Are Motorcycles Good for Your Daily Commute? | Riding Motorcycle vs Car 

biggest advantage of commuting by motorcycle is that you get to ride twice a day. i feel much more alive starting work after a ride and happier.

For my bike I spend 3-4$ a week on gas vs my cars 17-20$ a week.

Well, now that Im 18 Ive been daily riding a motorcycle for 2 years and now Ive been driving a car for a few mounths can honestly say... I fucking HATE these cars! It's so annoying, can't see alot of my surroundings, locked in a metal f cage, 4 wheels and aton of potholes that are hard to see, expensive af, maintanance is expensive, something brakes and cracks and I have absolutely no idea from where its coming from. It's not even fun when you drive fast! Its like im playing a video game, sitting on my couch at home. The only benefit is that I can put more shit in the trunck. Im thinking of selling the car and buying a motorcycle again...

Nailed it. Weather and gear the biggest factors. I prefer commuting on my motorcycle; however, sometimes a cars just easier.

great video! answered a lot of questions i had and even brought up things I've never considered, thank you

Lots of great points. However you missed a few great details. Concerning the commute to a long work site 1 hour commute heavy traffic consider this. If if it is legal or you are comfortable doing it illegaly SAFELY (Because filtering should be legal, not splitting. lane splitting at a red light is filtering. Splitting is doing so which card are moving at higher speeds) I have a car and at one point I had a 954rr. I dread and still dread highway traffic (my commute typically is Boynton Beach Florida, to North miami for personal reasons other than work and the highway congestion, especially when winterbirds come down and during school season, is HEAVY. Florida, unlike New York, does a terrible job at removing accidents from the highway so even a small fender bender will clog up a lane because no one is smart enough to roll the car out the way. Bikes csn simply filter through dead traffic making your commute much quicker in proportion to how heavy traffic is. Cars are bigger and require a bigger "safe zone" when changing lanes and typically accelerate much slower. Bikes, naturally with their higher power/weight on 500+ CC's need less room to make a safe lane change. Regarding weather, yes you will have to yield to it, but there are work-arounds. I'm also an all gear all time guy. You can by arm vents for your jacket. There are many FULL face helmet with great air options if you don't mind spending more than minimal price for a helmet. My cold AC doesn't work and so on Florida, the most brutal weather I've ever ridden in, in a car, is when it's the middle of the day raining, and the sun is blazing at 85+ degrees. Windows stay up, and you get cooked in the car. There are rain proof jackets available which are light, but still cause you to get "cooked". The alternative is you can use the arm vents to create airflow. Also rainproof pants/shoes are available too and it's I expensive and they also have airflow options. Bike insurance, with the exception of a few states, is much cheaper than cars. Full coverage with minimal comp/collision on my 2008 Altima coupe see is 350/m progressive. A 2011 GSXR1000 with average comp/collision is only $140/m. If I choose minimal deductible, it's 125/m. Oil changes, require less oil and so require less money. You can do more work DYI than a car simply because bike stands for $100 are much cheaper than buying a hydraulic car lift for over 8,000. Even if you have the same knowledge of cars and motorcycles, what limits you is equipment needed for each vehicle to do the same jobs. The only thing I know that's more expensive than cars in units, is tires simply because you have to buy them more often. 2 tires on a sport motorcycle let's say you choose Michelin because tires are the most important feature of a bike, and you should buy what grips the road best... runs $150 average for each. The bigger costs more than the smaller so we use an average price... 300 for a set. They last 12k miles normally. 4 Nexen tires for my Altima 225 width custom rims, is $70-90 per tire if I get warranty, but they last 40k+ miles. If I wanted to I could buy cheap non-sport tires for a car, but I like performance, so I buy Nexens best model. Overall bikes are cheaper, require more maintenance yes, but regular DYI maintenance is much more affordable than a car if you follow regular maintenance intervals according to manufacturer recommendations. Bikes with the worst MPG (litre bikes), get better MPG than a PRIUS and most hybrids. So if you got a 600 or even a 300 or a sport touring bike, you'd save maby dollars on a tank. If you had a 20 gallon tank on a bike, you'd be going to the gas station almost 2x less than a 20 gallon car. Consider facts and as the video maker said, consider your need as well. But most importantly, ride before you decide. You'll never know if you watch a bunch of videos. Once you ride and experience, then you no longer carry ignorance in this area, and can make an informed decision for yourself. That's how I cane to my own conclusion. Long post, but just some insight

Thank you for this video. I already do commuting in the bay area and able to split lane. Will now be moving out of state into a state with no filtering through traffic. But I love riding! Even dirt biking!(that's how I got started). Nice to know opinions from someone not in California who doesn't split lane.

Well explained. Something I was looking for

Love the throw back to your old style! I would love to see more videos that really get back to your roots

Best video to get me logically thinking about getting a motorcycle

FIrst! ..i think.lol. i love your videos bro keep up the great content

Fun overview. However ... For anyone who owns a car or has access to good public transport that is equivalent to a car (e.g. residents of cities like New York, Paris, London, Toronto ), a motorbike can only be a toy and an expensive one at that. Nothing wrong with that, but one might as well admit it. I respect people who have only a motorbike, or indeed a bicycle, but I'll make one observation about when I was living in Sicily before I got a car. Relying exclusively on two wheels during a season when torrential rain is frequent and comes out of nowhere, often accompanied by high winds, sucks :)

My commuter bike is my wife's CB500f. My weekend rider is a ZRX.

I am considering a bike as a second vehicle. Daily commute on occasion but mostly for short trips and city driving. I was really looking at a scooter for the storage (for work papers)--- I do worry about some hills of Pittsburgh.

Best topic please make more on this topic

Bicycle commuting is encouraged but everyone thinks my motorcycle is just for fun.

Idk I have a 35 -40 min commute and I'm perfectly fine on my bike. No fatigue. People tend to get fatigued from fighting wind on the highway. Before I bought my big bagger bike with a fairing, I had a smaller bike and was fatigued from that ride. Hence why I chose to drive my car all the time. Even though I have no a/c in my car. Barely rode the smaller bike to work even though I wanted to.

thank you !

I think this just talked me out of it. Wanted to commute 40 minutes to college every day. Maybe not, I just hate taking my car

The very first day I took my MFS course, I drove home in my car and could see for the first time how much people in cars do that would kill me.

If your state allows filtering or splitting that really affects your commute. 20 mins on a scooter where you can filter is actually not that bad.

Been riding for a year now, 250 cc I work in consulting need to move within Mexico City client meetings, office etc. My experience with commuting in bike Vs car is much more efficient in motorcycle time concern, fuel, and I arrive with high energy.

I'm planning to use it full time and sell my car. I'm gonna do food delivery. Trying to decide between a grom and honda 300.

In Uganda, the most convenient means of transport is a motorcycle. Me am a physiotherapist and part of my work is visiting patients’ homes but my motorbike has helped me a lot.

Just realized you’re in Williamsburg

YO my mind is blown i know exactly where you are i drive on that road everyday to downtown williamsburg

but what do you do with your bike clothing when you reach the job or school?

As a man who has only driven hard-suspension older sports cars with sparse creature comforts, hard bucket seats, and sometimes no ac, I think I would probably cut out to daily a bike. I hope so. gas expenses add up and motorcycles are reaaally quick

Sweet i bought a scooter to commute

if u drive a tractor trailer like me, u dread getting in anything 4 wheels on time off

I think right now I need a motorcycle because of gas prices and because where I work at is like 15min away from home.

i commute on a 125 cheap as fuckkkkkkk and still holds the fun factor of a bike in the corners

I want to daily a motorcycle, don't like riding in the rain lol

Where you get the jacket?

Well done, I have a Honda CB500f that I use for fun, however, I was thinking of using it for my commute to work about 25 mins, (I drive a truck.) You have considered many factors and have helped make my mind up. Sub and like from me, thanks.

11:15 you were all like no dude no. What exactly did the guy do wrong? You were talking earlier about tourists visiting and not knowing road rules and stuff, so.. I think that's a perfect example? To me, from California, that looks like a perfectly legal turn he made. So..

Sport tourer or cruiser for a daily driver. There's no question. Anything else, and your just abusing your back, and your ass cheeks.

Unlike a car, you can actually store a motorcycle (under 1000 cc) in your apartment with few problems by making a space for it inside.

The only part I did not understand is at near the end when you were saying, "No dude, No. Why, Why..." Please elaborate.

rain

cars are cheaper to maintain if done yourself than a bike, you save it back in fuel

Biggest advantage of riding motorcycles? It’s the MPG and it’s gridlocked traffic-PROOF here in California where you can legally lane split. I’ve been riding as a daily motorcycle commuter for the last 23 years and never once I got stuck in traffic. All you need to carry stuff is strapping a milk crate on the back of your motorcycle and you’re good to go and buy that small tray of Chinese Chow Mein and eat it with your riding buddies in a public park.

00:27 ignores red light

Yo we live in the same city

god your constant edits gave me a headache. snap..snap snap... snap.. snap snap snap..