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Re: [ST] Apologies to UK bikers
- Subject: Re: [ST] Apologies to UK bikers
- From: Andrew Tait <antait@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:40:15 +0000
Hello,
Anthony Luscher wrote:
> Didn't know it was so high in the UK. Don't know how to run a cage at
> those prices.
> Tony
Just checked. It's $6.78 at my local petrol station. Remember that a
UK Gallon is around 20% bigger than a US Gallon, so I suppose the real
figure is closer to $5.70.
What are you paying on your side of the pond? The last couple of times
I was over there it was about $0.90 in 1998 and $1.50 in 2002. Or
thereabouts. Maybe regional differences account for some of this.
Florida in 1998 (wooing the woman who is now the 125cc riding nutter,
and convincing her to move to 'sunny' Scotland. [no-one is allowed to
come up with a smutty synonym for wooing either ;-) ] ) and Wisconsin in
2002 (doing database programming on a $6M particle accelerator. Was
easier than the wooing!)
Taking the £:$ thing as an absolute is a misquoting of the real price to
a certain extent due to differences in basic wages and the currently
weak USD.
Good night all,
Andrew
> It's around that price in the UK just now. Equivalent of $6.50ish,
> although the weakish dollar makes that look higher than it really is.
>
> The tune will only help so far, as at a certain point you've got a big
> engine which will always generate lots of friction and heat, not to
> mention it's a heavy bike with large surface areas.
>
> My girlfriend's 125cc 1988 Suzuki can easily manage 85-90mpg commuting,
> so maybe you need to downsize? :-D
>
> Andrew
>
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