Got stuck & got screwed
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$4,1 per gallon? Well, as they said in Monthy Python:"you lucky bastards, oh, you lucky, lucky bastards"... Just filled my Sglides tank yesterday, ladies and gents (add drum solo here) : $8,7/ gallon! Yes, we have a winner! What did I won, free lobotomy?
And this was of course NOT in U.S., as I live in Finland. Those kind of prices for gas are not uncommon here, it has been around 8 bucks for a while.
And this was of course NOT in U.S., as I live in Finland. Those kind of prices for gas are not uncommon here, it has been around 8 bucks for a while.
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ORIGINAL: jmorton10
Good thing you weren't riding an EFI bike, you would have been calling a tow truck.............
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had to flip over to reserve 20+ miles from closest station.
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ORIGINAL: SCRider
Cry me a river and welcome to our world![sm=boohoo.gif]
What did that cost you $2.00. Wow
Cry me a river and welcome to our world![sm=boohoo.gif]
What did that cost you $2.00. Wow
You have a $20,000 bike and still bitch about gas prices???
GET A LIFE
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RE: Got stuck & got screwed
some other places have had over 5$ a gallon gas for years, ours is still cheap compared. I don't even think about it......less grey hair that way. It's not like your NOT going to buy it anyway.....screw it, bend over and like it.
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RE: Got stuck & got screwed
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ORIGINAL: SCRider
Just saying that a lot of people are freaking out about the price of gas (justifyable in car or truck terms), but when you look at it in terms of only 5 or 6 gallons, you are only talking about a buck or two. It is not like filling up a Suburban.
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Yeah, had to take the truck last nite to the club (it was POURING rain)... it gets a whopping 14 mpg and costs close to $100 to fill it up with regular! Wife used to fill it up once a week....she has now consolidated a lot of her errands and is going almost 2 weeks on one tank now.
On the other hand, I ride my bike between 30k and 35k a year. Over 2/3 of those miles are ONLY for fun.
At $3 a gallon that is only $1300 a year...no biggie, just over $100 a month for play
At $4 a gallon it is still only $1775 a year...still ok, just over $148 a month for play
At $8 a gallon it is $3550 a year...$300 a month for play
You know what! Before doing the math for this post I thought that if gas hit $8 a gallon I would cut back on my riding...
After doing this math, I would not change my riding one bit...I would still ride just as much and have just as much fun!!!
ORIGINAL: SCRider
Just saying that a lot of people are freaking out about the price of gas (justifyable in car or truck terms), but when you look at it in terms of only 5 or 6 gallons, you are only talking about a buck or two. It is not like filling up a Suburban.
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Yeah, had to take the truck last nite to the club (it was POURING rain)... it gets a whopping 14 mpg and costs close to $100 to fill it up with regular! Wife used to fill it up once a week....she has now consolidated a lot of her errands and is going almost 2 weeks on one tank now.
On the other hand, I ride my bike between 30k and 35k a year. Over 2/3 of those miles are ONLY for fun.
At $3 a gallon that is only $1300 a year...no biggie, just over $100 a month for play
At $4 a gallon it is still only $1775 a year...still ok, just over $148 a month for play
At $8 a gallon it is $3550 a year...$300 a month for play
You know what! Before doing the math for this post I thought that if gas hit $8 a gallon I would cut back on my riding...
After doing this math, I would not change my riding one bit...I would still ride just as much and have just as much fun!!!
