Gas prices got you down?

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Gas prices got you down?

26 Aug 2008 11:45
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boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bik/813807535.html
conversion kit lets you turn your motorcycle into a bicycle by removing the engine and adding a pedal drive kit.

all the rage in europe!

email for more details.



I've looked it up but I can't even find references to it. I see converting a motorcycle to run on diesel, converting it into a hybrid gas/electric, converting to electric, converting to an ultralight aircraft, converting into art, converting into a lawnmower but no references to anybody converting their heavy motorcycle frame into a bicycle.

I must just not be searching properly. Who wouldn't want to do this, particularly if it's all the rage in Europe!?
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Re: Gas prices got you down?

26 Aug 2008 12:25 - 26 Aug 2008 12:29
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They only work with scrumpy,lotsB)
Anyway, you's lot from The New World wanna try gas[petrol] prices here in England,a station about a mile away from here is charging £6.40/gallon.[about $11.50/gallon]
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Re: Gas prices got you down?

26 Aug 2008 19:53
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Good Grief! The unsprung mass alone of all but the latest sport bikes weighs as much as five bicycles.

Sheesh!
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28 Aug 2008 09:10
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That is crazy. I don't worry about the price of gas when I am riding the bike. 3 gallons is not going to hurt too bad. It is when I have to fill the truck that I get depressed.....80 bucks worth....chris3
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Re: Gas prices got you down?

28 Aug 2008 09:29
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you should try diesel, hell I have to fill up at half tank, friggin pumps shut off at 100 bucks,,

coppertales wrote:
That is crazy. I don't worry about the price of gas when I am riding the bike. 3 gallons is not going to hurt too bad. It is when I have to fill the truck that I get depressed.....80 bucks worth....chris3
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Re: Gas prices got you down?

29 Aug 2008 07:27
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coppertales wrote:
It is when I have to fill the truck that I get depressed.....80 bucks worth....chris3


Maybe you should put pedals on it. Somebody somewhere has got to have a kit for that sort of thing. :laugh:
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29 Aug 2008 08:34
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Gas prices don't got me down too awful much...I can go 100 miles on less than $10 with the bike :)

Truck's a different story, but whatcha gonna do.
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