Most Effective Ways To Minimize Your Bikes Petrol Consumption
Most Effective Ways To Minimize Your Bikes Petrol Consumption
Because of the road congestions and everything in between, more and more city commuters are choosing two wheelers as the best possible transportation to maintain their busy life. In a city like Singapore, where life starts early in the morning; it is a common scenario to face a traffic congestion at most of the busiest areas of the town.
This factor has contributed to the mentionable increase in the number of singaporebikes and the expenditure associated with it. And the latest COE policy has taken its drill on the common commuters who are already struggling to meet up with the increasing price of petrol for their motorcycle.
Isn’t it obvious?
In a city, where the number of bike riders have increased 248% within the last 3 years- a helpful COE policy is the demand of the day. But for the big bikes and small bike owners of Singapore, the scenario was totally opposite. The COE price has increased so much that now Singapore holds the record of having highest COE in 2014.
Because implementing an effective national motorcycle fuel economy policy for singaporebikers is out of our hand, it would be a great idea to follow some rules that will help us to keep our petrol expenditure within budget.
As this is 2014, old tips and tricks of saving fuel expenditure will not work at all. So, if you want to make the best out of each dollar that you are planning to pay for petrol, you need to follow rules that are effective and effecient. As thus here are the 3 most effective ways to minimize yourpetrol consumption in 2014.
Taking note on local ERP
Since it’s installation date of 1995, the role of ERP (electronic road pricing) as a road management system has been questioned again and again. Especially the way it contributes in diverting the traffic flow, creating a major bottleneck traffic combustion scenario has always taken its toll on vehicle owners.
As most of the busiest Singapore roads, specially Central Expressway and Thomson road runs on the will of ERP( electronic Road Pricing ) system ; you should check out the website of your metropolitan land transport authority website to find out the peak and off-peak hours of the ERP (Electronic road pricing) system to avoid getting stuck in a terrible traffic jam. Research shows that more than 250 liter of fuel is wasted per day on major roadways within singapore alone.
Now, calculate how much petrol money will you be able to save by following ERP manual and effectively bypassing the bottleneck traffic jams corners.
Following the 5 tips to efficient biking
As implementing and maintaining the price hike is something that we cannot control, many bikers have come up with more and more ways to increase their skill as a biker and ensure an effective motocycle petrol economy consumption .Here are the top 3 best practices of driving a motorcycle on Singapore roads that can help you a lot to save money on petrol:
1. Is the heart bleeding?
Most of the big bike and small bike owners, who complain about having an excess petrol expenditure charge have been reported to have faulty or old engines that intakes more fuel than the modern ones. So, if you are having a rough time keeping up with the petrol expenditure, do take your bike to any of the local motorshops; so that they can take a look at your bike’s engine and can make necessary servcing on spark plugs, fuel filers and valves if necessary. This simple expenditure on engine maintenance could help you a lot in the long run.
2. Parking it on the road
While most people are accustomed to parking their motorcycles, outside of the road or on a scratchy pavement. if possible choose motorcycle parking, that has a smooth and balanced surface. When you try to start your bike from such rough surface, it takes more fuel and more engine power to keep the wheel rolling and as thus taking more than usual startup file. So choose your motorcycle parking carefully
3. Filling it up- the right way
Most bikers tend to hurry a lot while filling up their bikes with petrol stations. Some tend to fill up their bike’s tank with a clumsy hand, which not only causes oil to spill outside; but also damages the color and the body of the bike as well. Some bikers also tend to overfill their bike; which might seem a good idea to the newbies but it is not. Most of the overfilled oil spills out and creates a mess around the tank. This is one of the most suggested answer of the question “how to increase fuel economy”
4. Riding smooth
This might shock you, but a smooth cruise on a bike uses less oil than cruising with sudden speed boost and quick brakes. If you are cruising at an average speed or maintain a smooth speed limit, although the ride you will be able to save more than 60% of the fuel which you would have wasted with sudden perks.
This practice also minimizes your chance of causing accidents as well. If you have a steady tire pressure and a cruise within an average speed limit, you will be able to implement your perfect motorcycle fuel economy in no time
5. Let’s cruise
Now that you know the secrets to minimizing your bikes fuel consumptions, it’s time to start up your engine and get going for a ride. Now you too can take that ride with your motorbike that you were scared of because of the petrol hike.
Well, another option is ride up north for some filling & late night supper before coming back Singapore.