Well you don't have to give up your suburban...just offset it with the dual purpose.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:34 PM, C Ballinger <[email protected]> wrote: > The Wall Street Journal recently had a piece about dual purpose bikes being > cheap and good for commuters. > > I like the idea of fluid mobility, but am no where ready to willingly give > up my kid and cargo-hauling suburban. What I wonder about is getting too old > to start riding. Older first-time riders are their own accident and injury > pool that I'm happy paying a little extra to personally and anecdotally > avoid. > > They're not as cheap as the jspanese makes, but the bmw's have some very > nice cargo bag systems. And heated grips! <g> > > > > On Feb 18, 2009, at 15:52, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yamaha is claiming one of it's dual purpose bikes gets over 70mpg. I was >> looking at this for a home to work solution. >> >> http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelhome/574/0/home.aspx >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Jeff Wright <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Even then scooter/,motorcycles are not all that efficient. >>>> >>> >>> Most motorcycles will get city MPG in the 40's. >>> >>> When my wife and I first started dating, she lived in Adams Morgan in DC, >>> which has very little parking. Getting a space is dumb luck and not even >>> a >>> Smart car will save you. >>> >>> I got tired of driving around and looking for spaces all the time, so I >>> started riding in on my motorcycle and parked on the sidewalk (out of the >>> way of pedestrians) in front of her building. That worked out really >>> well. >>> >>> >>> ************************************************************************* >>> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >>> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >>> ************************************************************************* >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
