How far is your daily commute (total km)?

[XP@]

Yeah - I've commuted Australian distances.

3 months of fun, 3 months of tolerable, 3 months of quite a chore, a PITA 3 hours on every working day and worn out bikes and tyres burden thereafter.

Ah, true, tyres... will need to chenge them a bit more often...

If a rear lasts 10,000 and a front 20,000 (may need to change brand (or put a metal band around the outside) and I do 45000kms in the year.
That will be 5 rears and 2.5 fronts or $1500 in tyres.
Plus a few more services than i would otherwise need.

However, I do ride a Honda, so it will go forever... right...

[Cajun]

i communted tauranga to hamilton 3-4 days a week for a year, thats 100kms each way.

with ya transalp should be fine, they are pretty bullet proof, easy on tires, and parts.

[Taz]

I spent years commuting 114kms a day and in the end I figured that the closer home is to work the better. Especially now that fuel is so high.

[Big Dave]

Just saying - what about...

200km x 5 = 1000km per week = 1 lube service every 5 weeks.

I major service every 10.

In 2 years you have a Transalp with (another) 100,000km on the clock. Not a strong position for a trade.


The rewards for the job need to be commensurate.

[jafar]

I am trying to work out how far is too far.

Given the other options on my plate at the moment a 200km daily commute is not really that bad an option. The roads are easy and estimated time should be no more than 1.5hrs each way (on bike, longer on the train).

If you have done similar I would like to know your experiances.


Cheers

Wellies to Levin in 1.5 hours in rush hour traffic? Add in the weather factor & servicing/tyres/high milage/depreciation & then do your sums again.

I'd suggest moving closer to the job & enjoying the 'rural lifestyle' that Levin can offer

[mstriumph]

i'm currently 34 kms from work on a niiiiiice road
previous job i was 84kms away - also on a niiiiice road most of the way

don't mind either of them as you can keep moving ..... what i'd hate would be to be in a mass-traffic situation with piles of lights and coffee-swilling, lipstick-applying, newspaper-reading maniac cagers on all sides ...

it's all about the road .....

[XP@]

Wellies to Levin in 1.5 hours in rush hour traffic? Add in the weather factor & servicing/tyres/high milage/depreciation & then do your sums again.

I'd suggest moving closer to the job & enjoying the 'rural lifestyle' that Levin can offer

You are right, probably more like an 1hr 10mins in 'rush hour', I cut my teeth in the UK so am not afraid of a small gap or a bit of weather.

The fuel, tyres, depreciation are important, however, I also need to take in to account (and are still negated by) the difference in house prices and proximity to friends & rellies.

[nico]

my daily comuit about 90km per day from the hutt to air port easy ride could defently do with some twistys on the way though

[alanzs]

I used to commute 120k's (80 miles) each way in the worst traffic imaginable back in LA. 2 hours each way, on a good day. On a horrible day, up to 4 hours each way. Put 65,000 k's on a bike in a year traveling that grind.
Now, I go 4 k's to work each way. Easy peasy, lemon squeesy!

[Coldkiwi]

Just saying - what about...

200km x 5 = 1000km per week = 1 lube service every 5 weeks.

I major service every 10.

In 2 years you have a Transalp with (another) 100,000km on the clock. Not a strong position for a trade.


The rewards for the job need to be commensurate.

Good point dave. I'm doing a 45km commute each way frum Hunua to AKL CBD and its certainly not doing much for the resale value adding 20,000km on the clock each year.

I honestly think you'd get real sick of it. Either that or the only way to put up with the drive will be to cane it for most of the way to stave off boredom which increases your chances of getting caught. I can assure on days that you've just had a gutsful and want to be home (but its still miles away), that throttle is looking mighty tempting!!

besides - its also a royal PITA not being able to get home easily to go out again at night. for me, its worth it but if it was much further I think it'd be hard to justify living so far away

[Motig]

It doesn't really matter what distance other people travel to an from work. What matters is would you be happy with the distance your talking of. If you have to ask I'd say your not really looking forward to it. One thing tho, you can always alternate how you get there (car one day, bike next, train etc) specially if the weathers shitty. What ever you do after a while it will just seem normal.

[fLaThEaD FreD]

6.5km either way.......but I alwayz try to go a longer way home.

[XP@]

It doesn't really matter what distance other people travel to an from work. What matters is would you be happy with the distance your talking of. If you have to ask I'd say your not really looking forward to it. One thing tho, you can always alternate how you get there (car one day, bike next, train etc) specially if the weathers shitty. What ever you do after a while it will just seem normal.

Thinking further, I think i would really like it... I can always take a detour or two without much impact on travel time :-) And, the next time I am able to do the Rusty Nuts Grand Challenge I will be well fit !

Thinking further on Big Daves resale comment, bikes are to be ridden, ridden it will be :-)

[SPman]

102 km each way door to carpark = bike once a week at best. The train is cheaper and only 20mins longer, plus I get to read books and blog with the laptop, watch videos, play games, listen to music, etc etc........

[niero]

Good god, even on a motorbike the petrol bill must be excessive, I spend $40 on petrol a week and that even hurts (but then again I am russian and paying for something that you are selling and then buying in an other country with extra tax can get somewhat annoying) have you thought of living closer to your workplace, in the longrun it will save you heaps, lets see, lets say you ride something reasonable, $30 per $200km at 100km/h. each day (YAICKS) $30 per day, 210 per week, 10'920 per year... + you have to account for america invading the rest of middle east which will boost prices up even further. Also what is your position when riding (upright, back, forwards) I am asking because if you ride a sporty to work (I am asuming) you will find that your forearms will get very soar and after a while your neck will too. Had to do the same for a bout a month when I moved out of my house and had to flat while the other one was being built. Anyway, good luck with it.

Nikolai