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Offline sparty

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$4.39
« on: May 16, 2008, 09:18:07 AM »
Well, the fuel for my bike just went up 20 cents today.... Sunoco Ultra 94.  My Shell station no longer sells the 98 V-Power, which would have cost $4.97.

I just agreed to buy a Nighthawk 250 - 70MPG

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Re: $4.39
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2008, 09:25:45 AM »
And i thought i was b*tching about 3.97 for 95 octane...
Thats gotta be rough with that hotrod 750 of yours!!


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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2008, 09:27:31 AM »
It's over $10 a gallon here in the UK..........you lucky sods  ;)
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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2008, 10:19:22 AM »
Give me your hotrod Art and Ill give it all the gas it needs  ;)

Your bike is like an expensive women who wants the best money can buy and keeps on wanting more  ;)

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« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2008, 10:34:07 AM »
I went to bed and it was $3.85 (for 87). I got up and it was $3.99. Is it weird that I drive a Ford Focus and still think I need a smaller car? HA!. Just that many more miles the bike will see I guess. Like I need an excuse to ride a motorcycle.
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Re: $4.39
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2008, 10:36:05 AM »
Quote from: dave400 on May 16, 2008, 09:27:31 AM
It's over $10 a gallon here in the UK..........you lucky sods  ;)
now thats a joke
we are paying $1.23 a litre at the moment in eastern Canada
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Re: $4.39
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2008, 11:08:55 AM »
$1.32  in BC, that's $6.60 a gallon to the metric impaired ;D
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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2008, 11:41:46 AM »
wow, i guess 3.59 a gallon here at shell for 87, or 3.55 at the no-name places isnt so bad after all eh?
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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2008, 11:43:07 AM »
See

That's only $ 6.00/ canadian gallon.

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« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2008, 12:09:00 PM »
£1.24 a litre for Diesel & £1.12 a litre for petrol round my kneck of the woods here in the uk  :'(,   cheers mick.
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Re: $4.39
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2008, 12:13:31 PM »
Quote from: neil young on May 16, 2008, 10:36:05 AM
Quote from: dave400 on May 16, 2008, 09:27:31 AM
It's over $10 a gallon here in the UK..........you lucky sods  ;)
now thats a joke
we are paying $1.23 a litre at the moment in eastern Canada

We get our petrol in litres also, I’m not sure what a CN $ is worth against a GBP but I paid £1.12/litre here today…..ouch! :o

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Re: $4.39
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2008, 12:32:04 PM »
Yeah, our gas subsidies enabled us to cripple ourselves that much more when the price got that high.  I feel for all the people with huge pickups, SUVs and Hummers.  :/  ...but not that much.  ;) :D
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Re: $4.39
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2008, 12:37:23 PM »
It's actually $8.33 in the uk, as 1.2 uk gallons = 1 us gallon.
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« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2008, 01:03:09 PM »
Quote from: mlinder on May 16, 2008, 12:37:23 PM
It's actually $8.33 in the uk, as 1.2 uk gallons = 1 us gallon.

We went metric along time ago and have been paying high prices for fuel ever since, the litre price looks good until you fill the tank in US/UK gallons. It won’t be long untill you fellas go metric with your fuel…. Our armies/war against terror has to be paid for some how, so we live with the high prices and not for long I hope!
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« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2008, 01:04:50 PM »
I do not feel at all for those in SUVs. Most are soccer moms anyways who think they need a big truck to be safe.

I have a question. What is petrol????   OH WAIT. Do you mean GAS?  ;D

I will say that I have started to see a lot more bikes on the road and smaller cars. It is a good change.
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« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2008, 01:12:01 PM »
That is one upside to fuel prices...more bike friendly roads..
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Re: $4.39
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2008, 01:31:23 PM »
Quote from: eldar, Master of the K8 Thunder! on May 16, 2008, 01:04:50 PM

I have a question. What is petrol????   OH WAIT. Do you mean GAS?  ;D


Blimey, It's  called  petrol in the UK usually and you blokes always call it gas! Its a liquid when you buy it, its better know around my bike friends as juice. Same language different worlds I suppose.  ;)  ;D
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Re: $4.39
« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2008, 03:46:52 PM »
I've seen SO many little trail70's and scooters coming into the shop... barn fresh motorcycles brought from retirement for Dad's commute...
All very good changes.  Bicycles, too.  Very positive changes, all in all.

I wonder if small-town stores will see more business when it gets too expensive to go 30mi to the nearest walmart?
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« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2008, 05:43:52 PM »
Now THAT is an interesting question - all the malls, all the big-box stores are usually way out of town.  Mom & Pop right closer in.  That WILL be an interesting phenomenon to watch happen...
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« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2008, 06:00:18 PM »
Quote from: kirkn on May 16, 2008, 05:43:52 PM
Now THAT is an interesting question - all the malls, all the big-box stores are usually way out of town.  Mom & Pop right closer in.  That WILL be an interesting phenomenon to watch happen...

Maybe there is an upside to high gas prices!!!
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Re: $4.39
« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2008, 05:22:51 AM »
tell you what, i'm glad i just retired
i was spending $100 a week on gas
now if i need to go somewhere close i get the bike or four wheeler
god bless old honda's
feel sorry for you that still have to go to work, it can inly get worse
i'm still waiting for them to raise the gas tax in michigan because we cut our usage down and now they don't get enough in taxes on the gas now
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« Reply #21 on: May 19, 2008, 07:40:56 PM »
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Re: $4.39
« Reply #22 on: May 19, 2008, 08:57:59 PM »
Being the miserly GHOF that I am I set the cruise control on the car to the speed limit, a) to avoid the federales and b) to save gas. I smile to myself when the driver of a one-ton dually insists on screaming by.....
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Re: $4.39
« Reply #23 on: May 20, 2008, 08:45:40 AM »
Yep, I only put Supreme in my 550, and I am feeling the hurt....


but still rode to work today...
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« Reply #24 on: May 20, 2008, 08:57:17 AM »
Quote from: Hope on May 20, 2008, 08:45:40 AM
Yep, I only put Supreme in my 550, and I am feeling the hurt....

Does it need a higher octane?
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