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[Dan Lund]

Well, in relation to what I was talking about in the first place, it's
all a matter of how much you travel, and what your life is like.  I've
had the same experience with pedal bike... even had people screaming
out constantly get out of the road and drive on the sidewalk like the
law says.  (I was in the bike lane lol)

MPG and maintenance costs all mingle together.  I've been hit
violently in car, motorcycle, bicycle, walking, running, you name it.
I'm not making it up either :-)  I've come to the conclusion that you
can't even bring that into the equation of transport.  Most people
believe that what movements they do are for everyone else to watch out
for.  The last was being hit in the side on motorcycle by a guy racing
an SUV through a redlight at 40 mph, not much you can do about that
kind of thing other than just accept the consequences of life
really....

Anyway, my original post was just comparing an everyday Toyota Corolla
to a 750cc cruiser motorcycle.  Very comparable, and gives us lots of
options for fuel economy!

Thanks,
Dan Lund
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it
to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to
act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have
free scope.
-Niccolo Machiavelli



On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:47 AM, koder <hmichels01 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I wish I could talk and do more to the people. There are some who seem
> to think they own the road and if you are biking, pedal or motorized
> that they not only have the right of way, but a legal right to run you
> down.
>
> I encountered a trucker who tried to kill me. It put a stop to riding a
> bike to work.
>
> Since this is the reality of the world we live in it is wise to factor
> it into the cost/benefit equation, as distinguished from the ROI factor
> I referenced earlier.
>
> We won't even get into drunks who NEED to drive drunk so they can keep
> their jobs, or drunken priests who get a get out of jail free card.
>
> Harold
>