u/kanickicav — reddlx

I am debating between two e450 vehicles for my conversion (ambulance vs shuttle bus) and my biggest concern (or curiosity, really) is diesel. I've heard around that diesel is a great option for these types of full time conversions, however I dont know much about them or why.

Also, for our conversion we will be figuring out a way to store and transport my 2 motorcycles along with us (2 liter supersports, about 450lb each). Ultimately we may have to trailer them, however we are considering a way to put them actually inside the living space or building a garage of some sort.

All that to say, along with the conversion, we will be quite heavy.

Any advice for diesel vs gas? Ambulance pros are obviously electrical already set up, aluminum box vs fiberglass, storage, etc. But the shuttlebus with the Triton v10 gas engine is more of a blank slate (which may be better for design).

Would love any insight you guys have!

I would love ya'lls opinions/advice. I have 4 motorcycles I'm making payments on - 2020 ZX6R, 2023 CFMOTO CLX-700 Sport, 2018 CBR1000RRSP, and 2025 CBR1000RR.

The ZX6R and CLX-700 are both not running currently (ZX6R =spun bearing, CLX-700 = thrown rod). Otherwise, it's in great condition (but obviously both likely need replacement motors).

Both of my Hondas are in perfect running condition, and we use them daily. We average 600 miles of riding/week/bike (7 days/week commuting to gym + weekend riding to the beach and around the state). I currently am at 13500 ODO on my SP now, and 4000 obo on the '25.

We are racking up the miles QUICK, but we dont want to sacrifice riding to these places (literally what makes us happy, and bikes are meant to be ridden).

We are debating between investing the money to repair the 2 broken bikes so we can work them into our rotation and not pack on so many miles to the liter bikes (our most expensive bikes) OR considering buying a cheap cruiser/naked bike to use for gym days (cash).

What would you suggest we do? Replacing motors on these bikes we'd be realistically looking at 4-6k per bike (we do not know how to do it properly ourselves, unfortunately, nor do we have the time to learn with us both working FT and having 2 teenagers).

What would you do given our current situation if you had no more than $10k to work with? Get more bikes in the garage and push off the repairs to eventually when we have the time and $ to do it? Just keep riding the liter bikes daily? Repair the boo-boo bikes and work them into rotation?

Would love opinions!