Dogbert
Helsinki Smash Rod
I do, actually. Why buy a shiny, new BMW M5 to play the role of commute-o-box? It's a complete waste if you're just using a fast, thirsty car for A-B trips. I'd love to have something like a Geo Metro for my errand trips/work trips.Sure you can enjoy what a bike offers on the road. You can try to make the same argument against fast cars. Why don't we all just drive Geo Metros, huh? Plus it's just so much ... nicer riding a motorcycle.
Half the reason I bought my Honda was as a 'commuting tool'. It gets ~60-70mpg, insurance is 1/6th of what my car costs me, I can park it anywhere, etc etc. It's vastly more economical than my car, which I can park for most of the year and save a ton on its insurance.
I can certainly see the mind boggling cost savings by riding a motorcycle everywhere. I can also see that it's perfectly safe if you're a trained rider. That doesn't change the fact that other people are morons. It only takes one soccer mom in a Yukon yelling at her kids while texting her bff to ruin all that cost saving and training. I trust other people on the road as much as I trust John Wayne Gacy to babysit, so there's no way I'm going to do without all the extra safety a car provides over a motorcycle on public roads.