Anyone else greatly tempted to start riding because of the current gas prices?

A honda cbf125 has 150 mpg gas mileage, I'd say it's worth it. And no more traffic jams. I took the bicycle pill because my commute isn't that long (23km round trip), but if it was longer I would still ride my motorcycle.

I can't think of anything more KEKED than a car

My car gets better gas mileage than my bike.

Riding bikes is cool. Americans are just pussies who lack the balls to ride it.

how tf do you do anything with a bike? There's barely any storage and you have to deal with wearing riding gear and a helmet wherever you go

the only safe way to ride a motorycle is in a small country town and at speeds below 40mph.

any speed beyond that and any use of a motorcycle in a medium-large city is suicide.

not yet

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>Anyone else greatly tempted to start riding because of the current gas prices?
No but I was tempted when I was 4 because it was rad as fuck.

Also before you make the leap thinking you're going to save a fortune on fuel, check the actual fuel consumption (a few of my bikes are thirstier than my cars), also note that motorbike tires do not last anywhere near as long as a car, you will be replacing them regularly, insurance is typically more expensive, maintenance is a mixed bag, if you get a simple carbed single cylinder dirt bike or something, cheap as fuck and easy to do yourself, if you get something more modern it can get costly.

Backpack/Saddle bags?

Bikes are the funniest shit that exists but I had to sell mine because I should have died several times in less than a year.

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I ride to work most days. It's much cheaper than catching the train, and faster too.

I've still got my little cbr125 that I learned on. Costs me like £5 per week max and it's perfect for my small town with 30mph roads. I use it more than the 600.

Government HATES dirtbikes and sport bikes, escape from ZOGbots with this one simple trick...

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Unfortunately that simple trick doesn’t work so well if they want you dead instead of stopped.

Likewise I should have died several times in my geo metro convertible. The geo metro is the motorcycle of cars in terms of protection. If you flip over in it you're dead.

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Odd. Why is it expensive to insure a bike in Australia? Mine was half of what it would have cost to insure a regular car. (japanese 600cc)

Looking at one right now. You'd have to ride a LOT to actually save money but it seems like a cheap/fun way to roam around and explore.

If your bike is fast enough they can't hit you with their car and pigs can't hit anything they shoot at

motorcycles very dangerous

see k a o t i c dot c o m

for 1000s of crash videos

even if you are expert rider the problem is all the other idiots in cars

Get a bicycle

There's as much storage as you want. You can easily fit 100L on most ADVs. Gear can be a bit of a hassle, because you either need gear that looks like casual clothes, gear that fits over your clothes, or you just need to change when you get there.
In practice for most situations it's okay - you wear kevlar jeans, and then once your jacket's off you look like you're wearing casual clothes. I change out of my gear before work, but that's mostly just so that my shirt doesn't get creased and so that I can fix my helmet hair.

It isn't really that bad. I pay $160/yr for third-party property on my Ninja 250, and I've been quoted something like $150/yr for comprehensive on my next bike (a CB500X). Obviously a CBR1000RR-R will have higher premiums than a CB125E, but so many people buy insanely fast bikes that they think it's what everything is like.

Oh look the yanks are appropriating Italian designs!