If you bought a POS bike for $2,000, spent $1,500 on insurance, $1,000 on gear and another $1,500 on maintenance & repairs, you'd be out-of-pocket $6,000. If business related travel amounted to 10,000km, you could recover $5,050 (5,000x.54+5,000x.47) pretax from the company. At the end of the year, I'd be out-of-pocket only $950. The next 2 years, I'd be in-the-money $2,050, each year. Then the cycle would probably repeat itself with the purchase of another POS bike & new gear. Contrast that to $5,050 in wages taxed at up to 46.41% netting you only $2,706.30. It is possible to make money if you're smart about it and keep a mileage log book.