Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
What makes you say that? While it's quite possible that he bought the bike using money he earned as a Senator or as SoS, once that money is paid to him in compensation for his work, it is no longer the "taxpayer's money" but his money.
In conjunction with his wife, at the time of his financial disclosures when he ran for POTUS, the two of them are Billionaires. He could buy any thousand bikes he wants, and not miss the swag. BTW, he was also worth well over ten million dollars before he married Theresa Heinz.