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Motorcycle Trip Cost

Free Motorcycle Trip Cost calculator with clear step-by-step results.

About Motorcycle Trip Cost

Motorcycle touring has an unusual cost profile: fuel is cheap because consumption is low, but tyres are expensive and wear out in a few thousand kilometres, so a long trip can consume a meaningful fraction of a tyre set. Including that wear is what makes the per-kilometre figure honest.

Formulas

Fuel cost

Cost = distance x (L/100km) / 100 x fuel price

Tyre wear

Cost = distance / tyre life x tyre set cost

Worked example

With the default values below, Motorcycle Trip Cost returns Total trip cost of $332.21. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Trip distanceminimum 0 km
900 km
Fuel consumptionminimum 0.1 L/100km
4.6 L/100km
Fuel priceminimum 0 $/L
1.72 $/L
Nights awayaccepts 0–60
3
Accommodation per nightminimum 0 $
75 $
Rear tyre lifeminimum 500 km
8,000 km
Cost of a tyre setminimum 0 $
320 $

Results

Total trip cost
$332.21
Fuel
$71.21
Tyre wear consumed by the trip
$36.00
All-in cost per kilometre
$0.3691

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Fuel cost
  3. 3Tyre wear
  4. 4Total trip cost= $332.21
  5. 5Fuel= $71.21
  6. 6Tyre wear consumed by the trip= $36.00
  7. 7All-in cost per kilometre= $0.3691/km

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 7 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 4 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why include tyre wear when a car trip calculator does not?

Because the proportion is far larger. A sports tyre lasting 5,000 km costs roughly 6 cents per kilometre - comparable to the fuel on an efficient bike.

What about chain and sprocket wear?

Add it to the tyre cost field if you want a fuller figure. A chain and sprocket set lasting 20,000 km adds roughly a cent per kilometre.

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