Sport commuting

[ctbandit]

how many of you do it?  *raises hand*

A)saves tons of gas
B)makes me look forward to going to work more
C)a good reason to get "lost" on the way home.

I'm dreading the snowey/icey weather days in the winter.

[sprale]

20 miles or so one-way, every day. 75mpg. Enough luggage space to store rain gear, lunch and whatever I pick up on Craigslist on the way home.

[JoelCool]

I commute daily, rain or shine on my R1.  Sporty enough?  

[j1mmyj4m]

I live 2 miles from work so it's not even worth the time it takes to put the gear on.

[Giaka]

Im a commuter, some days are sportier than others.    Fridays are usually CBR days.

[FizDog74]

Been commuting on my FZ1 lately. Averaging around 45mpg. That certainly beats my Subaru's 18mpg.  

[bung]

My SprintST only gets a few mpg better than my Honda Fit. To save wear and tear on the bike, I usually only commute in the car.

[chilipeppernorm]

Don't know where you guys commute, but around here it's survival commuting regardless of the bike you ride. Although you could describe survival as "sporting".

[Magnarider]

I do, but it's only 8 miles tops, and there's no good roads on the way home, so it kinda sucks.  But, WAY better than the cage any day.

[phaze5]

Unfotunately my tool belt will scratch the paint. But i throw my tools in an eclipse gt is that sporty enough its a stick lol

[CJBurbank]

Fortunately/unfortunately, my commute is two flights of stair down to my office in the basement.

[JamesG]

Is this an Amish poll?  

Before it became popular or environmentally/economically "smart", I ride here there and every where rain or shine year round.

[caddydaddy]

I ride year round 7 miles each way to work.  I'd just rather be on my bike than in my car.  Except when it's 100 degrees and I'm sitting in traffic.  

[Bodhi]

Those were three good reasons to sport commute. Twenty-six miles each way - with part of the trip passing by a lake. Rain and shine? Pffft. When they forecast severe thunderstorms I take the cage. I rode home in a nasty rain squall once and that was enough for me.

Yeah, and sometimes when it's over a hundred and the traffic is bumper to bumper - then I'll take the air-conditioned Prius (which gets slightly better mileage than the Duc) - not much fun crawling at 5mph in extreme heat..

[DredheadV2.0]

"sport" commuting does not save tons of gas, at least on my Bandit.  If I go really easy on throttle, I can get decent mileage.

What it does save me is the $10 per day parking fee if I took the GF's cage, or the extra 30 minutes taking the El.

[AutoXer]

Only 11 miles to work, minor uninteresting highway, a-hole drivers, and deer always ready to die under my wheels.  Hardly "sport" commuting.  But ...

47 miles per gallon from my FZ6 beats 29 in the car and certainly beats 17 from my truck.  And no matter what, riding in on the bike starts the day better.  And then there is the long way home that finishes the day off nicely ...

jZ

[krumgrinder]

I ride year round 7 miles each way to work.  I'd just rather be on my bike than in my car.  Except when it's 100 degrees and I'm sitting in traffic.    

Works for me, too... although it's on my Connie, which I consider these days to be the 'A-10 Warthog' of sport tourers...  
Like that name you've coined for it though- I definitely get her over on the 270° on/off ramps and goose her into the flow to squeeze as much fun out of it as possible!

[et]

Amen to all three choices.
Ever since I was a teenager; motorcycle has always been my primary mode of transportation.
(25+ years now. Don't remember exactly what age I started; was it 17, 18, or 19 ?)
Other than my very first street bike; which was a Honda CL-350. I've always had some type of sport bike.
Honda CB400-four, Suzuki GS750, Honda Hurricane, '86 Suzuki GSXR-750RG Limited Edition (also my first race bike), '00 Suzuki GSXR-750.

Current commute is 50+ miles each way, previous commute was 85 miles each way, commute before that was 40 miles each way, and commute before that was 65 miles each way. Commute times ranging from 1-1/4 to 3 hours each way; ie upto 6 hours per day. With commute times like that I'm going to try to make it as enjoyable as possible; and make it as cheap as possible.

Only the 65 mile commute into NYC was mostly Interstate riding.
The 85 mile commute was from Allentown, PA to Princeton, NJ. And it was the most enjoyable.
Other than the two miles of I-78 it took to get out of Allentown; I rode nothing but twisty two lane county roads. I kinda miss it.

Leave the car (or truck) at home people; and ride !

[dm_gsxr]

Why stop for the snow?  







Carl

[DredheadV2.0]

Oh, I'll ride IN snow, but I won't ride ON snow.  Only takes once, dropping your bike in the street, in traffic, and trying to pick the fucker up while the wheels are just sliding sideways no matter how you try to lift, so that you actually have to physically PICK THE BIKE UP and set it on its wheels (adrenaline is a marvelous thing) and having to deal with all the muscles you just pulled before riding in the snow starts to seem like a really bad idea.  

So I've heard.