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Old 06-15-2010, 07:58 PM   #11
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Re: My bike is losing power when it runs please help

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..... but I still reckon you're lucky to get 375 km before reserve. That's over 230 miles.
I think he is confused about more than how to operate the petcock valve. :whistle:
That likely would be somewhere near 100 miles per gallon too. :shocked:

I don't think gas is THAT much more expensive in Canada. At the present $2.75 per gallon, a full 3 Gal. would be......$8.25, in the US. I know there is a currency difference but $13 sounds like a lot even with that.

Something is amiss.
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Old 06-15-2010, 09:09 PM   #12
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Gas prices here will cause your heart to beat faster sometimes. 1 U.S. gallon is 3.785 liters. 3 gals is 11.355 liters at only $1.079 per liter here in Squamish. And that is cheap compared to some locations.
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Old 06-15-2010, 09:18 PM   #13
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That still a little expensive. Its $2.55 a gallon here right now.



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Old 06-15-2010, 11:31 PM   #14
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That still a little expensive. Its $2.55 a gallon here right now.
Works out to $4.08 a U.S. gallon.
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Old 06-16-2010, 10:20 AM   #15
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€1.29 per litre here (i don't get gallons) - costs me about €14/15 to fill the tank and i never let it run into reserve - still, i'm getting much more out of a tank thanks to the warm weather and finally using the choke properly



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Old 06-16-2010, 11:16 AM   #16
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€1.29 per litre here (i don't get gallons) - costs me about €14/15 to fill the tank and i never let it run into reserve - still, i'm getting much more out of a tank thanks to the warm weather and finally using the choke properly
1.29X3.78 liters= 4.88/U.S. gal....not cheap.
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Old 06-16-2010, 12:07 PM   #17
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1.29X3.78 liters= 4.88/U.S. gal....not cheap.
The Europeans do get some things right. Gas prices have been high there for a LONG time.....due to consumption taxes....that tends to reduce consumption and encourages the use of things like TRAINS for inter-city travel.

I remember passenger trains; alas, that's one of the things that "we" did wrong......in letting them die out in favor of much less efficient cars and trucks to transport people and goods.
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Old 06-16-2010, 01:48 PM   #18
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€1.29 per litre here (i don't get gallons)
It's around €0.89 per litre here.
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my God that's cheap...
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