How far is your daily commute (total km)?

[southernmike]

Did 120km per day (60 each way) for about 7 years. Didn't mind it. I did enjoy it when work moved closer to home. I would hate to live to close to work as I wouldn't get to ride as much. Currently live 16km from work and have the real choice of three different routes and the unreal choice of a few more. I say unreal because if I take them I might as well skip work and go on a proper ride!

[sels1]

Live about a k from wk...sometimes I walk it, sometimes I ride. Sometimes I walk in the morning and walk home at lunchtime to get the bike so I can get home faster after work

Xp@ -If you shifted to the Kapiti area its a short commute to Levin while still not to far from friends/family in Wgtn

[XP@]

Live about a k from wk...sometimes I walk it, sometimes I ride. Sometimes I walk in the morning and walk home at lunchtime to get the bike so I can get home faster after work

Xp@ -If you shifted to the Kapiti area its a short commute to Levin while still not to far from friends/family in Wgtn

Its work in welly and play in levin.

I noticed a bar called "sels place" on the way back from levin on sunday, not you?

[danchop]

shit i remember doing a 140km round trip on a 1972 suzuki gt250 back when i started working in the mid eighties,crap riding gear back then for the frosty and wet days but i did it for a good 3-4 years every day,when the gt blew up i progressed to doing it on an xr600 with hard knobblys as i raced it on weekends

[gt_phanta]

about 1.5kms from home to work.

[hellnback]

65-70kms each way, f-all corners, too many cops, leave in the dark - home in the dark, use over $80 week in fuel, oil changes every 2 months, tyres every 5-6 months and only worn in the middle. Apart from that all good. Oh and your odo jumps to 125000km and you realise that when you go to sell your bike everyone will think it's a POS because fo the high kms even though it has never let you down... ever.

[XP@]

Just done some numbers and am still not really put off...

Based on approx:
Fuel: $2.00 / l and 17km / l
Tyres: Rear - $150 lasts 15,000kms & Front $120 lasts 20,000
Service: minor every 5,000, full every 10,000
Depreciation: After 180,000kms the bike will be worth nada
Plus some for chains and riding gear, helmet, jacket, pants and a bit of rounding. I have not included insurance because it would be paid anyway

Estimated commuting costs over 1 month:
25km's each way = $250 / month
50km's each way = $500 / month
75km's each way = $750 / month
100km's each way = $1000 / month

These are what I would expect to see on my 650 Transalp, a fairly sensible bike. Which both has the grunt to ride the distance but is still easy on parts & consumables. If you tried the same on a sports bike i guess the numbers would be a lot higher.

[kasper]

what happens if you dont stop traveling till you get back home?

7km to work (used to be 45km) then 300km to 500km in the truck then another 7km home.

[road king]

what happens if you dont stop traveling till you get back home?

7km to work (used to be 45km) then 300km to 500km in the truck then another 7km home.

thats what im doing at the moment, 50km to work, 300-400km in the truck then 50km home. just have to remember to switch brain over from 'bike mode'
to 'truck mode'

[sels1]

I noticed a bar called "sels place" on the way back from levin on sunday, not you?

I've seen that too but no, not mine. The best I can do is a wine rack and a beer fridge!

[Sparky Bills]

A bloke at work rides from Otaki to Wellington (Greta Point) every day on a DRZ400SM. I haven't asked how long it takes, but you'd think it would have to be 50 minutes at least. He seems to like it.

I followed him the other night...
I ride from Waikanae to Lower Hutt each day.
Piekok hill EVERYDAY rain or shine