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If you want to be safe don’t buy motorcycles. But if you want to save money over what cars cost then a cycle is not a bad choice. Reckless car drivers do not watch for cycles, which can cause accidents. All riders and drivers need to be cautious when on the road. One great tip for motorcyclist is to wear their helmet and turn their lights one when traveling.

To be safe there are a few things you will need to get. Start with some kind of helmet the one that is the most protective is the full-face helmet. Then there are the items that are often called leathers which is simply put the jacket and pants made of leather but also these days it could be Kevlar used. You will also need some gloves and some boots. All of these things together keep either your head protected somewhat from road burns or worse.

Automobiles and bikes can both have an appealing appearance Automobiles are sometimes built so tank like that they loose their appeal visually. The sports models though of cars are even alluring at times. It is all about what kind, color, and model you buy. It goes the same where cycles are concerned except for the fact that the rider is totally exposed on a cycle.

The rider in all his leather gear is seen by everyone around unlike the car drivers. When a rider is all decked out in their gear they can be quite a sight especially with the full-face helmet. Men and women both with admire each other on their bikes. But if the rider happens to be a woman she may get a tad more attention than a man.

The way cars use gas should be a crime sometimes. Certain models just plain use too much gas. Better mileage is happening more these days but still not what it should be. And with gas prices at all times high prices this has become a major problems for some people.

The fuel consumption for cycles is unbelievably reasonable. Due to a cycle being more aerodynamically designed it moves down the road with less resistance. This causes the cycle to use less gas. Sometimes the motorcyclist will have to fill up more often due to smaller gas tanks so bikers feel they use more gas than a car but this is not so. Mileage truly is better with a cycle.

Prices are so very opposite from each other between cars and cycles. The cars are always more money than the cycles. All the things you have to do to make sure a car runs right cost a lot of money too. Brake jobs, twice the tires, alignments and more need to be done and it adds up money wise. Even if you buy a used old rattletrap for a few hundred dollars you would still have to put a lot of money into making it drivable. The depreciation of a car starts with it losing 1/3 of its value just driving off the car lot. You can not only get all your accessories and you bike for less than a car you can probably get an extra set of gear and it still be cheaper.

The motorcycles are still cheaper even when you price the cost of the leather gear you wear. The pants and jacket typically called leathers can get quite expensive but the rest of the gear is not too bad. All of it together is still much lower priced than a car. If you shop enough you can pick up a used cycle for about $300.00. When you look at the cost of gas being cheaper boy does your pocketbook feel good.

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