Cost of daily commute comparison.

Keith

balsingh wrote: »

now for a shocker, reclculate the same based on the fuel prices a year ago (approx. 80p/litre)

I don't remember petrol being 80p a litre a year ago?

tomstickland

It was 92p/l for a while last year.

boyse7en

Lord_Lardington wrote: »

Just backing up the bike mpg ... I've had lots of bikes of varying sizes and the most I ever got from a bike was around 60mpg from a CB125. My last bike (Suzuki 600 Bandit) never, ever got over 40mpg even when I rode it conservatively. They might be light machines with small engines but they often have mutliple carbs and spin upto extremely high revs.

Like Keith said, people expect them to be 200mpg paragons of frugality but they're definately not.

That is appalling MPG! Until April I was using a Gilera Runner 125 Scooter for my commute, and was getting about 80mpg. I got my full license, so now I'm riding a Ducati Monster 600 and I get 60mpg exactly on the (I put 13.5litres in to fill up and zero the odometer every time)

The commute is 14.2 miles each way; first couple of miles through town, the rest 70-80mph on A-road

Keith

Different people ride in different way, I'd probably be able to strech my tank range, but I use the top of gears to overtake cars.

And move briskly along the motorway