And so the government finally finds a way to end the outrageous carnage on our roads caused by motorcyclists. -- jeremy '02 Fazer 600 in blue _______________________________________ jeremy0505 at gmail.com
If these fuel protests come to anything, the gubmint is considering introducing a minimum fill when going to the petrol station to stop people topping up needlessly. (Like today - Sky news and Kilmarnock) What if they set this at say £20? We're a bit fucked for the bikes ain't we?
Only if they set the one rule, for *all* vehicles. Somehow, can't see them overlooking the smaller capacity of bikes, tbh.
In uk.rec.motorcycles, gazzafield amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom: Well I must say I've not seen any evidence of panic buying yet but just to be sure (and so I can get to the EOSM) I filled her up to brimming this morning before the great unwashed were out of bed.
In uk.rec.motorcycles, gazzafield amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom: That *was* panic buying YTC.
I was wondering about this. I tend to keep my bikes fully fuelled up, and I've got a couple of gallons in cans, for the lawnmower and strimmer (which strimmeth not these days, and I CBA to strip the engine). So: Trophy, 26 litres; Duke, 18 litres; GPZ550, 18 litres; 400 Four 14 litres; Benly - actually, that's about half full, so 5 litres; CB125S 7 litres. DT50MX - 3 or 4 litres. No idea how much is in the T-bird. Coo, if my garage ever catches fire it'll ignite half of Sutton. But the problem is that I don't possess a bike capable of doing SW London - EOSM - SW London on a tankful. I can stretch the Trophy to 200 miles, and with a gallon can in each panier that means maybe 280 miles.... Nope. Not enough. Hmm...... GPz550? I can get 60mpg out of that, cruising it. So well over 200 miles, say 320 with the gallon cans. Possible. CB125S? 100-odd mpg, 150 miles on a tankful: put two gallon cans on the back. That'd do it, just. Might take a while, though. Might be four wheels, but the Silver Tuddy will probably be down to half-full come the weekend. If the lemmings suck the pumps dry, that won't make it either. I know - I'll pinch The Doctor's Micra, and refuel it later from the bikes, if I have to. Job's a good'un. Out of curiosity, does anyone know of a bike with a fuel range to exceed the old 1100 Pan European? I got 300 miles out of one of those, once.
In uk.rec.motorcycles, flash amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom: Not when it's fucking empty it's not, you twat.
In uk.rec.motorcycles, TOG@toil amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom: Neither of my bikes will either but I squeezed fifty five quid into the Ford this morning. *Ding*, and that's why I filled it right up, not because I was panicking, but because of all the other cunts that would be. I don't see why I should suffer the indignity of waiting in a queue or only being allowed a tenner's worth of fuel because I didn't use my loaf and fill up when the opportunity presented itself.
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, gazzafield Judging by the fuckwits squeezing the last drop of diesel into their vans and cars this afternoon, I'd say we're a bit fucked anyway. Let's be careful out there... -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets and Ducati Race Engineer. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
Not quite. The original Katana -- the 672cc one -- had a 24 l tank, which meant I could make it from Adelaide to Mildura early in the morning before any servos were open in between. A bit of restraint to get over 20 km/l and it'd push 300 miles. I got ~450 km out of Black Kat between fills, in Norway in heavy traffic & Scotch mist at 80 km/h max on 2-lane highways (20 l tank, that tankful was 24 km/l). -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD, DT175MX "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO# 003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
In uk.rec.motorcycles, flash amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom: Because that's when I start work.
How the **** do you get 200 miles out of the Trophy? -- R_O_B_B_O Trophy 1200 1998 BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003/2004. B.O.S.M 2003, 2004, 2005 FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449 PM#7 ..
If I take it easy (like 70-80mph cruising) it gives about 40mpg. Anything over 80 and it schlurps and normal consumption is 35-38mpg. But it has a huge tank, as you know - close to six gallons. I met an old[1] Brit geezer at Chimay in 2003 who had one, and he claimed to get 50mpg out of his. I ventured that he didn't ride it that fast, then, and he claimed he went everywhere at 90. Lying old ****. It's ridiculously thirsty given the performance, but I don't think the difference bwteen (say) 45mpg and 36mpg, on my 5000 miles annual mileage on it, really amounts to a big financial difference. [1] ie: older than me.
I doubt they care about a CG125 filling up for £6 or whatever. I think they are worried about Mr Big Jag spending £60 or so at a time.
I filled both my cars and my bike yesterday, but I didn't feel panicked. Mabye I was "Calm and Calculating buying".
I only get about 150 miles out of the CBR1000F, th weird thing is it gets better miles per gallon if I drive like a maniac.
