gas was still under 2 bucks per gallon when I got my current ride, so it wasn't a factor, but like others have noted it is a nice perk.
36 yrs.
Male
45 mi. round trip
'03 Electra Glide
40+ mpg