I don't know where you live, but around here, it isn't very practical to consider riding a motorcycle very much except during the really hot Summer months. If you have ever ridden very far in the rain at about 45 degrees, you would know what I mean.
And the question of safety is a very important one. Even if you drive sensibly and are ultra defensive, a motorcycle will ALWAYS come out second best if it tangles with a car or truck. Other drivers can make mistakes and just not see you. Or they can misjudge how much room you and your motorcycle need. Even if you are wearing a good helmet and excellent leathers and boots, if you get into much of an accident at all, you probably will get hurt.
I think it makes sense to have a small economy car to do my running around. My Mazda Protege gets over 30 mpg all the time, and I know there are others that do even better. It is reliable and comfortable. And while it is probably not nearly as safe to drive as my F250, I would be willing to bet almost anything that it is many times safer than a motorcycle.
I used to enjoy riding motorcycles and had my own "crotch rocket". It got better mileage than a car, but not that much better, but I didn't really think too much about mileage, except that I had to fill up oftener than I thought was handy.
Unfortunately I had a couple of real close calls. One was riding at night and nearly hitting a deer that jumped out in front of me, and the other was being forced off the road while riding down a city street. I was doing what I was supposed to be doing in both instances, and it was just luck that prevented my having a bad wreck and probably getting injured. Those two incidents kind of took the joy of riding motorcycles away from me.
If you really want to save gas, why don't you buy a motor scooter? They get very high mileage...but not nearly as macho as a Ninja! Good luck, and be safe.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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