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If you only care about your own personal transportation and the weather and roads are good in your area you could consider a motorcycle. A used motorcycle shou

If you only care about your own personal transportation and the weather and roads are good in your area you could consider a motorcycle. A used motorcycle shouldn't cost you much. They are very fuel efficient, easy to park and great at getting past traffic.

icefox 17y ago
Or even cheaper, a moped
- cellis 17y ago
  umm...dude...60 miles on a moped?
vaksel 17y ago
30 miles on a bike in traffic is not really a good idea. + chances are he doesn't know how to ride, or doesn't want to become an organ donor
menloparkbum 17y ago
Motorcycles aren't as helpful for avoiding traffic outside of California. You can't split lanes anywhere else.
- sp332 17y ago
  I'm not sure what you mean - is it illegal or something? Motorcycles split lanes all the time here in NH.
  - menloparkbum 17y ago
    It's illegal outside of California. Out of curiosity, why do people need to split lanes in New Hampshire? Is there traffic there? Just kidding, kind of. (from a former New England motorcyclist)
hs 17y ago
a very fuel efficient motorcycle (like 100 cc displacement) runs like 30 kilometers per liter, that's about 60 mile per gallon the fuel tank volume for small motorcycle is like 4 liter, the bigger ones is like 10 liter, so the tank ranges from 1 - 3 gallons so for 60 miles roundtrip expect to fill the tank every day or two (about 5 mins wasted at gas station) but still it's much cheaper unless your hourly rate is 100+ dollars it might be safer (paradoxically, riding a bike makes you feel unsafe, just like driving small car which in turn increases safety) i use it to train my perception (more feedbacks from wind, noise, smell, sights) but yeah, once you ride motorcycles, you'll never look back i agree, consider motorcycle, if you turn out not liking it the risk is very low (like < $500 USD) also, maintenance is super easy and cheap. just unscrew, dump dirty oil to recycle bin, screw back and fill 1 quart of motor oil. no filter required! total maintenance (tire, oil, lamp, gaskets, etc) is like $30 USD per year
- catch23 17y ago
  There are quite a few motorcycles over 600cc displacement that get better than 60mpg. Even their 1000cc displacement ones get 65mpg. The BMW F650GS has a 4.6 Gal capacity and gets 65/75mpg, that would get you around 300-350 miles on a single fill -- so you'd need to visit the gas station once every 5 days or so.

icefox 17y ago

Or even cheaper, a moped

cellis 17y ago
umm...dude...60 miles on a moped?

vaksel 17y ago

30 miles on a bike in traffic is not really a good idea. + chances are he doesn't know how to ride, or doesn't want to become an organ donor

menloparkbum 17y ago

Motorcycles aren't as helpful for avoiding traffic outside of California. You can't split lanes anywhere else.

sp332 17y ago
I'm not sure what you mean - is it illegal or something? Motorcycles split lanes all the time here in NH.
- menloparkbum 17y ago
  It's illegal outside of California. Out of curiosity, why do people need to split lanes in New Hampshire? Is there traffic there? Just kidding, kind of. (from a former New England motorcyclist)

hs 17y ago

a very fuel efficient motorcycle (like 100 cc displacement) runs like 30 kilometers per liter, that's about 60 mile per gallon the fuel tank volume for small motorcycle is like 4 liter, the bigger ones is like 10 liter, so the tank ranges from 1 - 3 gallons so for 60 miles roundtrip expect to fill the tank every day or two (about 5 mins wasted at gas station) but still it's much cheaper unless your hourly rate is 100+ dollars it might be safer (paradoxically, riding a bike makes you feel unsafe, just like driving small car which in turn increases safety) i use it to train my perception (more feedbacks from wind, noise, smell, sights) but yeah, once you ride motorcycles, you'll never look back i agree, consider motorcycle, if you turn out not liking it the risk is very low (like < $500 USD) also, maintenance is super easy and cheap. just unscrew, dump dirty oil to recycle bin, screw back and fill 1 quart of motor oil. no filter required! total maintenance (tire, oil, lamp, gaskets, etc) is like $30 USD per year

catch23 17y ago
There are quite a few motorcycles over 600cc displacement that get better than 60mpg. Even their 1000cc displacement ones get 65mpg. The BMW F650GS has a 4.6 Gal capacity and gets 65/75mpg, that would get you around 300-350 miles on a single fill -- so you'd need to visit the gas station once every 5 days or so.