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<blockquote data-quote="cleonard" data-source="post: 48747" data-attributes="member: 21"><p>If this is primarily a money saving exercise be sure to evaluate all the expenses. Does it really get 77 MPG? Seems a bit high. I'd guess more like 50 or so, but I don't know. At that mpg the tires will be a decent fraction of the fuel costs depending on exactly what kind of tires you buy. Now not knowing what your truck is we can do a bit of gesstimating. For the sake of argument your truck uses 100 gal per month. With the current prices and your $350 to $400 that could be slightly high, but it's a nice round number. Again for easy calculating there are 20 work days in a month so that 5 gal a day. We will adjust a bit and say 4 gal a day. If your truck gets 15 mpg, that's a 60 mile round trip commute or 1200 miles per month. Not too bad really. Using 50 mpg that's 24 gallons of premium and that will come in around $100. Hey you have some savings. Assuming all year you I'd say will go through at least 2 fronts and 4 rears. Call that $50 a month for tires. There will be some for insurance. Then there is paying for the bike which will make the pay back interval at least a year if not more since you really can't ride it all year. Finally the engine doesn't last like your truck and it will need a rebuild in a couple of years at the most.</p><p></p><p>It does appear that you will save money, but not as much as you think when you just look at the fuel costs. For most I'd say get a bike because you want a bike. If you do this kind of analysis on a sport bike, the economics just don't justify it at all as the insurance and tires eat up any savings.</p><p></p><p>I picked up an old street bike for my commute and it only cost me about $500 to get it on the road. Even with my 14 mile round trip commute it pays for itself. My truck hardly ever get used anymore other than carrying my dirt bike or the trip to home depot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cleonard, post: 48747, member: 21"] If this is primarily a money saving exercise be sure to evaluate all the expenses. Does it really get 77 MPG? Seems a bit high. I'd guess more like 50 or so, but I don't know. At that mpg the tires will be a decent fraction of the fuel costs depending on exactly what kind of tires you buy. Now not knowing what your truck is we can do a bit of gesstimating. For the sake of argument your truck uses 100 gal per month. With the current prices and your $350 to $400 that could be slightly high, but it's a nice round number. Again for easy calculating there are 20 work days in a month so that 5 gal a day. We will adjust a bit and say 4 gal a day. If your truck gets 15 mpg, that's a 60 mile round trip commute or 1200 miles per month. Not too bad really. Using 50 mpg that's 24 gallons of premium and that will come in around $100. Hey you have some savings. Assuming all year you I'd say will go through at least 2 fronts and 4 rears. Call that $50 a month for tires. There will be some for insurance. Then there is paying for the bike which will make the pay back interval at least a year if not more since you really can't ride it all year. Finally the engine doesn't last like your truck and it will need a rebuild in a couple of years at the most. It does appear that you will save money, but not as much as you think when you just look at the fuel costs. For most I'd say get a bike because you want a bike. If you do this kind of analysis on a sport bike, the economics just don't justify it at all as the insurance and tires eat up any savings. I picked up an old street bike for my commute and it only cost me about $500 to get it on the road. Even with my 14 mile round trip commute it pays for itself. My truck hardly ever get used anymore other than carrying my dirt bike or the trip to home depot. [/QUOTE]
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