OUCH!!

[cactusjack]

I just fiiled my bike up with gas, just under $17. It occurred to me that's about how much I used to put in my car each fill up. I never let the car get below half a tank.

[pirate]

I can remember in high school about ten years ago, filling up my Ninja 500 with gas when it was almost completely empty for $6. We probably won't be able to get one gallon for $6 if a major hurricane hits this summer (or at least that's what they'll use as another excuse!)

[ringadingh]

I filled mine last night, $24.25 with 87 octane. $130.00 in my P/U. Its a $1.29.7 a litre here, thats $4.91 US gal. or $5.89 CDN gal.

[ianicky]

Here in the UK gas is £1.15 a litre and diesel is £1.32 and its still rising :(

[cactusjack]

I don't know about merry olde England, Ianicky - but gas prices have been increasing on a daily basis for weeks now in the USA. Same thing across the pond?

[MarkG]

Originally Posted by ianicky

Here in the UK gas is £1.15 a litre and diesel is £1.32 and its still rising :(

Guess all of us in the states should stop complaining ianicky. I just did the currency conversions and it works out to $8.52 & $9.78 per gallon here. It would take $45 to fill the Nomad and $180 to fill the car at that price. Oh, and the commercial diesel trucks would cost about $2,300. OUCH! :'(

[ianicky]

We have had some of the bigger hauliers in the UK demonstrating about the increase in fuel prices, the company i work for has reported over a £1000 a week fuel increases over the last six months.

[audiogooroo]

Since my bike takes 7.5 gallons to fill if it's empty, which it was the other day, it cost me just over $28.00 to fill up.
I still remember back in the 70s when I could always fill my bike with whatever pocket change I had on me. Usually somewhere around 0.45 cents a gallon. ::sigh::

[jussmatt]

I'm not sure what's going to happen...but I know something will eventually!!! With the demand going down in the US...and the cost going higher and higher...it's just a matter of time before some real sh*t starts to hit the fan!!!!

[buckeye]

I remember the gas wars back in the late 50's when the gas got down to $0.18 a gallon. Now over a dollar a quart!! Wouldn't it be nice if our incomes had increased by that percentage?

[oldbikers]

buckeye I was thinking the same thing in the early 60's I could fill my bike up for $1.00

My first bike held 2.5 gallons & I could fill it up for 65 cents back in 1972. My Ford 500 held 22 gallons & was under $6 to fill.

Being a poor college kid I really appreciated those prices too. Right about the time I started driving, gas prices just fell and fell and fell. They went from like 36 cents down to 24 cents a gallon over two or three years.

Right up to the point of the mid-70's "gas crunch" where they quadrupled in a matter of months.

[mako]

When we rode to Williamsburg last weekend, about a 400mi run for us, we stopped every 80-85mi. Filling up at each stop didn't quite hurt as much but still $40 on gas for a day ride. Not that long ago in 2000, at $0.75/gallon, the same day ride was $7.50. Hurts when you think of it that way.

[burkazoid]

A couple of years ago, when it was still around $2.50 a gallon here at the most, I was in Doha, Qatar for a couple of weeks due to work. It was right at $0.70 a gallon there (converted from liters). My brother and his wife were living there at the time, and it took all of $20 to fill up his full size Dodge truck.

Not sure what it is per gallon/liter there now.

[dantama]

I used to fill my first Nomad up for under $5.00

It feels like a big rip off to fill it for near $18.00 now.

I do have a gallon larger tank now, but you could rent a bike now for about the same as the gas it takes to run it. If I did another 900 mile day, it would take $100.00 in gas to go that one day.