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Fuel prices - Getting me down...

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    #32
    deman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭deman


    mooman wrote: »
    USA- €0.55/litre, I know where I'm headed:D

    And the Americans are complaining about that price.:confused:


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    #33
    Simon Jester
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Simon Jester


    mooman wrote: »
    USA- €0.55/litre, I know where I'm headed:D

    Iran €0.10 per L

    See ya;)


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    #34
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Simon Jester wrote: »
    Iran €0.10 per L

    See ya;)

    No beer in Iran, and no Hooters either...


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    #35
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    mooman wrote: »
    USA- €0.55/litre, I know where I'm headed:D


    They are the problem in the first place, just waste fuel without thinking


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    #36
    Juwwi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,248 ✭✭✭Juwwi


    Seweryn wrote: »
    I think that fossil fuels are still very cheap. Just think outside the box... A galon of fuel alows you to travel 50km in a comfortable car. Just imagine if you have to push that car for that distance - it would be equivalent of about 2 months of human labour. And what do you pay for it? 5 Euro? There is no country in the world where you get 2 months of labour for that money. We all forget how the fossil fuels changed our lives...
    Anyway, oil prices will only go one way from now (with small seasonal fluctuations) and we should be prepared for it.


    :confused:
    why would u push ur car to work.


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    #37
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    robbie1977 wrote: »
    :confused:
    why would u push ur car to work.
    I wouldn't. I am just trying to explain how huge amount of energy condensed in liquid fuels we get for so tiny amount of money.


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    #38
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    galwaytt wrote: »
    Now, a diesel bike, that would be interesting !
    Enfield India once produced the Taurus Diesel, believe it was a Robin 325cc industrial single cylinder fitted. At only slightly over 6hp with max speed of 50mph it couldn't pull it self out of a wet paper bag but could do well in excess of 100 MPG.

    Until such time as the Japs come up with a fuel injected turbo multi I will not have any faith or interest in diesel motorbikes.


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    #39
    Fishtits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭Fishtits


    Spent time in France recently, unleaded was often 1.50+ per litre, no wonder the diesel is king over there.

    Once in the middle east added 97 litres of "benzine" to the tank, handed over a Dollar and got change... :D


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    #40
    Fishtits
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Until such time as the Japs come up with a fuel injected turbo multi I will not have any faith or interest in diesel motorbikes.

    There is some incredible prototype/research diesel stuff going on at the moment in Europe (diesel design HQ BTW). Petrol engines will be a thing of the past within 15 years IMHO, that includes bikes.


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    #41
    Run_to_da_hills
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    Fishtits wrote: »
    There is some incredible prototype/research diesel stuff going on at the moment in Europe (diesel design HQ BTW). Petrol engines will be a thing of the past within 15 years IMHO, that includes bikes.

    They would want to and the sooner the better. A set of Iridium plugs costs about e50 for my Gixr 750. :eek:


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    #42
    P.C.
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    JHMEG wrote: »
    I'm genuinely surprised to hear how economical bikes are not. I knew a guy years ago who said he could do Dundalk to Waterford on one tank... maybe he was b.s.ing.

    Easy. :D
    And I would get half way back.

    Last Saturday I got 238 miles* (385 km) and when I filled up, I only managed to get 18.5 liters into the tank.










    * and I was not conservative with the throttle - rev counter saw the wrong side of 8K for most of the 238 miles.


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    #43
    mooman
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭mooman


    MunsterCycling wrote: »
    They are the problem in the first place, just waste fuel without thinking

    I'd rather be part of the problem than picking up their tab:D


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    #44
    jayok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,907 ✭✭✭jayok


    JHMEG wrote: »
    I'm genuinely surprised to hear how economical bikes are not. I knew a guy years ago who said he could do Dundalk to Waterford on one tank... maybe he was b.s.ing.

    To be fair, some of the Honda's 125 out there (4 stroke) will get about 100mpg for commuting. My 60 mpg, is the worst of the city driving start/stop, also the bike is an automatic (this makes some bikers vomit at the thoughts) so the CVT doesn't help economy.

    From my own limited experience with bikes, they will rev higher that a car at the same speed. For example at 120km/hr my 400cc will being doing about 6K RPM, my car will be doing about 2.3K RPM - i.e. working a lot less. If you take the driving style and some of the performance bikes, spinning the engine to 10K is going to drink fuel no matter what.

    As for diesel bikes, this was tried before and the additional weight, delivery of power, etc really went against the whole notion of a bike. The next step for motorbike (as Honda have it) is the hybrid electric types. I believe that Honda are on the verge of releasing their first one in the next few months.


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    #45
    91011
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    mooman wrote: »
    USA- €0.55/litre, I know where I'm headed:D


    current average usa price per US gallon unleaded is $3.30 including sales tax - gasbuddy.com

    a us gallon has 3.8 litres

    rate of exchange 1.32

    euro price per litre = 66c

    a lot cheaper than here, but then if you have a crash & have to go to hospital in the usa.....be prepared to pay thousands of dollars


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    #46
    unkel
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    Simon Jester wrote: »
    Iran €0.10 per L

    See ya;)

    Pfft. Venezuela €0.03 per L. And at least there's drink & girls over there

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e9Y023-mnc


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