I'm definitely saving money taking the bike instead of the truck. Compare 50mpg to 12mpg and you see what I mean. Of course, the extra trips cost money, but that's not looking at pure commuting.

You can get commuter tires for cheap. Even new OEM ones for my commuter EX500 are 140 bucks total.

Based only on gas prices, I figured it last year when everyone kept saying this... I would save $8 per every 300 miles by riding my bike instead of driving my car. Now that I have a new car, requiring 93 octane, riding the bike is a little more less expensive than with my old car.

I don't care. I buy the vehicles I have because I want them. I ride because I want to ride, not because it is cheaper. If that were the case I would have kept my 250 that got 70mpg on 89 octane.

saving my sanity = priceless

Was on my TX forum and apparently a new law passed or is going to pass about ALL new riders getting their M HAVE TO take a MSF course before taking the computer test.

So new riders in Texas can add that to the total.

Motorcycle = money.

The only way a motorcycle or a scooter could be a cost saver is that it's the only mode of transportation. Even then, it wouldn't save shit if you were to buy a fancy motorcycle instead of a cheap runabout.

When we moved to TX we had one car between the two of us, so we needed a second vehicle.

We bought an $1800 bike and spent about another $500 on gear. We saved quite a bit of money by not buying a car. Especially considering a $1800 car would more than likely break down once or twice a day. :lol:

It worked damn well for us for the time. :shrug:

That's part of the reason I got a bike.. well.. besides just wanting one. I could either get a pos car (we're talking bare minimum 100,000 miles and work needed) that would make daily commute to and from class doable, or I could get a barely used bike (in this case 6,000 miles and minor maint.) for the same price that would make interstate travel more than doable.

It was a fairly easy decision, and I saved big time.

Too many factors to consider...