Westcoast Rally and the Price of Gas

vulcans2 · 03-04-2011, 12:25 PM

I'm wondering if the high price of gas will have a negative effect on the West coast rally in August? Apparently yesterday some place in northern CA was posting the price of gas at $4.99 a gallon for regular. That's more than just a little pricey, especially for folks coming from a long ways away.

cactusjack · 03-04-2011, 03:25 PM

I can tell you it isn't discouraging me from going to the National Rally, which is going to take around 120 gallons of gas to do the 5,000 miles I expect to travel.

drno · 03-04-2011, 05:16 PM

It sure beats pushing 850lbs down there lol

cactusjack · 03-04-2011, 06:55 PM

Damn. I just realized if gas gets to $5, that's $600 in gas! Yikes!!

ballast · 03-04-2011, 07:05 PM

It'll take more than high fuel prices to keep me at home. It will be nice to be able to use regular (I hope) with the mods I'm doing.

I am on the verge of parking the truck and driving the wifes car to work.

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Sin City Stan · 03-04-2011, 08:10 PM

Price be damned. We're going!

**glwilson** · 03-04-2011, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by cactusjack

Damn. I just realized if gas gets to $5, that's $600 in gas! Yikes!!

Chump change for a guy that spends the money you do on mods!!

Netnorske · 03-04-2011, 08:44 PM

Gas prices won't slow me down...whatcha gonna do...?? That's one nice perk about being "On Call" for work one week every month. Those weeks I get to drive my company truck home from work in case I need to respond to something. That saves me $100.00 a month right there in a tank of gas for my own truck that I don't have to burn!

What kills me is that we are financial slaves to those middle eastern oil cartels, when we have more oil than all of them put together under our own damn soil. What kind of morons don't drill for it and get off the foreign tit until green energy can catch up technology-wise? Oh yeah...I know who....but I sure didn't vote for his ass.... ;)

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vulcans2 · 03-05-2011, 12:27 AM

Thanx for the encouragement. Haven't cancelled any plans for going. See you all there.

usranger74 · 03-05-2011, 11:06 AM

Yes, still plan on going. :)

**markclark57** · 03-05-2011, 04:09 PM

I've got a savings plan!
Every day that I ride to work instead of driving I save about $5 at current fuel prices. Oh wait, I ride to work just to ride.
It just doesn't make sense to spend $10,000+/- on a machine (just for fun) and then worry about fuel cost.
Is anyone going to the Moped rally? Is there a Moped rally? Can a normal sized human survive a cross country run on a Moped?
OK, I'm just being a Wise Donkey. =P

landman · 03-05-2011, 05:03 PM

i doubt if high fuel cost will keep many from not coming.compared to the food and lodging cost it doesn't amount to that much.

**glwilson** · 03-05-2011, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by markclark57

I've got a savings plan!
Every day that I ride to work instead of driving I save about $5 at current fuel prices. Oh wait, I ride to work just to ride.
It just doesn't make sense to spend $10,000+/- on a machine (just for fun) and then worry about fuel cost.
Is anyone going to the Moped rally? Is there a Moped rally? Can a normal sized human survive a cross country run on a Moped?
OK, I'm just being a Wise Donkey. =P

Well... I met a kid near Galena, IL at a lookout/rest-stop. He was on a fairly small scooter.

He had traveled on that thing from the Carolinas to where I met him. He intended to travel the entire summer on it and was eventually headed to the state of Washington.

He had everything he needed packed tight onto that scooter; although it was barely the basics he needed for the trip.

In talking with him, he had only started a few weeks prior and planned on making the entire trip over the summer before the weather turned against him and school started again.

He was taking only two-lane, backroads the entire trip. Sounded like it was going to be a fun trip for him.

I asked him if he needed anything; to which he said he was fine and didn't; but appreciated me asking. I then shook his hand and wished him well -- and off went that little scooter putzing down the road.

So, apparently someone can make a cross-country trip on a moped/scooter if they wanted to

**markclark57** · 03-06-2011, 11:51 AM

Just popping off before.
I know that its possible to do lots of things that are not "comfortable". Look how many people (even recently) have bicycled or walked across America.
I don't think I'll be joining their ranks though.

waterman · 03-07-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by cactusjack

Damn. I just realized if gas gets to $5, that's $600 in gas! Yikes!!

Well, for the west coast, 40 gallons each way on a very conservative estimate. Gas @ $5 per gallon would be $200 each way. Less than 2 plane tickets and much more fun.

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03-04-2011, 05:16 PM	#3
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03-04-2011, 06:55 PM	#4
cactusjack Mega-Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Where it doesn't snow...ever! Posts: 21,926	Westcoast Rally and the Price of Gas Damn. I just realized if gas gets to $5, that's $600 in gas! Yikes!! __________________ Scott "Cactusjack" Hanks VBA #00105 H.O.G. #4250060 2011 H-D Ultra Limited 103ci :: 2011 HD Electra Glide Ultra Limited w/Stage 1 :: Rallies: Mesquite '08\|Custer '09\|Cortez '10\|Crescent City '11\|Kanab '12\|Antlers '12\|Estes Park '13\|Antlers '13\|Orofino '14\|The Dalles '17
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03-04-2011, 07:05 PM	#5
ballast Sr. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Orting, WA Posts: 1,394	Westcoast Rally and the Price of Gas It'll take more than high fuel prices to keep me at home. It will be nice to be able to use regular (I hope) with the mods I'm doing. I am on the verge of parking the truck and driving the wifes car to work. :(" title="" border="0"/> __________________ Charlie "Ballast" Krogh 2005 1600 Nomad "Tangerine Dream" VBA #999 VROC #29355 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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03-04-2011, 08:10 PM	#6
Sin City Stan Sr. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 3,746	Westcoast Rally and the Price of Gas Price be damned. We're going! __________________ Oldest Saloon In Nevada http://www.pioneersaloon.info/ "Sin City Stan" Henderson, NV VBA #01004 VROC #29365 2004 Nomad 1500L5 +100 "The Bike" 2009 Nomad 1700 (past) 2004 Vulcan Classic 800 (past) 2010 Cortez - 2011 Crescent City - 2012 Kanab - 2013 Estes Park
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03-04-2011, 08:44 PM	#8
Netnorske Top Contributor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Everett, Washington Posts: 5,709	Westcoast Rally and the Price of Gas Gas prices won't slow me down...whatcha gonna do...?? That's one nice perk about being "On Call" for work one week every month. Those weeks I get to drive my company truck home from work in case I need to respond to something. That saves me $100.00 a month right there in a tank of gas for my own truck that I don't have to burn! What kills me is that we are financial slaves to those middle eastern oil cartels, when we have more oil than all of them put together under our own damn soil. What kind of morons don't drill for it and get off the foreign tit until green energy can catch up technology-wise? Oh yeah...I know who....but I sure didn't vote for his ass.... ;) . __________________ *Kris Olsen* VBA #0691 2017 HD Ultra Limited Low 2013 Victory Cross Country Tour 2012 1700 Vulcan Voyager 2008 1600 Vulcan Nomad 1997 Vulcan 800 Classic *"Growing old is mandatory,* *but growing up is optional"* Custer 2009\|Kalispell 2010\|Cortez 2010\|Crescent City 2011\|Kanab 2012\|Canmore 2012\|Estes Park 2013\|Orofino 2014\|Lake Tahoe 2015\|Red Lodge 2016
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03-05-2011, 12:27 AM	#9
vulcans2 Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Meridian, ID Posts: 206	Westcoast Rally and the Price of Gas Thanx for the encouragement. Haven't cancelled any plans for going. See you all there.
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03-05-2011, 11:06 AM	#10
usranger74 Sr. Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: La Vista, NE Posts: 4,060	Westcoast Rally and the Price of Gas Yes, still plan on going. :) __________________ Bill (usranger74) Blake 2016 Goldwing VBA # 1505
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03-05-2011, 04:09 PM	#11
markclark57 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,108	Westcoast Rally and the Price of Gas I've got a savings plan! Every day that I ride to work instead of driving I save about $5 at current fuel prices. Oh wait, I ride to work just to ride. It just doesn't make sense to spend $10,000+/- on a machine (just for fun) and then worry about fuel cost. Is anyone going to the Moped rally? Is there a Moped rally? Can a normal sized human survive a cross country run on a Moped? OK, I'm just being a Wise Donkey. =P __________________ 2006 Vulcan 1600 Classic "George III" (Patricia's) 2006 Vulcan 1600 Nomad "Grace" (Mark's) Mark Clark VBA #1619 TaibhseDaid@Gmail.Com "Irish" @ Maricopa County Chapter of B.A.C.A. Phoenix, AZ
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03-05-2011, 05:03 PM	#12
landman Sr. Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: wheatland,wy. Posts: 3,642	Westcoast Rally and the Price of Gas i doubt if high fuel cost will keep many from not coming.compared to the food and lodging cost it doesn't amount to that much. __________________ bob wittman VBA # 745 COG #11621 wheatland,wy. rallies-custer 09,kalispell 10,crescent city 11,kanab 12,estes park 13,orifino 14.,red lodge 16 2015 ninja 1000 abs 2014 concourse 14 2012 concourse 14-sold 2011 vaquero-sold 2008 nomad-sold 2005 classic-sold
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03-06-2011, 11:51 AM	#14
markclark57 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,108	Westcoast Rally and the Price of Gas Just popping off before. I know that its possible to do lots of things that are not "comfortable". Look how many people (even recently) have bicycled or walked across America. I don't think I'll be joining their ranks though. __________________ 2006 Vulcan 1600 Classic "George III" (Patricia's) 2006 Vulcan 1600 Nomad "Grace" (Mark's) Mark Clark VBA #1619 TaibhseDaid@Gmail.Com "Irish" @ Maricopa County Chapter of B.A.C.A. Phoenix, AZ
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