olds
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Unless it raining (I take the train) or I have an off site meeting that I need to haul some stuff to (drive my truck), I ride. But it's mostly about parking. About $240 a month to park my truck and $10 a month for the bike....
You will be hot and miserable during the summer and you will freeze your ass off during the winter. Add in rain and snow and distracted drivers... yeah, you pretty much have to be a masochist to do this all the time. :twisted:
$6.20 a day when it's raining and I take the train.
The bike saves me commute time in that I can use the car pool lane and I don't have to sit in traffic. It's probably a wash on the commute time though as I have to gear up 4 times and that takes a few minutes. But I'll take that over sitting in traffic.
Personally, I think a 250 is to small to ride on the highway and definitely too small for the freeway. It can't even get out of it's own way. There are times when judicious amounts of power are appropriate to get out of harms way.
Right now the OP doesn't ride on the freeway but things change. What then, buy another bike? I like versatility. Probably why I ride a Sport Tourer.