Petrol price increases

[scumdog]

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My C50T averages 60mpg getting down to 58mpg loaded and two-up in company with my mates 1200 Bandit and not riding for economy... Can easily get 280km from the 15lt tank.

About the same as the T-Sport 1450.

And on a good day T-Bird gets 13mpg, about 4.6km per litre!!

[avgas]

Just about croaked when i saw the total $40!!!!
Last time i was on the bike and paid $40 for a full tank of gas i bought the misses and i a feed at the same time.

[avgas]

Here's the answer. Run your bike on water. That dude (nice guy ) over on the shore does.
http://www.runyourcarwithwater.com/?hop=watertt

I just stopped doing that - only cost me $150 to get the tank re-coated for rust

[fergie]

I still remember when fuel hit $1 a litre, major uproar but we got over it, guess we will again?

[cooneyr]

I still remember when fuel hit $1 a litre, major uproar but we got over it, guess we will again?

Whatcha mean still remember - that was only about 2003/2004 ish. How bad is your memory???? I've been waiting for the $2 a litre for the last year or so. Remember the talk of it happing at the end of 2006?

Cheers R

[Edbear]

I still remember when fuel hit $1 a litre, major uproar but we got over it, guess we will again?

I can remember when it hit $1 a gallon...

[xwhatsit]

Ah, but will a [i]real[i] C50 carry me and the Missus and our gear at the pace of a Bandit in comfort for a 500km day trip?

Well, if your missus is Japanese and by Bandit you mean a Mexican with a moustache traipsing through the desert...

[spookytooth]

I can remember when it hit $1 a gallon...

haha yea $1 a gallon i had a impala at the time that cost $17.00 to fill but could get away with putting 00.50c in my 250 yam.I don't think the pumps dish out 00.50c lots any more

[Monkeyboy]

Running out of petrol = go to nearest gas station.

Either way you have to pay it, who gives a shit. I mean c'mon.

Oh noes 1 cent more than the other place, wow 17 cents extra for my entire fill up

I agree, it makes fuck all difference, running around looking for 2 cents here, 2 cents there, just fill up and go for a ride.

[BIHB@0610]

haha yea $1 a gallon i had a impala at the time that cost $17.00 to fill but could get away with putting 00.50c in my 250 yam.I don't think the pumps dish out 00.50c lots any more

I remember frequently putting $1 worth of gas in my little Honda Civic ........ it was in the late 80s I think. I just put $30 in my Audi - less than 14litres ....... hardly moved the dial on the dash ....

[MD]

I can remember when it hit $1 a gallon...

+1
Wasn't that an outrageous price to pay!
Try and tell Kids that these days and they just wont believe you.
The up side was that it was so easy to work out your mileage per gallon when it was at $1.00 per gallon.
After that they had to invent calculators so we could keep track.

[scracha]

Mibby more of the tax revenue will go on public transport?
Mibby the big cities will get decent (free) park and ride schemes?
Mibby they'll designate more lanes for cars with passengers?
Mibby more folk will realise that commuting 100km each way doesn't make sense?
Mibby we'll see less litre bike* and V8 car dick extensions on the road?

Whatever happens, we'll cope. It's not like it's an uneven playing field. The rest of the world is having to cope with the high prices too. When the cops stop driving V8's and your average kiwi car is under 2 litres, I'll start to have a sympathetic ear.


*ok...that one was bait

[Edbear]

+1
Wasn't that an outrageous price to pay!
Try and tell Kids that these days and they just wont believe you.
The up side was that it was so easy to work out your mileage per gallon when it was at $1.00 per gallon.
After that they had to invent calculators so we could keep track.

Yup! It cost $2.50 to fill the T500 from empty! And my Bradford with a 6 gallon tank cost an exhorbitant $6.00!!!!

[awayatc]

I can still rememba that you jus had to chuck out some hay to fill your ride.......

[Jantar]

I can still rememba that you jus had to chuck out some hay to fill your ride.......

My wife still does that, but in the winter I still have to throw the hay twice every day and she doesn't even ride from June to September. :katman: