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could

you replace your car with bike ???

in a word NO

Yep

it can be done, although you'll need to think a bit about what type of bike you want and your budget.

Bloke at work has a GoldWing as his only set of wheels and he goes out on everything but snow.

It can be doneI

If you dress with wet weather gear in the winter and full leathers in the summer you can't go wrong!

Ehhhh

 Think I've wasted 3 mins of my life reading this thread, it cant be for real, can it ?  

Bike as only vehicle

I use a bike all year round as my primary mode of transport and I know other people who have nothing but bikes as transport. The main downside is limited space for shopping but hard or soft luggage (and occasionally rucksacks) goes some way to eleviate that. You'll also limit yourself to only being able to carry one passenger at a time but that's  not a big issue most of the time.

The reality is that for many people bikes are now a summer toy to play on the roads and pretend they could make it in international race series. These people scoff at anything outside of their personal choices.

It is certainly possible to have a bike as your only vehicle but it does have some benefits and negatives. Get warm waterproof clothing for winter (heated gloves are particularly good) and moderate your riding for the lack of grip. Bikes from the 90's tend to be reasonably hard wearing and cheap to run. Keep the drive chain correctly tensioned and lubed, change the transmission oil when needed, try to waterproof the back of electrical connectors to stop water ingresssion, invest in anti-mist visor inserts/ sprays and you'll have a reliable year round ride.