petrol atv,s

Ready to change one of the quads and since I can't buy a diesel quad any more it will have to be a petrol or move up to a side by side . just done some sums 35 mile per gall on red 7000ml per annum is 200 gall which is 909.2 litre @ say 52p litre = £472.78 per year . Petrol bike 550cc most guesses say that 20 mile per gallon would be good , 7000ml per annum is 350 gall which is 1591.1 litre @ say £1.18 = £1877.50 . That's a £1404.72 difference per year and over the 3 yrs of the bikes life £4214.16 NEED A STIFF DRINK NOW !
 

vinnie123

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Cheaper initial purchase price, try comparing petrol quad against a side by side with three year warranty on both and replace with new at end of that
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
Ready to change one of the quads and since I can't buy a diesel quad any more it will have to be a petrol or move up to a side by side . just done some sums 35 mile per gall on red 7000ml per annum is 200 gall which is 909.2 litre @ say 52p litre = £472.78 per year . Petrol bike 550cc most guesses say that 20 mile per gallon would be good , 7000ml per annum is 350 gall which is 1591.1 litre @ say £1.18 = £1877.50 . That's a £1404.72 difference per year and over the 3 yrs of the bikes life £4214.16 NEED A STIFF DRINK NOW !


I got my diesel bike 2 year ago in January. The previous summer when fuel prices were at their peak (134ppl) i figured out the price difference was £3000 between running red and petrol - using own figures for Honda 420 compared to book figures for diesel bike.

I will be damn loathed to go back to petrol. But it gets closer every day :(
 

unlacedgecko

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Livestock Farmer
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Fife
Whatever price petrol or diesel may be, it beats the hell out of carrying it on yer back.

Due to gradient I had to hand fence some ground he other day. f**k me what an awful experience, shuttle running metal posts and plastic stakes up and down the hill. Made me appreciate my bike a hell of a lot...
 
Ready to change one of the quads and since I can't buy a diesel quad any more it will have to be a petrol or move up to a side by side . just done some sums 35 mile per gall on red 7000ml per annum is 200 gall which is 909.2 litre @ say 52p litre = £472.78 per year . Petrol bike 550cc most guesses say that 20 mile per gallon would be good , 7000ml per annum is 350 gall which is 1591.1 litre @ say £1.18 = £1877.50 . That's a £1404.72 difference per year and over the 3 yrs of the bikes life £4214.16 NEED A STIFF DRINK NOW !

I don't know how you've calculated your usage but I think you might be way off! We spent £874.10 on petrol last financial year. Mostly for 500cc ATV but also lawnmower, strimmers and chainsaw. Hardly a big annual cost for all the benefits an ATV has. What makes you think you'll be doing so many miles on an ATV?
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
I don't know how you've calculated your usage but I think you might be way off! We spent £874.10 on petrol last financial year. Mostly for 500cc ATV but also lawnmower, strimmers and chainsaw. Hardly a big annual cost for all the benefits an ATV has. What makes you think you'll be doing so many miles on an ATV?


His maths are about right.

When I moved to the diesel, the 12 months previous we had spent £3000 on petrol. The diesel was projected to use £600 worth.
 

MJT

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A lot of low mileage arctic cat diesels crop up for sale, may be worth getting one of them for next 7/8 years and hope that someone else will see sense and start to make another decent diesel . Run 2 arctic cats here and would never go back to Petrol if low mileage secondhand diesels are available . But I guess depends on whether you want warrantee etc on new bike .
 

MJT

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Just seen this advertised, any idea what breed it is ?
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Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
A lot of low mileage arctic cat diesels crop up for sale, may be worth getting one of them for next 7/8 years and hope that someone else will see sense and start to make another decent diesel . Run 2 arctic cats here and would never go back to Petrol if low mileage secondhand diesels are available . But I guess depends on whether you want warrantee etc on new bike .


Have to know what your looking at/looking for with them, though.

Thing that annoys me is you see low mileage AC diesels, but folks are rough as hell with them. Almost all got cracked/broken plastics and generally look rough... don't understand it myself.
 

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