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Alex · September 2nd, 2009, 08:52 AM

I'm not sure why you're so intent on arguing this point. By its very nature, there's no universally correct answer. People's different situation, the different bikes they buy, and the different cars they compare them to, all will tilt the costs back and forth depending on the input parameters. By intuition, it seems that a bike should be cheaper. It's smaller, better on gas, and can be cheaper to buy. But in many cases, the cost per mile on a bike can be higher than people would expect, before they sit down to calculate out all of the costs. It's easy to do in retrospect (just pull up quicken and see how much is spent on cars vs. bikes over the past few years, and account for mileage on each. Factor out purchase costs, or keep them in, depending on what you're trying to see). Even then the ultimate answer will differ by individual.

The running costs on my R1200RT and ZX-10R are much, much higher per mile than on any of our cars. Not by a little, but by quite a bit. The running costs on the ninjette are bit lower, thanks to generally cheaper maintenance and somewhat longer tire life.

September 2nd, 2009, 08:52 AM	#24
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	I'm not sure why you're so intent on arguing this point. By its very nature, there's no universally correct answer. People's different situation, the different bikes they buy, and the different cars they compare them to, all will tilt the costs back and forth depending on the input parameters. By intuition, it seems that a bike should be cheaper. It's smaller, better on gas, and can be cheaper to buy. But in many cases, the cost per mile on a bike can be higher than people would expect, before they sit down to calculate out all of the costs. It's easy to do in retrospect (just pull up quicken and see how much is spent on cars vs. bikes over the past few years, and account for mileage on each. Factor out purchase costs, or keep them in, depending on what you're trying to see). Even then the ultimate answer will differ by individual. The running costs on my R1200RT and ZX-10R are much, much higher per mile than on any of our cars. Not by a little, but by quite a bit. The running costs on the ninjette are bit lower, thanks to generally cheaper maintenance and somewhat longer tire life. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)