Why You Should Buy A Bike and Not A Car
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Many people like the idea of riding a motorcycle, but often they decide that they would rather drive a car. Usually they do this because they worry about the safety of riding a bike and it is a legitimate concern. However there are also plenty of good reasons that you should buy a bike and not car. There are many advantages to owning a bike that need to be considered before you write of the idea of getting one. Ultimately only you can decide if owning a motorcycle is right for you but you should have both sides of the argument before you make a decision.
The biggest reason to buy a bike and not car is that they are cheaper, both to buy and to operate. Generally motorcycles are available at a fraction of the cost of a car. Not only do you save money on the initial purchase you will save money on the cost of operation. Bikes use far less gas than a car does and given the current price of gas this can be a huge saving. It is also usually cheaper to maintain a motorcycle than a car. Bikes have fewer parts to break and the damage is usually cheaper to repair.
You can also save money with a bike because it is cheaper to insure. The largest expense when insuring a vehicle is liability coverage. You can potentially do a lot more damage to somebody else than you can to yourself and you can almost guarantee that if you cause an accident you are going to get sued. The advantage of a bike is that any damage you do will be much less than that caused by a car. The rider of a bike is far more likely to get hurt in an accident than anybody else, since that isn’t covered by liability insurance it’s not an issue for the insurance company. Therefore they are willing to insure bikes for less than cars, especially in the UK where Carole Nash is famous for insuring bikes for close to nothing!
