Mine is nearly an hour each way (45-50 miles depending on route). Add the road trips we've done and I've put 22k miles on my car in 6 months.

 

I think anything over 45mins is disgusting, especially since I work long, odd hours

I would do an hour for the right location (of home and work)

3.5hrs each way??? Absolutely not

 

To retort on the comment about noise, not all Harley's are obnoxiously loud. Only the ones you remember are. I've run across Harley's almost as quiet as my Goldwing.

Having both is the utopian option but can be expensive and space consuming. If I had to choose, I'd go with the Vette and plan to rent a bike from time to time to scratch the two wheel itch. This way you can avoid the cost of ownership for the bike, ride the latest model, avoid the I should really get out more often but don't thoughts, and don't have the hassle of selling should you decide to stop riding.

 

Yep, I still want one too. I'm thinking track-only bike in my case though to eliminate the danger from soccer mom SUV's.

 

I still have my Yamaha FJR1300, but I just don't ride it as much anymore. It gets to be a PITA after a while whenever I have to gear up and wear the helmet. I know that most Harley riders don't gear up and wear helmets. It's a "freedom of choice" thing. I just like to increase my chances of surviving in case of an accident while on the bike. It's just not the same in my opinion. Go with the C5 vert. You'll be happier.

 

I wanted a bike until I realized that I would never let my lady ride with me. I nearly hit a motorcycle on the interstate who came past me at 120+ in heavy traffic, it's just way too dangerous the way some guys ride. Not saying all people ride like that, and I wouldn't, but that was enough of a scare to keep me off a bike.

 

I rode bikes for years, back in the days before there were helmet laws in CA. I had a friend hit from behind at a stop signal. Realizing I could control the way I ride but not other drivers around me, I decided I'd step off street bikes until after my kids were out of college.

My C5 vert is about as close as you will get to the feeling of freedom riding a bike.

My brother just purchased a C5 vert as well. He has had it for about a month. His Harley went up for sale this weekend. He wasn't planning on getting rid of it, but after driving the Vert for a month he decided it was no longer needed.

Just another data point. Good luck with your decision!

 

A bike experience is a very unique experience. I've owned bikes since I was 16. Now I old and fairly beat up. IM also aware that riding a bike today is a much different proposition. Once my back could hardly take it, I finally gave up. I have many friends with new Bikes , that are starting to see the same things I saw. Its nice for the solitary escape, the smells in the air while cruising through the country side. But, while its a nice solitary thing, its much more fun to share a ride with a friend or a few friends.. those occurrences are hard to put together. so you wind up ridding alone, with no one to share a lunch stop, and some good conversation.. etc.
Age is a big part of your consideration. nothing can give you the sensory feedback that you get from a bike, leaning into the corners , wind in your face, the smell of nature.
At my age, I wont own another bike, but a Have gone to a local Harley dealer more than a few times over the last few years to " Test drive" a New Harley. At my age, and my apparent financial situation , IM a perfect candidate for a dealer to see me as a potential buyer. I ve never been turned down a Test drive " which had feed my need for a ride.
Its nice from a sensory point of view to take off the top of my C5, listen to the Corsa exhaust and the gears and motor feed back, cranking up the tunes, while driving the country twisties.

 

After many years of riding I started last fall to sell or trade my Harley for a Vette. I get up early to get to work and gearing up to take the bike always takes longer and I thought I would enjoy the Vette more. I have only had the 2001 for a few weeks but so far I think I made the right call!

 

I agree with most of what you are saying, the danger with riding a motorcycle is usually not the bike rider himself but the idiot driver texting or on the cell phone making a call , especially coming up behind you at a stop light. Otherwise I have no fear anywhere on the highway because I have always been a defensive driver . If your not defensive on a bike your dead. But anything that happens behind you can not be avoided. There is risk in life and I refuse to give up my life style because of the idiots on the road. But I will say if you hit me , you better run over me again because if I can get up you won't like the outcome.

 

Have not been without a Harley for more than 30 years. Bought my first Vette, a 99 C5 coupe, going on 10 years ago. I agree, both is the way to go.

 

Still love the sportbikes but no way the wife would go for that! She tells me I would still be stupid!!But she is probably right!

I bet Gary Busey wishes that CA would have had helmet laws sooner. That poor guy is nuts after his wreck...

 

A true Biker won't feel complete without one for very long. I ride my harley sportster almost daily. It's an errand runner and a good friend on an occasional cruise. It's different to me than any car. I do agree about the dangers. I've been riding 55 yrs and am more careful now than ever. My eyes are behind me almost as much as in front. I also believe texting and driving should be felony. But as I said before my vote is both if you can. Because a true 'vette owner won't feel complete without one for very long either..in the last 30 yrs I've owned 10 Corvettes..my recently acquired '99 C4 is #11..

 

What do they think on the Harley Forum?

 

They don't talk about corvettes too much (too dangerous)

 

I used to own 5 motorcycles before I bought my C5 vert. They were used less and less each year. I'm now down to two bikes but even they rarely get used. It's much easier to just jump into the car instead of "gearing up" for the motorcycle ride.

As for the close calls...I've had more recently in the C5 than on the bike. Hard to believe how many people just don't see a bright yellow car!!

 

Harley-Davidson and Corvette. Two of the most recognizable icons in the world. I must have both. Even though I have owned 'Vettes on and off over the years, I have always owned a motorcycle. Even after losing half my left leg on my FXR in 1995, I still ride that same bike today.

She turned 24 on May 15th.

 

I used to love riding my little brothers bike....what a feeling.

And while I understand that **** happens in four wheels as well, I can't help but think about the eventual loss of my brother in a mc accident and a recent incident with a biker friend that left him paralyzed from the chest down....and my cousin who was down more than up.....and an incident where I had to lay down the bike with my gf aboard......that good feeling can be turned around so instantly.

I also know long term riders that have never been down but the odds are that when the shirt hits the flannel, the extent of injury is usually more severe than accidents in a "cage".

But dang.....I would still love to ride a bike.

 

Well I can tell you that a large number of Harley riders that I know either had a Corvette in the past or still do. The two are so similar except one has two wheels and the other has four. They are two American traditions and a Corvette and Harley have that same unique feel that is only found in American born vehicles. And with the Corvette convertible you also get that same open air feeling and can clearly hear the same rumble of the pipes. Yep , two of the greatest !

 

I have both. 2003 50th anniversary convt. & 2006 Road King Classic. Love them both.