Buzzard
Bikes 
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Fuel Costs 
Fuel costs have been rising at a sharp rate over the last few years. Scooters and small motorcycles have exceptional fuel consumption figures which easily embarrass even the most frugal of cars. Sukida and Skygo bikes can return figures of up to 150 miles per gallon! Please see below for some more information on petrol pricing in the UK to see for yourself how economical a bike from Buzzard Bikes could be!
Parking
Congestion – charges and journey times and the environment
General Costs The general costs of running cars and the escalating prices of our failing public transport system are even more reasons to get on two wheels! Insurance, petrol, road tax for cars are at an all time high – for short journeys and the commute to work, ask yourself – its it worth the money you spend? Our bikes and scooters are all very cheap to run, most of our bikes have a £15 charge for a years road tax, this is up to 10 times less than some cars! A yearly ticket from Ealing, West London into Paddington is £1260. Buying a bike from Buzzard Bikes can be anywhere from 30-60% less, but you own the bike for life and you can still use it for pleasure.
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We all know, parking in todays
world is a nightmare, stories of garages selling for £45,000 in central London
are not uncommon and as for daily parking rates up and down the country, well
they sometimes verge on the extortionate. Most local councils look favourably on
mopeds, scooters and motorcycles and impose little or no charge for our 2 wheel
friends. A couple of hours worth of parking in some car parks could be a weeks
worth of petrol in one of our bikes!! Car parks are expensive, crammed and you
take so long to park sometimes, it begs the question – is this worth it? Just
imagine, riding into work and parking up before your boss gets in to work in his
or her car!
Congestion is a sad and dark area of our
cities and towns. The government has introduced the unpopular congestion charge
in London and is likely to launch similar schemes in Leeds, Manchester,
Liverpool, Nottingham, Oxford, Cardiff, Glasgow and Edinburgh to name just a
few. Scooters and motorcycles are exempt from congestion charging – because
they don't cause congestion and keep traffic moving. Journey times in cars and on
public transport can be halved by riding one of our bikes! And think of mother
nature, with all the smog and pollution produced by our cars and trains – give
back to the environment and ride something that helps it survive by
significantly reducing carbon emissions!