Ride to Work Day is tomorrow, June 15

June 14, 8:17 PMMotorcycle ExaminerKen Bingenheimer

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  Tomorrow is Ride to Work Day

Ride to Work Day is tomorrow, Monday, June 15. It's a day to get out on the road and show everyone how many of us there are.

This annual event dates back to 1992, starting out as an informal, loosely structured event. In 2000 a non-profit group, Ride to Work, was created and its first event was in 2001.

According to the group's data, on a normal day only 0.11 percent of commuters go to work on their motorcycles. That's out of a total of 5.5 million motorcycles regularly in use in the U.S.

The group says, based on the number of riders participating in Ride to Work Day and the gas mileage of motorcycles vs. cars, that "If every work day were Ride to Work Day, 60,000 gallons saved x 250 work days = 15,000,000 less gallons used per year."

But heck, you don't have to be thinking green to ride your motorcycle to work tomorrow or and day--do it because it's fun! Arrive at work with a smile on your face. And then enjoy the ride home, too. Life is good on two wheels. 

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