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Talk to me out of getting another bike to go 2 wheels full time.

ThumperX said:
OMG!!! In my 30s vs I had a GoPed. We did things to it but did not beef up the wheels or add suspensions. I have scars and some dental work.
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What suspension??
Mine had rigid axles and solid rubber tires.
And it was sketchy fast too
Just riding over a dime in the road at speed was nearly enough to put me "full send" over the bars.
 
IMO lifestyle choice sure try it. But if just trying to save money on a 6 mile commute it hardly seems worth it.

I'd choose to have a bike and ride by choice but keep a $4500 clunker with liability insurance for crappy weather. Probably wouldn't cost more than $100 a month to keep a car around if depreciated, doing your own oil changes and low mileage liability insurance. + bike shops suck and maintenance seems to take forever so you either need a second bike or a second vehicle anyway.

I had a $3300 Scion TC for 10 years and sold it for 1500. Oil changes, registration and liability insurance was all it cost me + a $450 set of tires. Keeping a car around doesn't have to be expensive.
 
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There’s nothing wrong with being moto only. Especially in the Bay Area. But learn how to ride in the rain and, as others have said, try commuting by bicycle. I do that when in sf. It’s funny but the more I pedal the faster and better I feel on my motorcycle. :ride
 
Bike was sold before I could even test ride. I knew it was a smoking deal and should've gone for it :cry

For some reason I forgot I lived in the bay with a bicycle only for 2 years (granted my life wasn't as "eventful" back then)... Now moto only doesn't sound too intimidating.
 
I commuted on 2 wheels , over the Bay Bridge, 6 days a week, part of the time in the dark, a lot of the time in very wet conditions. I had a job that absolutely required that I BE there, or the show would not go on, literally.

I kept "Work clothes" in my office, so I wore motorcycle gear while traveling from North Oakland to Nob Hill. Bikes? '52 Rapide, '67 BSA Spitfire, '74 Laverda, '79 Darma.

Most of the time it was like riding over the bridge, arriving at work, rolling onto the freight lift, then parking discreetly inside. But much of the time it was high drama, action-filled adventure. Every night on the bridge, it was drunk drivers.

You may ask why I did this, even though I had a car. Because, at least twice, I had to leave my car in a total standstill on the bridge, and RAN off the Fremont St offramp to catch a cab up the hill.
Both times, I barely got to work on time, but after the 2nd time...Moto All The Time.

Should you be exclusively moto? Only if you are young and a little crazy.
 
Upgrades to 4XRR will give a boost in power and lose some weight. A track prepped 4XRR would rule in the canyons.
 
ThumperX said:
My commute was 63 miles each way, on average the car cost about 38 minutes each way per day.
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Are you sure you didn't get those numbers switched? To complete a 63 mile trip in 38 minutes would require an average speed of 100mph :wow.
 
cal scott said:
Are you sure you didn't get those numbers switched? To complete a 63 mile trip in 38 minutes would require an average speed of 100mph :wow.
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I read it as taking the car would 'cost' as in would take an additional 38 minutes beyond that of a trip on a motorcycle
 
Das MotorRad said:
I read it as taking the car would 'cost' as in would take an additional 38 minutes beyond that of a trip on a motorcycle
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You read it correctly. The car average was 38 minutes slower each way.
 
I was bikes only for the first few years I lived here. I moved to the bay area in 2004. After 6 months I sold my car that I was making payments on and just had my paid off bike. Even if the fuel and maintenance savings are a wash over a car, remember the single occupant HOV status means half price bridge tolls and free express lane access. Plus parking is way cheaper of you commute to a city. And you'll (probably) be the most punctual person of your friend group. Everyone else will use traffic or what a madhouse BART was to justify being late.

If you dont need to carry a child or partner somewhere, bike only is great to do when you're young/single and dont have people depending on you to get them places.

If thats you, then this is the time
 
Do you have any interest in/likelihood that being able to give anyone else a ride home from work or to the dentist? Because that's basically out if you only have a bike. Dating can be tough(er) without a car, depending on where you live and your situation. Not sure your age or where you live in the Bay Area or your living situation - it's easier to be bike only when you're young, I suspect.

Don't get me wrong - I love my bikes! But going bike-only is, as others have said above better than me, very different.
 
moto-rama said:
Should you be exclusively moto? Only if you are young and a little crazy.
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Solved - I think the OP is young and if (s)he's on BARF, then "a little crazy" is obvious.

And note that a NEW bicycle might get you well into motorcycle territory :) I have a used Zero that I use for City riding and it's incredible. And cheaper than many a bicycle...
 
Well the beauty of today is we have ubiquitous ride sharing and delivery for a lot of edge cases, more than we had in the past. So it can be easy to fill in gaps.

Mind, I don't most Uber drivers enjoy a couple necking in the back, but I don't actually know.
 
moto-rama said:
Should you be exclusively moto? Only if you are young and a little crazy.
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senpai71 said:
Solved - I think the OP is young and if (s)he's on BARF, then "a little crazy" is obvious.
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I’m 28. I think I’m young but my gf calls me an unc every now and then, so I don’t know 😂

senpai71 said:
Do you have any interest in/likelihood that being able to give anyone else a ride home from work or to the dentist
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Not necessarily interest but I don’t have problems with offering people I know rides either. & gf does enjoy driving that she often offers to drive instead too so it’s not the biggest issue.

Her opinion was “just live 2 weeks with your only bike after you turned in your car and see how that feels” which is… very reasonable LOL

It’s sounding more like I really should stop browsing marketplace and just wait, though the discussions in this thread has raised points I did not consider.
 
rn00175 said:
Her opinion was “just live 2 weeks with your only bike after you turned in your car and see how that feels” which is… very reasonable LOL
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Just live with only a bike until it no longer works for you. That could be 2 weeks or 20 years.
 
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