$3.099

[Willow]

The price of gasoline was $3.099 for 87 octane thise morning.  It says something about the changing times when gasoline at over three dollars per gallon seems a good price.

Fifty-five degrees (F) seems warm sitting still, but at highway speed it's surprising how much of its warmth fades away.  There were a lot of motorcycles on the road this morning, or at least it seemed so.

Almost everyone to whom I delivered the two wheeled salute returned a greeting.  It was a good ride (to work) this morning.

Oh, and why at this price for fuel do they still include the nine tenths of a cent?  I'm pretty sure when prices have climbed to this range I'm not going to make a station decision based upon a one cent difference.  

[hubcapsc]

... I'm not going to make a station decision based upon a one cent difference.  

That's 'cause you're an improvident money waster! My FIL would have driven 40 miles out of his
way to save a penny  ...

-Mike "maybe my wife, too    "

[DIGGER]

I paid $2.83 gallon in Cypress, Tx at Murphy oil at Hyqway290 and Cypress Rosehill.....yesterday

[old2soon]

Street price Tuesday at Murphy in Mountain Grove Mo. was $2.89.9 and with my gift card it was $2.86.9. Looked this morning and is $2.99.9. I had a really nice ride Tuesday and in a bit i'm leaving on another P G R mission and it is nice here now. RIDE SAFE.

[MAD6Gun]

 $3.49 in Ft Wayne this morning.

[Serk]

$2.99 here...

And the spousal unit just IM'ed me, seems she's finally got our tax paperwork together (Yeah, we filed an extension) and wanted to know if I could meet her for lunch to pick it up and then drive to the other side of the Metromess to deliver the paperwork to the tax folks.

Hmmm... 72 degrees and sunny, high of 85 and sunny today.

Sure hon, I'll be willing to make that sacrifice for the good of the family and run that errand... But what is this "drive" of which you speak?

[Cattman]

$2.80 last week and now $3.39  profiteers suck.

[.]

I saw it at $3.049 the other day near Little Rock as I was coming home from Louisiana. Made a brief excursion into East Texas and saw it at $3.059 last Sunday.

In 1974 I worked at a gas station as my first regular job pumping gas at $0.42 a gallon. Back then, $0.999 was the highest the gas pumps could register, but it was still a chore filling up my 1966 Mercury Comet. Not so bad was feeding my 1975 Yamaha RD250 the next year. I was far more concerned with the price of cigarettes. 

[Hooter]

Ya over $3.00 here to. Speculation my ass...

[Serk]

It's always interesting to me when the intended subject of a photo isn't what makes the photo interesting in the long term. Case in point is this photo I took on a bike trip in the summer of 2002...

The intended interesting bits were the bike and the Texas state line sign, not the prices on the "Middle of nowhere, you'll pay our inflated prices or walk!" gas station next to it...

[Jack]

Anytime you see a gas station with a good price, you can bet it closed last year.

[R J]

The lowest price I have seen in my lifetime was at my Grandfather's roadside station.

Well actually it set in front of the farm house and it was a pump up and drain down into gas tank.   Price was $0.09.     Yes less than a dime.

The $0.009 came into effect when the Gubbermunt wanted some hihway use $$$$.     So they added the $0.009 and that was what the Gubbermunt got on each gallon of gas sold.     I don't know how it is used now, but since they get so much a gallon road use tax, it is a mumble Jumble now to figure it out if ya don't have a program.

I'm still looking for my picture of me standing in the doorway of grandpa's station with the big sign in the window, actually it was painted on the window so it could be changed as the gas price changed.      Back then it took an act of Congress to go up a $0.01.

You could go a low as you wanted in a Gas War, but no rise allowed.

I used to know the breakdown of the gas price back then but it has left my memory base with no backup.      I kind of remember it being, so much for the station operator, so much for rent on the building so much for the supplier, holding tanks that the gas truck hauled from to the station, and the rest to the oil company, oh yeah the $0.009 to the Gubbermunt in taxes.

[Longlivedixie]

I saw it at $3.049 the other day near Little Rock as I was coming home from Louisiana. Made a brief excursion into East Texas and saw it at $3.059 last Sunday.

In 1974 I worked at a gas station as my first regular job pumping gas at $0.42 a gallon. Back then, $0.999 was the highest the gas pumps could register, but it was still a chore filling up my 1966 Mercury Comet. Not so bad was feeding my 1975 Yamaha RD250 the next year. I was far more concerned with the price of cigarettes. 

Don't know bout' your RD250, but my little ol' 325lb RD400 gets about the same fuel mileage as my 850lb Valkyrie IS!! Pretty amazing.

[DIGGER]

The lowest price I have seen in my lifetime was at my Grandfather's roadside station.

Well actually it set in front of the farm house and it was a pump up and drain down into gas tank.   Price was $0.09.     Yes less than a dime.

The $0.009 came into effect when the Gubbermunt wanted some hihway use $$$$.     So they added the $0.009 and that was what the Gubbermunt got on each gallon of gas sold.     I don't know how it is used now, but since they get so much a gallon road use tax, it is a mumble Jumble now to figure it out if ya don't have a program.

I'm still looking for my picture of me standing in the doorway of grandpa's station with the big sign in the window, actually it was painted on the window so it could be changed as the gas price changed.      Back then it took an act of Congress to go up a $0.01.

You could go a low as you wanted in a Gas War, but no rise allowed.

I used to know the breakdown of the gas price back then but it has left my memory base with no backup.      I kind of remember it being, so much for the station operator, so much for rent on the building so much for the supplier, holding tanks that the gas truck hauled from to the station, and the rest to the oil company, oh yeah the $0.009 to the Gubbermunt in taxes.

I'm 63 yrs old and the fartherest back I can remember the gas station around the corner from where I was raised in Houston had gas at $0.19/gallon.....also had "Whites Only" restrooms but also had "Colored" restrooms....would have been around 1955.

[G-Man]

$3.69.9 outside of NYC, and that's at the cheap no-name station.

[Michael K (Az.)]

http://www.gasbuddy.com/

Take a gander!

[Woton]

The Old North State is a beautiful part of the country in which to live, with a long riding season.    However, we also enjoy some of the highest taxed gasoline in the country.

Just filled up the Valk and my wife's '09 Stratoliner (which some of you saw at Inzane - blue, cute rider).  Regular for the Valk was $329.9 per gallon, and Premium 100% Gas for the Strat was a whopping $399.9 per.   

These prices have come DOWN from their highs!

Still, it's a lovely early Fall here in NC.......

Woton

[HayHauler]

It's always interesting to me when the intended subject of a photo isn't what makes the photo interesting in the long term. Case in point is this photo I took on a bike trip in the summer of 2002...

The intended interesting bits were the bike and the Texas state line sign, not the prices on the "Middle of nowhere, you'll pay our inflated prices or walk!" gas station next to it...

AND, it was about that time that diesel passed up regular fuel in price.  I see that it is .04 cheaper in your photo.  Must have been around 2004 that they flip flopped. 

Hay
Jimmyt

[Tailgate Tommy]

I remember going to the boat store to by a gallon of white gas for the old guy (my age now!) that lived next store to us when I was about 6 years old. He used it in his lawn mower. If I'm remembering correctly it was less than a quarter.

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Don't know bout' your RD250, but my little ol' 325lb RD400 gets about the same fuel mileage as my 850lb Valkyrie IS!! Pretty amazing.

I don't recall what the RD250 actually got but it couldn't have been more than around 35 or 40 mpg as I think I could get around 150 miles out of that four gallon tank before I had to start walking to find more gas. But that little two-stroke screamer sure was fun to ride! 

[fudgie]

It was that here the other day then it went up to $3.49 overnight.  $3.45 now.

[Colin]

Guys think yourselves lucky you don't live this side of the pond. In Europe the price in most countries is pretty similar. Currently here in Spain it is $7.57 a US gallon so more than twice what you are paying 

[cookiedough]

Guys think yourselves lucky you don't live this side of the pond. In Europe the price in most countries is pretty similar. Currently here in Spain it is $7.57 a US gallon so more than twice what you are paying 

That kind of price I don't believe woudl be tolerated in the U.S. 

Truck sales would plummet and scooter sales would be 10x higher. 

I know I'd be riding my scoot vs. my truck at that price for sure even in the rain and invest in a good dry riding gear/suit.  Heck, maybe even put studs/spikes on the scoot for winter use?

[pitbull]

I filled my Valk up in Belgium in August. Converting the Euro currency into US Dollars it cost me $39.25

In the UK I normally fill at around the 100 miles and that will cost me around 35$.

The most expensive fuel in the world is in Dags' country Norway, followed by a host of European countries.
The cheapest gas in Venezuela, at around $0.14 per gallon.

On my tour of France in August I rode around 2600 miles and the cost for fuel was around $950 which was a little more than the cost of six nights in hotels and nine nights in the campsite.

[blastedbugler]

You are lucky to be getting fuel that cheap.
In Aussie at the moment it is about $1.50 litre which equates to $5.70 US gallon.
$40 for a full tank.
Don ( Aussie )

[Chippy01]

Same here blastedbugler

€1.549 per litre equates to $42 to fill my Standard from empty.

[Willow]

Guys think yourselves lucky you don't live this side of the pond. In Europe the price in most countries is pretty similar. Currently here in Spain it is $7.57 a US gallon so more than twice what you are paying 

For Colin and my European friends, I am truly grateful that we in the U.S. enjoy gasoline prices that are less than half what you all are paying.  It doesn't end with gasoline prices. There are certainly other differences for which I can easily express gratitude. What frightens me is that the people who have gained power of late in the U.S. appear to be looking to Europe as a model of what they want to accomplish.

As a young man I paid, during what we called gas wars, prices below twenty cents per gallon.

For C'dough, I can remember a time when I swore I would never pay fifty cents for a gallon of gasoline.  As to whether we will pay the prices Europe now pays, I say, "Hide and watch."   

[cma1]

i bought my first diesel pickup in 1999 in craig, colo. on my way to grand jct. the price of diesel in meeker, co. had gone up to an astounding $1.11 per gallon. the wife and I questioned if we had made a mistake buying a diesel.

I am sitting at fallon naval air station this morning in Nevada, driving our shiny new 2013 duramax diesel (awesome truck) we have just crossed calif. south to north, over donner pass (snowing) and so far the cheapest diesel I have found is right here in fallon at 3.89 a gal.

4.75 per gal on the west coast (kettleman city, ca)

I remember when I was a kid in Denver diesel being 6 cents a gal.

when I was a cop in colo. spgs. gas was 25 cents a gallon, but I bought a brand new ford pickup for $2,300.00 too.

progress?????????????????

[Hooter]

Guys think yourselves lucky you don't live this side of the pond. In Europe the price in most countries is pretty similar. Currently here in Spain it is $7.57 a US gallon so more than twice what you are paying 

I don't know how anyone can live with prices like that. Especially on a fixed income. Sucks to be exact!   

[F6Dave]

Speaking of 50 cent gas, I remember in the '70s that many pumps had a maximum price of 49.9 cents.  When gas topped 50 cents, the stations would set the pump to half price, then you doubled the amount when you went inside to pay.

While gas cost less then, I also paid $2,600 for a brand new 1976 KZ-900, and earned $3 an hour.  Adjusted for inflation gas prices have been relatively constant for decades.  And if you factor in the far better fuel efficiency of vehicles built today, we're now paying less per mile to drive.  Of course the Valkyrie's mileage is an exception to that efficiency trend!

[old2soon]

Not dissing any country or anybody in another country. I always get a kick or a little disturbed or some what pissed off when they tell me they are paying this much for this item in(pick a country other than the U S of A)and maybe we ought to pay the same.   That's when I tell them-I live HERE in the U S of A and sooner or later we will be paying those prices but I believe we need not start today. I have been fortunate to meet and talk with riders from Europe and the first time folks can not get over the distances involved here and how inexpensive our fuel is compared to where they live. They are also amazed at how fast they can run here with the exception of some folks from Germany I talked with. Just since I retired(Feb 09)I have had to put more and more and more money on my gas card to make it to the end of another month. While I do enjoy some what the prices on gasoline going down until the first number in the price of a gallon is a ONE just NOT a whole lot to get excited about. I've had friends call me and informed me gas has dropped 3 or 4 cents and I have answered-when it drops 2 or 3 DOLLARS then and only then will I get some what excited.   Sorry for the hijack but I do that from time to time.   RIDE SAFE.

[F6Dave]

until the first number in the price of a gallon is a ONE just NOT a whole lot to get excited about

The first digit in the price of gas will be a one if the government keeps printing money.  However, there will be another digit between the one and the decimal point!

[cma1]

Speaking of 50 cent gas, I remember in the '70s that many pumps had a maximum price of 49.9 cents.  When gas topped 50 cents, the stations would set the pump to half price, then you doubled the amount when you went inside to pay.

While gas cost less then, I also paid $2,600 for a brand new 1976 KZ-900, and earned $3 an hour.  Adjusted for inflation gas prices have been relatively constant for decades.  And if you factor in the far better fuel efficiency of vehicles built today, we're now paying less per mile to drive.  Of course the Valkyrie's mileage is an exception to that efficiency trend!

I found a decal under my fuel tank that said "2003 Valkyrie, official test vehicles of opec"

[MP]

Guys think yourselves lucky you don't live this side of the pond. In Europe the price in most countries is pretty similar. Currently here in Spain it is $7.57 a US gallon so more than twice what you are paying 

For Colin and my European friends, I am truly grateful that we in the U.S. enjoy gasoline prices that are less than half what you all are paying.  It doesn't end with gasoline prices. There are certainly other differences for which I can easily express gratitude. What frightens me is that the people who have gained power of late in the U.S. appear to be looking to Europe as a model of what they want to accomplish.

As a young man I paid, during what we called gas wars, prices below twenty cents per gallon.

For C'dough, I can remember a time when I swore I would never pay fifty cents for a gallon of gasoline.  As to whether we will pay the prices Europe now pays, I say, "Hide and watch."   

Just remember, our price in US is a third or so taxes.  ALL the price that is above about 2/3 of our price, is TAXES!

The high price overseas is not high gas prices, it is high TAXES.

And, the Obomanator wants us to be just like you!

MP

[BF]

It's $3.27 today in Northwest Florida on the northern Gulf Coast. 

Back around '71 or so, I had a job pumping gas.  Back then it was .32 a gallon.  We had a gas war and it went down to .25 a gallon for a little while.....but not for long. 

The lowest I can remember gas was at .19 a gallon. 

[Rebyl]

$9.58 a Gallon  ( $2.13 per litre), approx. 4.5 litres to the gallon here...You can work out exchange rates etc but it is still way over what you poor beggers pay... so stop complaining    Guess that's the price of living in Paradise...LOL
We also produce and have our own oil and gas fields, but they export that and import the expensive stuff 

[Moonshot_1]

Apparently the lesson is if you shut down the government, gas prices will fall?