Lot's of good advice and thanks.
The thing about California is they start something and the other 49 fall right in behind on a federal level. The latest twist is oxygenated fuel. It enlarges the molecules to make gas bigger than it really is. So you put a gallon of the stuff in, but it is not really a gallon as far as running it through your engine and there you have it, less fuel mileage right off the bat without starting your engine. They don't call California the left coast for nothing. These do gooder left wing fruits and nuts that somehow got elected, but no one admits to voting for them, are the ones doing it to us. From my view it is the number one reason the jobs disappeared. Business simply packed up and moved to another state or another country.
Back to actually curing my scoots thirst for overpriced gas. I do run Xieds that tricks the Oxygen sensors into richening up the fuel metering through my injectors and makes for a lot smoother response and my ECM is running along as more of a 49 state configuration and not as a California edition. I never did notice from the time I installed them two years ago any worse mileage, but probably so, as my pipes went from a light tan color soot to a normal dark color and the engine runs noticeably cooler to boot. I live in Bakersfield and they probably got the name from the word bake. It is nothing to see 110-115 days around here in the summer. Getting a air cooler bike to run cool in the summer, even at highway speeds, is a challenge.
Since there are two refineries right here in my town, you would think they would cut you some slack, but no. Flying J who has one of the refineries (used to be Shell) sells gas for a nickle more a gallon right here than they do a hundred miles away and yet it had to be trucked there. So, I come off bitter. Yeah I am bitter, there is no need of this high price travesty as there is enough oil in reserve in N. Dakota and Wyoming to last another 2000 years at todays use rate. That has been said many times by many people.
One thing I decided and did not really want to further support foreign companies, although I work for Freightliner, as foreign as it gets, is to buy gas at Arco aka BP. They continually sell for less in my area. Up to $.10 less for premium. Funny thing about that is that the Arco gas comes from the refinery right here and not 5 miles from me that also supplies Chevron, Shell, Texaco and all the independent mini marts. Same? Yup, same gas. Techrolene? Give me a break.
Allow me to step off my rickety box before I fall and hurt myself. I do feel better now, even though I will not be over this until someone regulates oil companies......................and Walmart.:newsmile106:
