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I purchased a Harley Fat Bob and a trailer. Hitched that to me F150 and traveled to San Diego. The F150 was parked. Trailer stored in the garage at the place I rented a room. 99% of my travel occurred on 2 wheels. 38 to 49 MPG. Lane splits to dodge the insanity of the bumper to bumper freeways. From Sept 2010 to Sept 2014, I added 30,000 miles on my F150. During the same interval I had my Kawasaki Versys, Harley XL1200R and Fat Bob accruing 20,000 miles EACH. The 1999 F150 was purchased USED in 2003 with 22,500 miles. Today in 2018, it just turned over 64,000 miles. The bikes haven't added a total of 200 miles (collectively) since Sept 2014. No time to enjoy them with 55 to 70 hour weeks. I want to change that latter situation before I'm too damn old and enjoy them.

As an aside, I could have easily substituted one of the Zero series electric bikes for commuting to work. I had reduced that to 7.5 miles one-way between Clairemont Dr/Balboa Ave and Genesee/Campus Point Drive. The electric would have been unsatisfactory for my weekend rides to Julian or a late Summer round trip San Diego <--> Pocatello. The Fat Bob yielded 49.5 MPG over the 1800+ miles round trip.

Thanks for the mention. Folks have a variety of ways of coping with traffic. Sounds like you found a good one.

I purchased an e-bike that I tool around on.

It’ll do 25 mph and get me between 20 and 30 miles on a charge.

I enjoy it a lot.

It’s has the off road 4” tires. I can go about anywhere on it. In California I’ve ridden it near Yosemite, on Jalama Beach, and in the foothills from Glendale to the top of La Crescenta.

Being able to peddle it, I get a fair bit of exercise, while being able to back off and let it do the work if I need to.