Saving petrol

[eliot-ness]

Saw on the news last night. Among measures being mooted for petrol savings......Lowering tyre pressures. First thought was. WTF has that got to do with saving petrol???????. Then I sat down and had a long think about the reasoning behind it. Sheer bloody genious. Lower the pressures far enough and you'll save 100%. So fellow bikers. Next time you sitting at the lights doing nothing useful hop off the bike and let a few tyres down. Do your bit for the country and save petrol. We might even be able to organise a bonus system for the biker who saves the most, and think of the satisfaction you'll get when you let down the tyres of the cager who just cut you off and the cops give you a pat on the back for your public spiritedness :devil2:

[Sniper]

I have no wanting for ending up dead, but thanks for the advice

[Smorg]

Funny :rofl:

[bugjuice]

was it all a p/t or are they advising to drop the pressure in tyres?
it won't save petrol at all. The majority of stoopid cagers will just look at the tyres, and think 'they're a bit soft' or that they are in fact ok, and continue to drive..
But lowering the pressure from the recommended specs, increases resistance and increases tyre wear, so how the hell does that save? Plus, you'll just be spending more on tyres, which in turn, pollutes the environment more with disposing the old tyres..

rip em up, and stick 'em back into new roads..

[Mooch]

Have the media got this wrong about tyres , Comon sense tells me that increasing tyre pressure will lower rolling resistance (and grip), use less petrol .Taxi drivers have been doing that for years . (Check your mirrors when you next pull up quickly on a wet day with a Taxi behind ! :sweatdrop )

I'd never do this to save petrol on a bike !.Ever!

[Oakie]

I think the guy actually said to make sure you have the correct pressure, not necessarily to lower the pressure. :hitcher:

[Pixie]

I think the guy actually said to make sure you have the correct pressure, not necessarily to lower the pressure. :hitcher:
No,I saw it too.The idiot definitely said lower the pressures,but then he was a TV moron.
Paul Henry,this morning,didn't know wether to divide or multiply when using a currency conversion factor (the "factor" was a clue that went over his head)

[WINJA]

IF YOU HAVE A DIESEL YOU CAN USE OLD COOKING OIL FROM THE FISH AND CHIP SHOP, DONT USE TALLOW

[idb]

Have the media got this wrong about tyres , Comon sense tells me that increasing tyre pressure will lower rolling resistance (and grip), use less petrol ....
That's your problem you see, you've only got common sense.
There's too much of that common sense about, what we need is uncommon sense...extraordinary, wonderous, astounding sense....fantagilous, frabulous rambulous sense............

[Mooch]

That's your problem you see, you've only got common sense.
There's too much of that common sense about, what we need is uncommon sense...extraordinary, wonderous, astounding sense....fantagilous, frabulous rambulous sense............

Sorry mate techo rather than scolar, must be pickn up the local lingo , I'm in Wapping pronounced wopping , aint you seen eastenders luv.

[mstriumph]

wonderful as usual!! --- :rofl:
IF YOU HAVE A DIESEL YOU CAN USE OLD COOKING OIL FROM THE FISH AND CHIP SHOP, DONT USE TALLOW

[Bob]

Sorry mate techo rather than scolar, must be pickn up the local lingo , I'm in Wapping pronounced wopping , aint you seen eastenders luv.

I used to work in Wapping... well St. Katherine's Dock anyway - in the building next to HMS President, just before the red bridge to the Tower Hotel. The one with the little pond in the courtyard and access to The Thames.

(For the life of me I cannot remember if it had a name!)

[Mooch]

I used to work in Wapping... well St. Katherine's Dock anyway - in the building next to HMS President, just before the red bridge to the Tower Hotel. The one with the little pond in the courtyard and access to The Thames.

(For the life of me I cannot remember if it had a name!)

I'm living a couple hundred yards from Wapping tube station on the Thames , know the area your talking of and visit the Pub down there from time to time.

PS , shouldn't take the piss out of the locals , friendly bunch who take the piss out of us Kiwi's. Shit , some of them have called me an Aussie just for a wind up.

[Lou Girardin]

Look. It's really simple. TV dork heard a reference to checking tyre pressures, so he thinks lower them. That's his mindset - think small.

[myvice]

Yes, let your tyres down! Better yet, take your wheels off! Save petrol by recycling it! Pipe the fumes into your car and collect the condensation from the un-burnt petrol to put back in your tank!
Save the whales, collect the set!

[Fart]

If you fart regularly while riding, you can save at lest 5% on fuel.

[idb]

Sorry mate techo rather than scolar, must be pickn up the local lingo , I'm in Wapping pronounced wopping , aint you seen eastenders luv.
Eastenders is a nature documentary isn't it?

[Oscar]

Lower tyre pressures?
If you slightly over inflate (by two or three pounds over manufacturers recommendation), you'll not only save petrol, but yer tyres will last longer.
Car manufacturers set their tyre pressures using (amongst other things) ride comfort as a factor...

[WINJA]

wonderful as usual!! --- :rofl:
IM SERIOUS , IT REALLY WORKS IVE SEEN A DEMO

[Ixion]

IM SERIOUS , IT REALLY WORKS IVE SEEN A DEMO

He is serious, it does work. Maybe not as well as derv, but works . There's a car running around somewhere in NZ using it
[googles]

Yep Here you go ( http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?mode=headlines&c_id=3&ObjectID=10337601)

[Hitcher]

IF YOU HAVE A DIESEL YOU CAN USE OLD COOKING OIL FROM THE FISH AND CHIP SHOP, DONT USE TALLOW
Tallow works just fine in a diesel engine, as long as you start the engine on diesel and stop it on diesel. Otherwise the tallow waxes up the pump and the injectors. I was involved in an experiment when I was at Massey where we had a Massey Ferguson 135 running perfectly happily on tallow. It smoked a bit but.