Smile of the day - What is yours? - Page 132 - SV650.org

pookie · 12-12-15, 07:22 PM

Riding with a mate in the wind on the rivers edge with no lights through tunnels along walk ways in the dark.
By human power only .. such fun but not at the time

Kenzie · 13-12-15, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutsinatin

Just put in my first ever 99p L of petrol, never been this cheap since I started riding!

This will make me sound old but it was 76p when i started riding in 2001.

Sent from my Xperia T

andrewsmith · 13-12-15, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenzie

This will make me sound old but it was 76p when i started riding in 2001.

Sent from my Xperia T

89p when I started in 2009

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Littlepeahead · 13-12-15, 09:36 AM

I remember when it was 37p a litre when I first started driving - and that was only 1988 so not just after they invented cars!

NTECUK · 13-12-15, 09:46 AM

I remember the total chaos when it went a pound per gallon and the mechanical pumps had to be changed...
Yes it was a shock when I filled up my 250 RD.....(on L plates of back then).

punyXpress · 13-12-15, 10:25 AM

4/6d per gallon!

in 1960 full-fat fourstar, no unleaded there and no litres or decimal coins.
Don't think I've smiled since.

13-12-15, 01:05 PM

Looking at what you pay for fuel makes our prices look pretty good...

GBP = AUD2.15
Lately I've been paying about $1.20/litre... or 56p.
If I fill up at the office it's a hair over a dollar... or about 47p.

Heorot · 13-12-15, 10:14 PM

4star 2/8p a gallon in 1966. From the fleet pumps at work. A few years later, I had a Colt Celeste 1600 and was filling it with 4star for 2 years until I RTFM at which point I discovered that it was tuned to run on 2 star.
It ran better and was more economical on the 2 star.

carelesschucca · 13-12-15, 10:36 PM

Bibio popping round for Sunday dinner. He gave guitar lessons to the gaffer while searched the internet looking at bikes and grabbed along.

It was great to see you wee man...

Littlepeahead · 14-12-15, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattCollins

Looking at what you pay for fuel makes our prices look pretty good...

GBP = AUD2.15
Lately I've been paying about $1.20/litre... or 56p.
If I fill up at the office it's a hair over a dollar... or about 47p.

My ex bought himself a 1967 Mustang Fastback. He also qualified as a pilot. When he came down from Sheffield to visit petrol prices were at their peak so he rented a little Piper plane as he reckoned that worked out cheaper than driving the beast down the M1. He sold the Mustang soon after to a guy who lived in the South of France. We reckoned the fuel costs to drive it there would be almost as much as he paid for the car!

12-12-15, 07:22 PM	#1311
pookie Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Essex Posts: 938	Re: Smile of the day - What is yours? Riding with a mate in the wind on the rivers edge with no lights through tunnels along walk ways in the dark. By human power only .. such fun but not at the time __________________ "an unedifying exercise in postmodern, operatic grunge" Was - 2000 Candy blue sv650s -2003 Sonic silver sv1000s Gone - 2007 Wildfire Orange Ninja zx6r Now - 2010 Triton blue sv650s -Back to the future

13-12-15, 09:36 AM	#1314
Littlepeahead Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Saaarrrfff Posts: 2,908	Re: Smile of the day - What is yours? I remember when it was 37p a litre when I first started driving - and that was only 1988 so not just after they invented cars! __________________ Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind...

13-12-15, 09:46 AM	#1315
NTECUK Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: essex Posts: 5,314	Re: Smile of the day - What is yours? I remember the total chaos when it went a pound per gallon and the mechanical pumps had to be changed... Yes it was a shock when I filled up my 250 RD.....(on L plates of back then). __________________ Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the reason I have trust issues. Last edited by NTECUK; 13-12-15 at 09:48 AM.

13-12-15, 10:25 AM	#1316
punyXpress Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Riding, North Posts: 2,664	Re: Smile of the day - What is yours? 4/6d per gallon! in 1960 full-fat fourstar, no unleaded there and no litres or decimal coins. Don't think I've smiled since. __________________ Was: K2 naked in rapid yellow - gone to a better? place Now: Street Triple R

13-12-15, 01:05 PM	#1317
MattCollins Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Smile of the day - What is yours? Looking at what you pay for fuel makes our prices look pretty good... GBP = AUD2.15 Lately I've been paying about $1.20/litre... or 56p. If I fill up at the office it's a hair over a dollar... or about 47p.

13-12-15, 10:14 PM	#1318
Heorot Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: South Norfolk Posts: 341	Re: Smile of the day - What is yours? 4star 2/8p a gallon in 1966. From the fleet pumps at work. A few years later, I had a Colt Celeste 1600 and was filling it with 4star for 2 years until I RTFM at which point I discovered that it was tuned to run on 2 star. It ran better and was more economical on the 2 star. __________________ Some say the cup is half empty, while others say it is half full. However, both are wrong; the real problem is the cup is too big. Honda 125 CG blown engine Gone to the great mechanic in the sky Naked SV650 K3 in Silver

13-12-15, 10:36 PM	#1319
carelesschucca Member Mega Poster Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Kilsyth - Bonnie Scotland Posts: 2,727	Re: Smile of the day - What is yours? Bibio popping round for Sunday dinner. He gave guitar lessons to the gaffer while searched the internet looking at bikes and grabbed along. It was great to see you wee man... __________________ Innuendo - it's great when you get it. sv650s (gone) gsx-r600 (gone) Street R675 (now living in Inbhir Nis ) Last edited by carelesschucca; 13-12-15 at 10:38 PM.

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