Did my accounts a couple of weeks ago. Sifting through fuel invoices I see that last year I spent just over £2000 on bike petrol. Money well spent of course. That's three season dry weather pleasure riding. No commuting. And no touring last year. How much gas you guzzling?
car 350 a week £35 a week at today's prices bike in the summer only.who can say still managing 6k a year mrs car 50-100mls a week £30-£50 a week. think i am getting shafted.
Don't care, if petrol for my bike was £5/litre I'd still tip it in there like there was no tomorrow. You can't put a price on enjoyment and some expenses I'm happy to ignore. :Happy:
Interesting numbers - I gave up counting spend on fuel for the bike when my weekly car fuel bill hit £600 per week:-(
Cost me nothing for 2015............I hijacked a tanker....... Pity it contained the content of septic tanks.......can't get the bike or the car to run on shit....... Odd that it works if I get it from Tesco.
I'm not complaining at what I'm spending. As I said money well spent. Its encouraging to see I'm spending as much on bike petrol as van diesel. At least I'm not wasting my life.
Assume 10,000 miles per year, assume 50 miles per gallon, assume £5 per gallon - total cost £1,000. Now adjust up or down a bit for your mileage, consumption, or price. You would have to do a hell of a lot of riding to drink £2,000 of fuel in a year on a bike.
I would have thought a 1098 would be nearer mid 30s than 50 mpg ridden spiritedly. My 748/853 is averaging 40. Steve
Somewhere on here I gave the figures where I went from brim to dry in under an hour, at under 20mpg on an MTS1200S...it was Basingstoke to Honiton.....any legal types on here this didn't really happen...(but it did~didn't~allegedly <Ian Hislop is advising me> )
About 12K I think, without going and looking (7 on Ducati, 5 on KTM or there abouts). Don't get near 50 mpg from either bike. KTM will do 40+ if you ride it like its a Honda Benly, but its a KTM so you can't. The KTM I must admit was running rich for a month or so before someone pointed it out to me because the Scottoiler was wreaking havoc. Though I calculate that amounted to less than £100 extra. SF never goes above mid 30's at the best of times. But I've had it tweaked so I'm not complaining. You can't have your cake and eat it. And again, its not exactly a bike that encourages a commuter riding style..
