A couple of years ago, I was strongly considering a motorcycle. I'm car-light and I thought I could cut back on fuel even more if I had a motorcycle.

However, a motorcycle here would at best be transportation for eight months. From mid-November to mid-March, the temperatures and the winter road conditions would force me to park the motorcycle and use a car. I'd rather have just one internal combustion vehicle rather than two.

If I lived on Vancouver Island or in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, I might consider a motorcycle. Those areas have a much longer motorcycle season and they don't have the winter conditions we have in the rest of the province.