Bike or Car: Your Daily Ride?

[VasalineWarrior]

This is just question to see how many of you guys actually use your bikes everyday as a mode of transport, or do you have a car to use during the week and set the bike aside as more of a weekend toy?
As for myself, I own both a bike and a car and I find the experience from both sides good-because whenever I drive the car I am reminded exactly how craptastic they really are, which basically makes me appreciate any riding I do a lot more. :blip:

[Karma]

I commute to and from work on the bike 5 days a week. Usually get out for a ride on the weekend as well, somewhere out the CBD at any rate.

Car isn't as fun as the bike, but a lot more comfortable and the stereo is louder than my MiniDisc player!

[inlinefour]

This is just question to see how many of you guys actually use your bikes everyday as a mode of transport, or do you have a car to use during the week and set the bike aside as more of a weekend toy?
As for myself, I own both a bike and a car and I find the experience from both sides good-because whenever I drive the car I am reminded exactly how craptastic they really are, which basically makes me appreciate any riding I do a lot more. :blip:

When I need to go somewhere, I'm in the hilux. When I want to go somewhere I'm on my bike. Considering where I work, I am never taking my bike there.:blink:

[T.W.R]

before the rebuild project the ZXR was in use every day, 540km per 4 day work commute then what ever popped up. Now at present i'm stuck in my fuckin landcruiser ARGH! sod it!

[Waylander]

Only vehicle I own so yea bike gets usedfor everything. Even went to get diapers for my niece on it once. Car is only used by me when I cant do something on the bike. Like tow a trailer load of crap, anything short of that and I use the bike.

[Gremlin]

Haven't even bothered to get the cage license yet... so ummm.... I guess I use the bike for everything and anything.

Commuting for uni and work, and rides during the week, the weekend... umm, did I say everything?? :doobey:

[Str8 Jacket]

Same here, have never driven a cage and I have no intention of getting my cage licence at the moment so I rely on the bike for everything. :spudbn:

[SARGE]

bike to and from work every day ...only use the cage to get the kid to school, get the weekly groceries and once in awhile the surfboard to the beach

[Motu]

I commuted by motorcycle for 25 years,for the last 10 years it's been 4 wheels....I'm happy with that,I'm not really interested in riding a bike in Auckland traffic.

[InDeSkyz]

Bike every day. Parking is more secure and I'm not forking out 8+ dollars every day.

[Mattyc]

Bike most days , I work at the same place as InDeSkyZ, free parking in a secure basement in the building i work in... its a big factor

[James Deuce]

Commute on the 400 and keep the R6 for the weekend.

[sels1]

Use the bike most days for work and other errands, car when I need to carry stuff.

[Sniper]

I get free cars everyday so it depends on how Im feeling. I try to use the bike to commute everyday, but it varies.....

[ScumKiller2]

Car, I work in the city and have a car park. I sometimes need my car for work, but they'll probably take the park away from me if i don't use it enough. Hows that for an Auckland response.....

[ducatilover]

it was a bike....now i'll have to ride the missus eh?:2thumbsup

[skelstar]

Until feb this year I drove, then I 'trained', since july I have ridden every day. I have absolutely no desire to drive to work anymore...I look forward to riding to work every day.

Commute from Ngaio to Gracefield (wgtn).

[marty]

today i'll be: riding my busa, flying a 172, driving the mini, then the diamante, then the boat after school at karapiro.

might need a lie down after all that :)

[heavenly.talker]

bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pwalo]

I use the bike for commuting every day. Unfortunately I don't get out very often for rides in the weekend (wife, two teenage sons, enough said).

[R1madness]

I'm self employed and work from home so no commuting for me but i use my bike for most stuff. Never been into cars really as they have too many wheels and dont lean over far enough hahaha unless you have a set of rooted shocks on your car hahaha

[tracyprier]

I only own a bike so there's your answer :)

[Swoop]

Cage if I have stuff to haul around, but bike is preferred because of traffic.

[dhunt]

push bike for commuting, motorbike and cage for evening's and weekends depending what I have to do.

[MrMelon]

Street Magic for commuting and zx6r for fun :D

[Rashika]

pushbike x2 days, car x2 days... not worth getting the bike out for the small trip to work... bike mostly in weekends when i can, wish it was more but thats life :banana:

[Speedracer]

When I had it, a bike for everything except taking said bike's flat tyres in for repairs and moving lots of stuff.

[Devil]

Bike most days , I work at the same place as InDeSkyZ, free parking in a secure basement in the building i work in... its a big factor
Ahhh is that your filthy ZX9R that's infront of my filthy Triumph?

Bike most days, if its *REALLY* yucky outside i'll bring the car.

[V Twin Raver]

I get a company car (4x4 really) so I commute in that. It's sometimes funny watching your guys comments re; 4 x 4 drivers as I get to see both sides. I have had a near death experience with me on bike vs 4x4 in Auckland Traffic but that was a f'wit in a Range Rover so that is to be expected. I have also had times in my 4x4 watching bikers doing dumb shit in Auckland Traffic. So go figure....

[Fryin Finn]

Commute every day on the SRX except occasionally on the XJR but I'm too much of a hooligan to use it every day for commuting. When it rains in the am and not forecast to clear I'll take the car - probably only 5 or 6 times a year.

[MikeL]

I'm not really interested in riding a bike in Auckland traffic.

Well after 3 years commuting in Auckland on the bike I'm beginning to get a bit sick of it. Lately I've been averaging about one near miss a day. Yesterday was typical: as I was coming along Manukau Rd towards Greenlane intersection a f*ckwit in a boy racer car suddenly lane-changed right in front of me, then as I came round Greenwoods Corner at 50, heading south, had to do a panic stop as a woman in a station wagon pulled out from the side road. I stopped with a foot to spare.

I would go back to using the car if parking wasn't such a hassle.

On the other hand, coming home early from work on one of these warm spring afternoons and going for a blat is still magic.

[marty]

water pistol filled with brake fluid does the trick...

[marty]

I have also had times in my 4x4 watching bikers doing dumb shit in Auckland Traffic. So go figure....

BLASPHEMY. bikers never do dumb shit (except for ducatilover.....) - it's ALWAYS the cage fault.

[ManDownUnder]

My bike is my transport. We have a car, but daytimes that's used to move the family (inc 2 1/2 kids)... and I quite enjoy the 900...

MDU

[ducatilover]

Until feb this year I drove, then I 'trained', since july I have ridden every day. I have absolutely no desire to drive to work anymore...I look forward to riding to work every day.

Commute from Ngaio to Gracefield (wgtn).
thats the spirit, people kep telling me to get a cage for my 150 odd km commute, but i tell them my bike is more practical, and i definately dont tell them that i nearly killed myself being dumb i just say "ummmm i crashed in a corner" and they say behind my back "going too fast no doubt, being an idiot, could have a car, or a smaller bike for that price" what else am i gonna get that does one fucking hundred and forty bloody k's comfortably at 120kp/h every weekday and provide fun pride and comfort for only $1930 aye, okay, rant over, it was a dutch man that said all that shit too me [an ex-rider too the fucken hypocrite] then he reckons you dont need any thing bigger than a 600 on new zealand roads, his address is 1024 high street, taita, wellington:yes: now wheres that shotgun?

[ducatilover]

BLASPHEMY. bikers never do dumb shit (except for ducatilover.....) - it's ALWAYS the cage fault.fair enough, i found the shot gun.......killing rampage.......run nigger [and dutch] cage drivers run for your life......:blink:

[emaN]

SJ50 is used for the work commute; 4kms to work ain't worth starting the bike up for. Guess i could go the long way 'round the lake...there's a thought..
In London i used to ride into work once,maybe twice a week; purely 'cos it was too dangerous "push your luck" to commute on it everyday. Sure does develop your defensive riding tho'!

[marty]

i was commuting 280 a day on sh1 to auckland. i NEVER rode the bike. fall asleep - you're dead. auckland drivers in the waikato - you're dead. overcook one corner - it hurts.

i didn't want to kill myself just going to work - what a waste.

and it's hard to drink coffee and eat pies on the bike. oh hang on maybe that would have been a good thing!

[Lou Girardin]

For all the negatives in bike commuting, it's better than wasting 2 hours of your day in a line of stationary traffic listening to mindless DJ's and hating the biker that tootles past to the front of the queue.
Ya just gotta love it.

[Mattyc]

Ahhh is that your filthy ZX9R that's infront of my filthy Triumph?

Bike most days, if its *REALLY* yucky outside i'll bring the car.

Sure is Devil ! what CC is your triumph 600 or something ? did you get an email about not parking in parks allocated to cars BLAH BLAH ?

[MikeL]

For all the negatives in bike commuting, it's better than wasting 2 hours of your day in a line of stationary traffic listening to mindless DJ's and hating the biker that tootles past to the front of the queue.
Ya just gotta love it.

Thanks, Lou. You reminded me that there are compensations - I tend to overlook the advantages of the bike until I'm forced to drive, and then the sight of a biker makes me realize what I'm missing...
But as I said, despite the hassles, I'm committed to riding simply because I can't afford either the time or the money that is involved in finding a car park in the city.

[wil]

i have always been lucky enough to live within 10 mins of work which doesnt warrent putting my leathers and helmet on so i have always had a cheap runabout car to get work. it makes the bike seem all that much more fun and special using it weeknights and weekends. in the uk we dont get alot of opportunity ride this time of year, unless you have an enduro bike aswell which hopefully i will have in nz:yes: (wife allowing)

[Leong]

I use the car most of the time, bike is just for fun... ie get home, gear on and out for a blat in the country to wind down!!

[dawnrazor]

bike everyday - not exceptions, 'cus i can't driver a car, although the pressure from the other half to learn is huge, so maybe one day i'll have to go over to the dark side.

[Cleve]

2 wheels every day. Bicycle some days and motorbike the others. I live in St Heliers and along the waterfront everyday. Great commute! I park in downtown right outside my business and get a parking ticket once every 6 months!
A good deal.

[Karma]

2 wheels every day. Bicycle some days and motorbike the others. I live in St Heliers and along the waterfront everyday. Great commute! I park in downtown right outside my business and get a parking ticket once every 6 months!
A good deal.


Blimey... cycling all that way into town... you're a fitter man than I.

I'm in Kohi, just round the corner from that coffee shop on the front. Head into work about 2pm everyday, usually a reasonable amount of nice looking lady cyclists / rollerbladers / joggers / whatever milling around on Tamaki Drive :blip:

[vifferman]

Well, I don't have parking issues or whatever, but I take the bike because I can. It takes me right into the basement of the building, and I don't even need to lock it up (alhthough I've left the keys in it only occasionally).
Sometimes I take the car, usually when my wife asks me to, but it means I have to leave an hour earlier - not because of the traffic, but because I have to travel a bit further and if I'm not at work before 8AM, I have to park three blocks (~5 minutes walk) away.

The best thing about commuting by bike is that it wakes me up: you have to be super alert when biking. Strangely, I enjoy the morning commute more than the one home: the route works better one way than t'other; I'm sharper (less weary); it's usually cooler; the traffic is better.

[stunz]

bike. Rain, snow or shine. 7 days a week. Only use the car to fery the kids around and vist the outlaws...

[phoenixgtr]

Bike. Every day to work and back and for rides on the weekend. I enjoy my rides plus I got nowhere to park the car

[speights_bud]

what else am i gonna get that does one fucking hundred and forty bloody k's comfortably at 120kp/h every weekday and provide fun pride and comfort for only $1930

Umm How bout a Kawasaki GPX250? got mine for $800 off trademe, had it for all of 2 1/2 weeks and done 1300kms. Seems to do the trick.

[Devil]

Sure is Devil ! what CC is your triumph 600 or something ? did you get an email about not parking in parks allocated to cars BLAH BLAH ?
Yeah, tis a 600.

Didn't get any email. Might have been an HP thing. I'm at Bayleys.

[crash harry]

Bike every day. I find I hate driving the cage now, it feels like I can't see anything with all those pillars in the way. I even prefer riding in the rain unless it's really pissing down or hailing.

Only use the cage for when I need to transport things the bike can't carry.

[LXS]

Only have a bike as transport :2thumbsup

Commute to work during the week, playtime after work & weekends :yes:

[sunhuntin]

when my bike was alive and running...she was my daily transport, no matter the weather, due to the fact i refuse to learn how to drive. besides, with that bike, im the envy of a few women at the gym....lol. :banana:

[classic zed]

I used to ride my bike every day until some little sh*t in a Honda Civic smacked it, its nearly restored and I'm driving my Terrano at the moment. If he tries it again I guarantee I will win next time, big 4x4 Versus little civic!! I'm gonna squish him:2thumbsup .

[Unit]

Have both, use mainly car during the week to get to work, mainly due to lack of secure parking for my bike. So made sure have a nice little townie car (BMW 318Ti). Do enjoy it when I take the bike to work though, but must admit in the winter when I go to work in the dark and get home in the dark and its mostly raining I enjoy the comfort of the car. At least I get to really truely appreciate the bike when I get a chance to ride it. Feels bloody strange right now cause the Duke went last night, and the TL doesnt arrive until tomorrow so I am officially without bike, I HATE IT!. Paid for the TL tonight though, so am kinda a bike owner right now I guess, its just not in MY garage. What I do like about bike travelling is when we have to take kids you cant hear them complaining about, "when do we get there" like you do in the car, the whole journey is very pleasent indeed.:rolleyes:

[Goblin]

Oh I remember the days when my bike was my only means of transport fondly. No one else to worry about, get up and go any time it took my fancy. Loved that freedom! Even when my daughter was born, I never once contemplated selling my bike. Used to take her to kindy on it, risky I know, but she did have good gear and could reach the footpegs.
Now days I have no choice but to drive my kids around. Car is merely to move us from A to B. I steel opportunities to whip into town on my bike during the week and only need the slightest excuse to go out of town on the weekends.
When the nesties have grown and flown it will be back to bike only.:2thumbsup

[Oakie]

Bike bike bike to work and back each day including in the rain (and once in the snow). The car only comes out in the weekends and even then only when the bike is impractical. :2thumbsup

[Jackrat]

When I bought the Z the idea was to ride to work,save on gas and time ect.
In reality I've only ridden in a few times because I hate the traffic just as much no matter what I'm riding.
It's just not quality riding time so I continue to take the Toyota,sit on 90 Kms all the way an fuck anybody that doesn't like it,I don't like them either so we're even.

[avgas]

I walk daily - as its only 5k's into town/uni.
Unless im working then i can be 50/50 between car/bike.

[myvice]

Bike, hate cars, I have to drive them at work!
:doh:

[miSTa]

Bike is used everyday commuting to and from work regardless of weather as well as on the weekend.

[Velox]

Bike everywhere - no car licence.
There's actually more people on here that only bike than I thought there would be!

[speights_bud]

Ride everyday i can. Unless i gots no $$ to pay for gas, then its the friggen school bus.:doh: Other than that the van is only used for practical stuff and taking the bucket to race day.

[*sic]

car mostly, and bike in the weekends.

would like to be the other way round but im borrowing others helmet at the mo, gotta get me a new one !!

[NC]

I go to work on the A100 and keep the NC for the weekends

[VasalineWarrior]

I go to work on the A100 and keep the NC for the weekends
Love it! But does an A100 really consitute as a bike?

[NC]

Love it! But does an A100 really consitute as a bike?
Yeah, it looks like one, smells like one, sounds like one and tastes like one. And it's rego'ed as one :D

[Cleve]

Blimey... cycling all that way into town... you're a fitter man than I.

I'm in Kohi, just round the corner from that coffee shop on the front. Head into work about 2pm everyday, usually a reasonable amount of nice looking lady cyclists / rollerbladers / joggers / whatever milling around on Tamaki Drive :blip:

Well Weasel I almost die coming up bloody St Heliers Bay Rd...
Will look out for you. I am on yellow SV or mountain bike with blue helmet.
Cheers

[buellbabe]

I live in Sth Auckland and ride everyday (6am-ish) to work in the Viaduct Basin... some days its real hard to take that off-ramp!

[Rashika]

I live in Sth Auckland and ride everyday (6am-ish) to work in the Viaduct Basin... some days its real hard to take that off-ramp!
hey you...you are impersonating my mate :banana:
cant believe you finally made it here !! waaaaay coool!

[N4CR]

Well Weasel I almost die coming up bloody St Heliers Bay Rd...
Will look out for you. I am on yellow SV or mountain bike with blue helmet.
Cheers
I'm living in meadowank and go through that area between worksites from 1200-1300.


I only have a bike liscence and have driven a few cages... feels very detached. Love carts though and quads etc.

[Karma]

Well Weasel I almost die coming up bloody St Heliers Bay Rd...
Will look out for you. I am on yellow SV or mountain bike with blue helmet.
Cheers


Well I live up the hill in Kohi, and riding from the CBD back to Mission Bay was a task in itself, but then getting up the hill nearly gave me a heart attack, don't do that much anymore.

I'm on the lime green ZX4R, can't miss it really.

[Nitzer]

I've never driven a car, so it's the bike daily from Manukau to CBD.

However not being able to drive is a bit of a worry, my girlfriend is pregnant, how am I going to get her to hospital when she goes into labour.....:blink: :blink: :blink:

[SlashWylde]

I ride whenever and to wherever I can. To work, on errands/grocery shopping, to social events etc. Only really use the car once or twice a week and that's to take my guitar gear to band practice or if I have to transport some bodies, heh...

[VasalineWarrior]

Yeah, it looks like one, smells like one, sounds like one and tastes like one. And it's rego'ed as one :D
Sweet! Lets see what it can do over the tuckas tommorow-and stop falling asleep whenever I see you its not sociable!