A colossal waste of limited funds

Motorcycling is a use of discretionary funds for the majority of riders. While most of us are passionate we understand that riding every day in PA is pretty much not possible and therefore bikes are an “extra”. That said money cannot be wasted on silly things like I am about to show you.

I was perusing the latest Cycle World magazine the other day and in the ‘Product Watch’ section they reviewed a product called Motocloths These are essentially moist towelettes that you might get at a restaurant when you order ribs, or lobster. They are even lemon scented and individually wrapped, and the cost $12.00 for a package of 10. That’s right they are $1.20 each, not including shipping.

I thought for a couple of seconds and realized that I had a very economical answer right in the house. I have a baby daughter, and I get to change the diapers quite often, and I get to use the wipes. I have often used the baby wipes for other uses. They work well to clean a dusty TV screen, and to dust furniture. I have used them to get the worst grime off my hands when I have been doing something mechanical. Compared to the Motocloths they are dirt cheap. You can get a box of 660 wipes for about $9.00. That’s about 1.3 cents per wipe.

I know what you are thinking. But the Motocloths are individually wrapped for your convenience. Yes, but I can give you a zip lock sandwich bag for about $.04 so for a total of 5 cents you can have a wipe which will refresh you. Again, I know that you are thinking that the Motocloths are lemon scented and baby wipes are not. True, however you can get baby wipes with aloe, so take that!

Even better you could take along a wash cloth and then stop at a gas station and use the rest room, while there soak the wash cloth in water. Heck that there is free.

Seriously I could not think of a more silly use of money, but maybe I am looking at this wrong. Maybe the Motocloths are made right here in the USA and purchasing them and using them will be good for the economy. Nah, I doubt it. They are just silly.