How have rising fuel prices changed your behaviour?

I wondered that when I saw the 250 miles per tank.

--
Lozzo
Suzuki SV650S K5
Honda CBR600 FW trackbike
Yamaha SR250 Spazz-Trakka
Suzuki GSXR750 L
Suzuki TS50X
Suzuki TS50X

 

Not sure about the fire but the stuff I've read goes on about the
significant amount of electricity that is used by appliances on standby
(especially TVs and computers).

 

They all do that, it's something genetic.

 

I've got a 2.4 Turbo Diesel Auto S60, and other than having the turning
circle of a supertanker it's pretty good.

The 164BHP lump seems adequate for the slushbox, although there are
firms around who can remap it to 220BHP.

Returns around 40MPG, much of which is town work.

--
Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

I never take the car into central London anyway, to be honest.

 

Must ride it like a nun

 

Which bit of 'incremental' and 'total' did you not understand?
Servicing the car is part of the incremental cost, assuming that you drive
enough to be serviced on a mileage rather than a time basis. Tyres count
as an incremental cost too, and you could add a depreciation factor.
A quick calculation suggests that if you do 1000 miles per annum on the
scooter you are making a profit.

 

Abandoning the internal combustion engine altogether, and either cycling
to school, or else taking public transport which despite the best
efforts of our tinpot facho in the Elysée, is still top-notch in Paris.
Or walking, if the weather's up to it.

D.

 

Top man

What type of hat?

--
Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Aye, and unfortunately not the stuff that makes the most difference in
every day living.

 

LPG Car - price has risen but I'm still paying 44p a litre at my nearest
garage - so that's not too bad. A little man is about to convert the
engine on the boat to LPG too - will use fork-lift liquid outlet tanks
(as well as still being able to use petrol). Lots of boaty folk v pissed
off at the loss of red diesel later this year - they can still use it for
heat but not for propulsion... Take two fuel tanks onto the canal? Not
me...

I have just put about 200 feet of extra insulation in the loft, every
bulb in the house has been low energy for a while.

It's as much the effect it has had on the price of everything else that's
a pain - I am sure that basic grocery items have increased in price by
more than the advertised rate in the last few months.

 

Never having had a Volvo before, I don't know what's suitable.
This looks good to me
http://www.lockhatters.co.uk/Tweed_Hats___Country_Jacket-Grouse-P47.aspx
but I expect more experienced Volvo drivers will say it's a newbie's hat.
What about patches? Do you have to earn them? One elbow per biker down?

 

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If I was in the same position I'd follow the KTM (type) route.

 

I learned to ride on a Noddy Bike [1]; lovely and stable it was, the
cylinders kept one's feet warm in winter, the legshields kept one's
lower parts dry and warm.

But in the early-learning phase I got 55 mpg out of it, until one day
I felt brave enough to go on a 'long run', about fifty miles. When I
got to my destination, I was staggered to discover half a tank of
petrol, where I expected it to be empty, and in fact got back home on
the same tankful. IIRC this worked out at 95 mpg, and was an early
salutary lesson in how riding style affects fuel consumption.

I'd say 55mpg would be under-egging the fuel performance of these
smashing little bikes.

[1] Three-speed hand change

 

No special technique, I just ride it sensibly and dont thrash it. If I rode
like most of the cnuts screaming around in low gears it would probably do
a lot less, but I dont feel the need to waste money on noise.
Fuel economy is mainly about about being relaxed and having nothing to prove.

 

For the first time since it was issued last April, I thought I'd use
the bus pass to get the bus collect the car from where I'd parked it,
near the underground station six miles away, following a 'contract
meeting' that seems to take place in a pub and last from 12 noon to
9pm or so.

Amble down to the bus stop with five minutes to spare, wait ten
minutes past the time the bus is due. It finally zooms past the bus
stop at well over the limit, I'm not sure if the driver waved two
fingers or not.

Walked back home and cadged a lift from the Other Half.

Public transport....it's a joke.

 

Not a bad choice, should be suitable for an estate driver.

I find a tweed trilby more suitable for the sporting diesel operator

--
Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Ding.

I mean, how often do you buy a new washing machine?

 

All of it, to be honest. Maths and statistics etc - sorry, they go
whoosh.

Ah, that's better

 

Well, quite, but riding a GS500 that slowly would bore the pants off me.
I'd rather buy a smaller, more economical bike, and have fun thrashing
the tits off it.