The question you have to ask is: why do you ride?
I had to give up my passion for being a private pilot because of costs. I got the taste for it when a friend of my father took me up in his plane when I was 12. And eighteen years later with my first real career job and an extremely modest salary I too every penny left over after paying bills got my pilot's cert and was able to finally grasp the goal I had dreamt of for all those years. But as time went on and we wanted to buy a house and my salary wasn't getting any closer to being able to justify the costs of flying, I had to give it up. It's just not practical for the average joe when even a small plane measures fuel consumption around 5 GALLONS PER HOUR.
Yes riding my America is mostly recreational. But ****** if I'm going to be giving up this passion too just in the name of practicality. I'll pay for the gas. And with the bike I'll get a lot more than an hour's ride out of 5 gallons.
