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Message: <blockquote data-quote="geezer77" data-source="post: 3796200" data-attributes="member: 49872">My unsolicited Geezer opinion: I've owned several bikes over the years, from a Triumph Bonneville sporting two foot ape hangers in the mid 60's to a Bultaco Sherpa T in competition trials, plus a couple of (smaller) Japanese road bikes. Loved them all, loved to ride, only hurt myself twice (once off road, knee vs rock, the other on wet asphalt, which actually put a crack in the fiberglass of a nice Bell helmet but left me with only a mild headache). But if it's mainly for fuel savings, I'd carefully weigh all-weather air conditioned and heated transportation (and safety belts, air bags, and some sort of steel box around you) vs hanging your body out in the breeze (or rain, or sleet, etc.) to get from A to B. Not to mention the maniacs I meet almost every day texting away or adjusting their underwear while drifting all over the centerline. Other drivers didn't use to scare me. Now, with cellphones and legal marijuana everythere, they do. Big time.After thinking about all that, I'd advise a several-year-old Korean or Japanese econobox with reasonably low miles (and low insurance costs). It won't go fast, but will get much better mileage than most trucks, and you would travel in all weather comfort. Of course, at my age comfort trumps most everything, so there's that.</blockquote>