Thinking of Buying a Motorcycle

[SVX PlayBoy]

Yes I am indeed thinking of buying a bike. Everytime I bring this up, it is INSTANTLY **** down by my mom. My dad, however, has owned 3 bikes. He seems cool with it, but my mom always talks him against me. Good news is IM MOVING!! out of the house, and into a college dorm.

My reason for getting a bike, is gas prices. Seriously, nobody believes me when I say that. Being in college, im not going to be going anywhere, except to work and the airport(Aviation Major, gotta find money to fix the SVX ), and the bikes I have been looking at get around 60-70mpg.


The bikes:
1) Honda CBR 600, an older one, pre-2000
2) Kawasaki Ninja 600, also pre-2000
3) Kawasaki Ninja 250, smaller cc, dont need to crash

Just looking for thoughts, and maybe a way to convince my parents to be OK with it.