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It seems strange but I got into motorcycles through owning a scooter. I bought the scooter while attending UMASS Boston so I could avoid $7/a day parking fees by riding across what used to be the football field instead of through the parking gate, skirting the payment. That saved about 50 a week in parking. No small amount for a college student. (flame me for it)
So now, years later I suspect that I'm again saving money by commuting 25 or so miles on my bike. I figure that it costs about $60 to fill an average car, say a Honda Accord. 18mpg/50 miles a day= 2.7 gals a day, 16 gals a week on a 6 day work week. That's more than $60 bucks/one tank...that's $64 per week or $256 a month.
My bike payment is $167. It costs about $25 bucks to fill for the week. That's Total gas savings per month based on this very crude analysis= $156 dollars a month in gas saved.
So my bike is costing me about $10 dollars a month to own.