When you can get a motorcycle?? This is a serious question. If you live by yourself in a dorm or something why would you and your buddies just get motorcycles? They are cheaper, get more miles to the gallon, and they are really cool.
2006-11-24 06:01:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
I live in phoenix where it's never goes below 60 degrees.
2006-11-24 06:21:12 · update #1
Yeah I don't understand it either. Cars suck! Okay so you might get a little wet when it rains and you might get a little cold when the temperature drops to zero. Who Cares? In a car you watch the world through a windsheild. But on a motorcycle you become part of the world.
2006-11-24 06:10:08 · answer #1 · answered by blastabuelliac 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived in Phoenix for a few years, so I see your point. It is difficult to get groceries or large items home on a bike, though. The guy who spent six weeks in the hospital forgot the number one rule: no matter whose fault it is, you lose. It is your job as a biker to be on alert every minute.
I live in the Colorado foothills now, and still commute by motorcycle 90% of the time. While 60 degree days are nice, sub freezing temperatures require a different mindset. Heated grips and covering every bit of exposed skin is a must. Rain does not hurt unless you are a squid and ride without gear.
You also need to remember that in Phoenix the roads turn into oil slicks when it rains, and that everything floods within 15 minutes. Not exactly motorcycle weather. And when it hits 110 degrees, no amount of mesh gear will keep you from passing out from the heat while sitting at a light.
The money that a sub-25 year old would save on gas will be offset by insurance premiums anyway.
2006-11-25 11:40:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For someone who is single in arizona and has nothing to move but themselves, its a good idea, but Ducatix is right on. not everyone is cut out to ride. Most of the BS about how you wont get hurt in a car, but you are sure to die on a motorcycle comes from fear and ignorance. I can think of plenty of times that my motorcycles size and manuverability allowed me to avoid accidents that if i was in a car would have definatly resulted in collision. But bikes, like many things, are dangerous if you dont know what you are doing. I have a motorcycle and a truck. The truck is for hauling things for work and home, but i consider the bike to be my primary vehicle. Unless I am moving lumber, taking my wife and dogs somewhere, or there is snow/ice on the roads, I am riding. and yea, I do my grocery shopping on it. The logical benifits are great as you listed, but also the sheer joy of riding makes it really something special. I love commuting to work on my bike. It makes something most people hate into something I look forward to. If all you need is to get around, a bike is perfect, but only if you can handle it.
2006-11-24 22:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by shaggybus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why buy a car? So you can carpool...so you can be out of the heat or (occasional) rain if you want to...so you can carry more than will fit in saddlebags or a backpack...so you can enjoy the stability of 4 wheels when you don't feel like wrestling with a motorcycle (esp in stop/go traffic)...
Motorcycles are kewl...I've got one..and you make valid points about price and gas mileage...but you can also pick up cars for fairly cheap prices and that get good gas mileage...
My bike is not my primary vehicle...if I could have only 1, it would be a car...not a bike...
2006-11-24 20:47:13 · answer #4 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a motorcycle lover, and riding 60mi every day I can say the answer is simple:
Motorcycles are not for everyone, it requires high skills of control and concentration to not endanger your life, and get used to weather conditions is also a tough skill. Having said that there is many other reasons, like people who have kids, can not always take all of them in a motorcycle, or you need to pick up your grandma, or even you need to go get the groceries at the store.
2006-11-24 17:30:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I fell off a motorcycle once. The courts later determined the other person was at fault and I could not have avoided the accident. I spent six days in the hospital and months healing. If I had been in a car with a seatbelt on I wouldn't have been hurt at all. That's why I don't have a motorcycle. To many people who don't look, don't care or simply don't like bikes and their riders.
Falling down on pavement hurts!
2006-11-24 14:16:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Arianne,
If I were single and lived in AZ like you, I'd be on a bike myself. But I have a family, so I had to give up the bikes for a few years to get around by car. You are right, they are better gas savers, more fun, and cheaper...but only 2 can ride at once and you can't really go grocery shopping on one (unless you've got soft bags LOL)
Back in college I had 2 bikes, and I miss riding every day. Someday I'll get another, but for now I'll buckle up my kids and myself and go to Six Flags.
2006-11-24 21:59:44 · answer #7 · answered by vamedic4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like you said above, for financial reason, many years ago, all I owned for 5 years was a bike.
It doesn't snow here, so all I had to deal with was the rain, and sometimes when I got off work at midnight, some cold (almost 30 degree) weather.
It all involves dressing properly.
2006-11-25 08:30:45 · answer #8 · answered by strech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has rained over 12 inches this month so far, and riding a bicycle or motorcycle in Oregon during the winter SUCKS. I guess that is why I bought a car.
2006-11-24 14:06:44 · answer #9 · answered by rex_rrracefab 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I own an SUV and living in New England means long cold snowy winters where riding a motorcycle all year would suck and be way too dangerous. As for owning one as a secondary vehicle that I would do.
2006-11-24 14:03:29 · answer #10 · answered by stoligirl8 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋