[KaosTheory]

Did a lap of the town the other night scouting to see who had the cheapest fuel:

Cheapest was €152.9
Most expensive was €153.9

And then I realised something, when I started out on bikes years ago (my first bike was a Yamaha Dragstar 125) petrol was around 87c - 89c a litre, it never cost me more then a tenner to fill my tank and one of the hottest topics on MI2 (Motorcycle Ireland 2, a Yahoo chat group before the days of IBF or any other Irish biking forum) was the fact petrol was heading for €1 a litre! Cry's of "I won't pay it!" and "We should march on the Dail!" abounded, but here we are, paying almost double what I started out paying.

Grrrrr.

Link to history of Irish Petrol Prices <-- Click PDF link on this page to see how much petrol was over the last 20 years. How have you faired?

Kaos

[PaulB]

KaosTheory, on 05 August 2011 - 11:44 AM, said:

(Motorcycle Ireland 2, a Yahoo chat group before the days of IBF or any other Irish biking forum)

We are still just about alive and kicking.
About 5 emails a month now :-(

This post has been edited by PaulB: 05 August 2011 - 11:54 AM

[Magnets]

Be glad I am getting you a more economical bike for next week lol

[Fr Dougal]

i remember putting 50p or £1 worth of petrol in my first Honda 50 the late 70's

[thinkingaboutit]

The pair of garages on Lwr Kimmage Rd were c 149 for petrol as of yesterday. It's still siht, and it will get worse nest budget with yet more petrol excise, and given that the dollar is in a death spiral, the price of crude (around 1/4 of the price is is influenced by that, the rest is tax) will also help drive the price up further. Oh well, it'll teach me to ride at a gentler, more progressive, steadier, and economic rate.

[TC]

We simply don't complain. My question is Why Not?
TC

[Darkcloud]

TC, on 05 August 2011 - 02:20 PM, said:

We simply don't complain. My question is Why Not?
TC

Are you complaining that we never complain ?

[Kelpie]

You think that's bad, when I started biking a gallon of petrol was the same price as a packet of ten No6 (fags for all you kids who don't remember them).

12p !

[Turkish]

TC, on 05 August 2011 - 02:20 PM, said:

We simply don't complain. My question is Why Not?
TC

where is fun in that my plan is to hijack big tanker ....i want to be like MadMax

[Chris P. Bacon]

Fr Dougal, on 05 August 2011 - 02:02 PM, said:

i remember putting 50p or £1 worth of petrol in my first Honda 50 the late 70's

I remember 'borrowing' my big sisters Honda 50 and ran clean out of petrol out in Bray, and the 50p I had filled her up to the brim
....also back in the good auld black n' white days, we would spend the whole afternoon whizzing around Belfield (UCD)on field bikes for no more than 20 or 30p a time!

[The Mex]

I remember being able to cross the country flat out on a 900R (Kerry-Wexford) for less than £15!

[TC]

Darkcloud, on 05 August 2011 - 03:45 PM, said:

Are you complaining that we never complain ?

If your asking me what is the obvious DC then Yes!! I am.
We do it all the time.
TC

Kelpie, on 05 August 2011 - 04:16 PM, said:

You think that's bad, when I started biking a gallon of petrol was the same price as a packet of ten No6 (fags for all you kids who don't remember them).

12p !

1962 Kelpie!!
ha ha ha ha ha
TC

[Kelpie]

TC, on 05 August 2011 - 06:21 PM, said:

1962 Kelpie!!
ha ha ha ha ha
TC

Watchit you, you're older n me! (just)

[Magnets]

Geriatric death match...gran stop pickin on gramps lol

Kelpie, on 05 August 2011 - 07:52 PM, said:

Watchit you, you're older n me! (just)

[carsQhere]

The Mex, on 05 August 2011 - 05:30 PM, said:

I remember being able to cross the country flat out on a 900R (Kerry-Wexford) for less than £15!

True, but insurance cost an arm, a leg & a testicle or two. Good old Norwich Screwyou. Thousands of miles on bald tyres or soggy shocks just to have enough sheckels left over to be legally insured. On the CB250N my insurance cost more than the bike. Somehow I managed to stay mostly on the right side of the law and riding without insurance was riding an XS250 with an XS400 motor because the 250's top end went bang, but hey so long as nobody looked too closely and it got ya to work and well you weren't entirely without insurance from a moral standpoint, twas only the law would f**k ya.

The good old days. Thank f**k they're gone! Oh, hang on, I think I hear them coming round again...

[somedayisnow]

Turkish, on 05 August 2011 - 04:51 PM, said:

where is fun in that my plan is to hijack big tanker ....i want to be like MadMax

Ha ha! On ITV now - I just said the same thing!

[Kang]

Alan you can't compare your first 125 bike with your current 1L bike. Lol.

Not sure if they dig out some oil from the west Ireland under the ocean. Will Irish motorists pay as less as some middle east countries? (5cent/L)...

[corkdragon]

Kang, on 09 August 2011 - 06:29 PM, said:

Not sure if they dig out some oil from the west Ireland under the ocean. Will Irish motorists pay as less as some middle east countries? (5cent/L)...

nah they'll still screw us ove r- the government don't give a hoot unless it jeopardises their wages. alot of things to complain about lately alright. the petrol is ridiculously high mind you - really does empty the bank account quickly between bike & car. 149.9 /L I paid today i think...