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Oct 21st, 2008, 04:48 PM
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#1 | | Very Active Poster 50+
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NW London UK
Posts: 84 Model: 2007 FXSTC Softail Custom Interests: Riding, Travel, Tropical Fish, Archaeology, Riding Occupation: Psychiatry
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Seem to be dropping here. For the first time in a while I got gas for just less than 1 Pound per Litre. Which for you guys across the Atlantic, works out at 4 Pound a US Gallon, so still close to 7 Bucks for one of your Gallons. Does not stop me riding though. | 
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Oct 21st, 2008, 05:06 PM
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#2 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 1,171 Model: 2004 E Glide Standard, Stage 1. Interests: Riding, fishing, hunting, camping, spending time with wife and daughter Occupation: Air Force Nurse
| When I drove past the gas station today, cheap gas (87 octane) was running 2.39$ per gallon.....that would make premium (92 octane or so) about 2.60ish.... | 
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Oct 21st, 2008, 06:47 PM
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#3 | | More than 100 posts!
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cambridge, Minnesota
Posts: 133 Model: 2008 Harley Ultra Classis Interests: motorcycling,golf & cross country skiing Occupation: Engineer
| That is about what it is up in Minnesota. I hope natural gas and fuel oil go down before winter gets here. | |
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Oct 21st, 2008, 06:49 PM
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#4 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oregon City, OR
Posts: 1,264 Model: 09 Ultra Classic, 01 Heritage Springer Interests: Motorcycles, camping, fishing, old cars Occupation: Home Inspector
| Regular, the cheap stuff is $2.99.9 per gallon here in the Portland Oregon area.  | |
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Oct 21st, 2008, 07:45 PM
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#5 | | Rookie 10+ posts
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: central New Jersey
Posts: 26 Model: 72 XLH Interests: Flying ,boating ,riding Occupation: verizon
| $2.62/gal here in NJ | |
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Oct 21st, 2008, 07:51 PM
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#6 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago
Posts: 431 Model: Harley-Davidson Dyna Superglide Interests: Motorcycling, Duhh...Shooting, camping, going to country music concerts Occupation: Firefighter/Paramedic
| Yea...$2.99 about the best you're gonna get around Chicago area....the City is always more....probably about $3.30...I never go there any more.. | |
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Oct 21st, 2008, 07:52 PM
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#7 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 1,123 Interests: Anything outdoors (climbing, backpacking, fishing, Mtn biking, riding) Occupation: Chemistry teacher
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Depends where you go here in Charlotte... Some places are 2.67 fer reg up to 2.99 fer reg.  | |
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Oct 21st, 2008, 09:20 PM
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#8 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alvin TX
Posts: 1,811 Model: 03 E Glide X cop bike Interests: My family Old Dodge truck's Riding My Glide Occupation: Retired truck Driver
| seen it today on Galvaston island for $249 low & $259 premium I paid $349 for Diesel at A top name brand station | |
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Oct 21st, 2008, 10:06 PM
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#9 | | Rookie 10+ posts
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: iowa
Posts: 44 Model: '06 ultra classic Interests: figure 8 racing, riding
| seen it at 2.31 for the cheap stuff, 3.47 for diesel here in Des Moines. hope it keeps dropping before I drive 1000 miles this weekend to pick up a toy hauler camper in wisconsin. | |
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Oct 21st, 2008, 10:16 PM
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#10 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oregon City, OR
Posts: 1,264 Model: 09 Ultra Classic, 01 Heritage Springer Interests: Motorcycles, camping, fishing, old cars Occupation: Home Inspector
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Oct 22nd, 2008, 10:38 AM
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#11 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 2,033
| has to do with road taxes on big rigs and production capacity.. | |
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Oct 22nd, 2008, 11:07 AM
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#12 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oregon City, OR
Posts: 1,264 Model: 09 Ultra Classic, 01 Heritage Springer Interests: Motorcycles, camping, fishing, old cars Occupation: Home Inspector
| That sounds like an oil company statement. The taxes have not changed and demand is less so why are the diesel prices still over priced, and the answer is because they can get away with it. | |
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Oct 22nd, 2008, 11:44 AM
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#13 | | Rookie 10+ posts
Join Date: Oct 2008
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WHEN you had regular LEADED gas (red gas) they HAD to put in the LEAD!
THEN when they did not ADD LEAD the name UN-LEADED was used AND gas PRICE went UP.
Did you also know that PREMIUM (high octane) gas has LESS BTU's than REGULAR low octane gas!
WORDS like PREMIUM UN-LEADED are used to make the public think of
"A HIGH POWERED GAS" when it is not....
Premium gas has additives to make it BURN SLOWER and not cause a KNOCK (pre ignition : early burning of an explosive nature) in higher compression or spark advanced engines....
Yes, most BIKES get MORE power out of our engines by using LESS POWERED GAS (premium high octane) because we usually have MORE ....
compression----spark advance----cam durations----heat (AIR-COOLED)....
ALL above requires a SLOWER burning fuel and not an HIGH powerd quick explosive one as UN-leaded REGULAR....
MAYBE I SHOULD OF started a new thread???
GAS & POWER? ***GAS FACTS***
others thoughts on GAS FACTS appreciated
signed....REDHEAD  | |
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Oct 22nd, 2008, 02:23 PM
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#14 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 2,033
| Not really an Oil company response,
refining capacity in the US hasn't changed,
There are more cars every year but we only have so much capacity to produce the end product, that's why we import some fuel, In FL we import our gas from Chavez, don't like it but while the rest of the us was getting fubar'd in the last gas crisis, our supply and prices didn't change one bit.
diesel is subject to higher over the road taxes because semi's use it and it's a rolling tax. So if you have a diesel car you're paying those extra taxes.
Tax on diesel and gas isn't the same.
I'd buy a diesel, the new MB and Fords are dead quiet, there are ones in Europe made by GM that get up to 65 mpg, but we can't import them due to the EPA>
Even if we did diesel would shoot through the roof, as we don't have the refining capacity to increase production. | |
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Oct 22nd, 2008, 05:13 PM
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#15 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oregon City, OR
Posts: 1,264 Model: 09 Ultra Classic, 01 Heritage Springer Interests: Motorcycles, camping, fishing, old cars Occupation: Home Inspector
| Most of the fuel we use here on the west coast comes from Alaska. | |
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Oct 24th, 2008, 01:14 PM
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#16 | | Rookie 10+ posts
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 37 Model: '06 HD 1200 Custom and an '09 Fat Bob Interests: Too many to list Occupation: Therapist/Head Shrink
| I saw gas for about $2.70/gal for 87 at most stations north of Philadelphia, PA....one station just doesn't get it..they have 87 for $3.89/gal! And there are people filling up their tanks on it when just across the street from this high priced station gas is $2.75/gal | |
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Oct 24th, 2008, 01:53 PM
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#17 | | Rookie 10+ posts
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Norcal
Posts: 30 Model: Harley Electraglide
| well I am still paying over 3 here in CA, but it has dropped, and some in the area have went to 2.99, but they are not near me, so it would cost me more gas, and time to save 10 cents a gallon, on 4.5 gallons....LOL I just wish we had these lower prices this summer, I might have pulled the boat out of storage. | |
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Oct 24th, 2008, 02:00 PM
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#18 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oregon City, OR
Posts: 1,264 Model: 09 Ultra Classic, 01 Heritage Springer Interests: Motorcycles, camping, fishing, old cars Occupation: Home Inspector
| Price of regular unleaded just dropped to 2.879 per gallon here in the Portland area. Premium was still 3.07 a gallon and diesel is 3.48 a gal which still sucks big time. | |
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Oct 24th, 2008, 02:18 PM
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#19 | | Rookie 10+ posts
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 37 Model: '06 HD 1200 Custom and an '09 Fat Bob Interests: Too many to list Occupation: Therapist/Head Shrink
| Being a person that tends to analyze and observe behavior, I saw this a few years ago when fuel was around 1.60 a gal: There are two fuel stations across the street from one another. A WAWA and a HESS...WAWA is known around here for cheap gas. At the time it was 1.63/gal and the Hess across the street was 1.65/gal...a .02/gal difference. The lines were so long at the WAWA that the cars were actually blocking traffic on the cross streets...people waiting in line for up to 1/2 hour idling their cars to get the WAWA gas...the HESS station, which was .02 more, there was no one getting fuel there. Human behavior really fascinates me, as we are so programmed to get the cheapest cost no matter what the actual price. All that idling easily used the .02/gal saved.
I went to HESS to fill up.... | |
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Oct 24th, 2008, 04:58 PM
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#20 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oregon City, OR
Posts: 1,264 Model: 09 Ultra Classic, 01 Heritage Springer Interests: Motorcycles, camping, fishing, old cars Occupation: Home Inspector
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Originally Posted by phlsphyguy  Being a person that tends to analyze and observe behavior, I saw this a few years ago when fuel was around 1.60 a gal: There are two fuel stations across the street from one another. A WAWA and a HESS...WAWA is known around here for cheap gas. At the time it was 1.63/gal and the Hess across the street was 1.65/gal...a .02/gal difference. The lines were so long at the WAWA that the cars were actually blocking traffic on the cross streets...people waiting in line for up to 1/2 hour idling their cars to get the WAWA gas...the HESS station, which was .02 more, there was no one getting fuel there. Human behavior really fascinates me, as we are so programmed to get the cheapest cost no matter what the actual price. All that idling easily used the .02/gal saved.
I went to HESS to fill up.... | I would have to. Can you imagine the lines today if a station was selling gas for 1.60 or 1.62 per gallon.   | |
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