Price per mile/km

[bigbadbrucie]

Just figured my cost per km/mile in fuel alone, for THIS year.

So far I’m paying out $0.086 for each km driven. If my figuring is correct, that works out to
0.138 per mile. I did not consider dollar exchange rate as that makes no never mind. It’s my cost in my dollar per km/mile. What’s your average per mile/km driven?

I know......DRIVE MORE, WORRY/THINK LESS. (beat you to it Peter)

[Eckhard]

Why do you torture yourself like this. When I want a cheap ride I take the Honda Civic. It has windows, air conditioning and a stereo that works and better mileage to boot..

What you have there is a toy. Enjoy it as such.

[RayBJ]

Most stations with 91 octane at $3.60 - 4.00/gal in the US. Just back from a 6100mi fast tour. I was lucky to get 30mpg and sometimes only 27mpg. Granted, most times were 70+ mph but my Outback gets better mileage!

My 1215cc Triumph Trophy ran 87 and got 50+ mpg on similar trips. Glad I didn't buy the RT to save fuel costs!

[bigbadbrucie]

Why do you torture yourself like this. When I want a cheap ride I take the Honda Civic. It has windows, air conditioning and a stereo that works and better mileage to boot..

What you have there is a toy. Enjoy it as such.

Torture? What torture? I do enjoy my Spyder very much, and I don’t think that 8 and 1/2 cents per kilometre is expensive.
I’m sorry that you have to feel that 8 cents is to much to spend to enjoy the “wind therapy”. Enjoy your day!

[ARtraveler]

To much work for me to figure out. And...I am an ex CPA, Finance Director, and Accounting Professor.

I will just continue to enjoy the ride and fill er up when I need to. Sometimes, that's every other day.

[bigbadbrucie]

To much work for me to figure out. And...I am an ex CPA, Finance Director, and Accounting Professor.

I will just continue to enjoy the ride and fill er up when I need to. Sometimes, that's every other day.

I hear you, ART on both too much work and filling every other day. I’m filling at least every third day, and sometimes every other day....plus.....I have an app on my phone to figure the price per km/mile.

[milryder]

Just figured my cost per km/mile in fuel alone, for THIS year.

So far I’m paying out $0.086 for each km driven. If my figuring is correct, that works out to
0.138 per mile. I did not consider dollar exchange rate as that makes no never mind. It’s my cost in my dollar per km/mile. What’s your average per mile/km driven?

I know......DRIVE MORE, WORRY/THINK LESS. (beat you to it Peter)

I enjoy figuring different data points as well. Anything less than .50-60 per mile on my RAM is all gravy so gas expense for the Spyder is a non issue. I keep track of my mileage as least initially for safety sake on long trips. I like using Gaia app on my phone as for any given trip it gives me a lot of data to play with, mainly to predict how long it will take to get somewhere the next time in total time and moving time. Have found that if I use google miles and divide by 45-50 that will be about the time it takes for the trip including gas and breaks. Gaia data helps a lot with that as well as the saved map.

[AZCanAm]

To much work for me to figure out. And...I am an ex CPA, Finance Director, and Accounting Professor.

I will just continue to enjoy the ride and fill er up when I need to. Sometimes, that's every other day.

The key, "fill er up every other day". That is when you know life is good. Right now in Arizona, for me, it is too Frikken hot! I'll be lucky to be fill er up every other week. Right now, even the night rides are brutal in terms of temperature.

I flew up to Seattle recently and thought, "God I wish I had my Spyder right about now".

[bigbadbrucie]

The key, "fill er up every other day". That is when you know life is good. Right now in Arizona, for me, it is too Frikken hot! I'll be lucky to be fill er up every other week. Right now, even the night rides are brutal in terms of temperature.

I flew up to Seattle recently and thought, "God I wish I had my Spyder right about now".

I feel for ya. I wouldn’t survive in that hot a climate....80* to 85* is top end for me, and even 3 consecutive days of that to me is unsurvivable. I guess that’s why I live where I do.

[RayBJ]

Lots of reasons to not like living here in NJ but weather is temperate (30-90 mostly) and lots of fun country roads away from the cities. Short ride to PA or NY hills.

[EdMat]

How's this bigbadbrucie,

2019 RTL - at 26,987 miles - 819.44 gallons - $0.08 per mile average - more premium than regular gas has been used.

[EdMat]

Surprised there have not been more replies.

[Peter Aawen]

Surprised there have not been more replies.

I dunno Ed, it could just be that most are getting a bit stuck on the math/calcs when trying to convert 'Miles of Smiles' into 'Miles per Gallon'

That's a pretty complex wad of formulae to wade thru! I know that, cos I gave up when trying to work out the monetary value of the final result of the 'Still Cheap at Twice the Price' calculation, and I WAS trying to work it out in Oz Metric Smiles/litres per kilometre, which is a whole lot easier than trying to convert 'Smiles' into quarts & gallons


Go on, Just Ryde the Damn Bike, you Know You Want to!!

[bigbadbrucie]

All my figuring is done with the miles per gallon/kilometres per litre app on my phone. It even tells me that it costs me 0.082 cents per kilometre (my last fillup).

[RazzleH]

I dunno Ed, it could just be that most are getting a bit stuck on the math/calcs when trying to convert 'Miles of Smiles' into 'Miles per Gallon'

That's a pretty complex wad of formulae to wade thru! I know that, cos I gave up when trying to work out the monetary value of the final result of the 'Still Cheap at Twice the Price' calculation, and I WAS trying to work it out in Oz Metric Smiles/litres per kilometre, which is a whole lot easier than trying to convert 'Smiles' into quarts & gallons


Go on, Just Ryde the Damn Bike, you Know You Want to!!

Yeah! Great advice. My 2020 F3L calculates all those figures automatically. I reset at each refill and occasionally check the total figure too .... shrug and get ryding again. Wouldn't be dead for quids.

[Mikey]

I hear you, ART on both too much work and filling every other day. I’m filling at least every third day, and sometimes every other day....plus.....I have an app on my phone to figure the price per km/mile.

You've got a bad case of it, don't you? Sorry

[Papa103]

Well if you want to feel better about your $ per mile on a Spyder, buy a snowmobile. We figure it by smiles per miles.

[Bfromla]

You've got a bad case of it, don't you? Sorry

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[missouriboy]

I enter my mid-grade fuel purchases into a spreadsheet, three tanks per line, and then let it to all the work for me. 98K miles, 6.4 cents per mile.

Copy & Paste from my total-line:
98,023 AvMPG: 37.24 $6263.30 0.064 $ per mile for gas

[Spiderfrog]

Gas prices are only a small part of it, you have to take in to account how often you change the oil ($$), tires ($$), and routine maintenance ($$) the more and longer rides the more that mile costs. If gas MPG is the only thing have fun a fill up when you need to after all its only money you can always get more. (every week, by-week or monthly pay check.)

[Bfromla]

I dunno Ed, it could just be that most are getting a bit stuck on the math/calcs when trying to convert 'Miles of Smiles' into 'Miles per Gallon'

That's a pretty complex wad of formulae to wade thru! I know that, cos I gave up when trying to work out the monetary value of the final result of the 'Still Cheap at Twice the Price' calculation, and I WAS trying to work it out in Oz Metric Smiles/litres per kilometre, which is a whole lot easier than trying to convert 'Smiles' into quarts & gallons


Go on, Just Ryde the Damn Bike, you Know You Want to!!

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[EdMat]

Cost per mile...........Miles per gallon..................No problem......................Never...Never...Never do Farkle dollars per mile.

[bigbadbrucie]

Cost per mile...........Miles per gallon..................No problem......................Never...Never...Never do Farkle dollars per mile.

Hhhmmmmm!

[ARtraveler]

Gas prices are only a small part of it, you have to take in to account how often you change the oil ($$), tires ($$), and routine maintenance ($$) the more and longer rides the more that mile costs. If gas MPG is the only thing have fun a fill up when you need to after all its only money you can always get more. (every week, by-week or monthly pay check.)

I wouldn't go there if I were you. Better to live in blissful ignorance. And don't forget depreciation.

[Motogordo]

I am paying about .09/mile based on $3.60/gallon of Premium and 40 MPG.
However, I don't care about the gas prices or mpg. I just enjoy riding my S2S and will continue to do so for a long time, I hope.

Motogordo.
Fortunately I can afford the expenses.