Gas prices send commuters to motorcycles and scooters

About two months ago, Coy Wells began leaving his truck at home and riding a new Honda 919 motorcycle to work. The economic downturn and rising fuel costs pushed him to buy the black motorcycle for about $5,000, said Wells, a Whole Foods employee who commutes 54 miles round-trip each day from his home in Cedar Park. He still drives his Ford F250 diesel truck in bad weather and when he's with his family but said he generally saves about $92 each week by using the motorcycle he bought at Woods Fun Center as his primary vehicle.