I was told bikes pollute more then gas bikes?

[Profpointy]

Mine does 50mpg and when able 160mph, those were the days of French autoroute and German autobahn

whatcha got? Mine's a Triumph Sprint 1050 sports tourer. Don't think it'll quite do 160, but I've done 130 (quite legally, on the Autobahn) 2 up with luggage and there was plenty more left. 90 and a bit was a lot more relaxing though

 

[ChrisEyles]

Could conceivably be true if you take into account that a lot of people will buy a bike (complete with lithium batteries), use it for a few months covering maybe a few hundred miles, and then it will sit in the shed. Quite some effort to go to in order to factor all the relevant considerations in though.

 

[CXRAndy]

whatcha got? Mine's a Triumph Sprint 1050 sports tourer. Don't think it'll quite do 160, but I've done 130 (quite legally, on the Autobahn) 2 up with luggage and there was plenty more left. 90 and a bit was a lot more relaxing though

Fjr1300

 

[Profpointy]

Fjr1300

Same sort of bike to mine then; semi sensible but a bit too big and heavy

 

[CXRAndy]

Same sort of bike to mine then; semi sensible but a bit too big and heavy

Its a tourer, I've used it as you have, long multiday rides around Europe. For about 10 years, a group of us would have a week or 10 days on a European trip. Most memorable was to Barcelona 700 mile day ride from northern France to a Villa outside Barcelona.

After that we decided 350 miles was far more enjoyable per day

 

[windy7777]

motor cycles are crazy inefficient compared to a car if you take in account how many people are in the car. on ya side of the pond don't ya all have smart cars that get 70 mpg?

 

[figbat]

Yes, but remember our mpg is bigger than yours, because our gallon is bigger than yours.

 

[CXRAndy]

motor cycles are crazy inefficient compared to a car if you take in account how many people are in the car. on ya side of the pond don't ya all have smart cars that get 70 mpg?

Nah mate, Ive moved over to electric. I drive Tesla