I always run 93 or 94 octane gas. It seems to run a little bit better. Maybe it's mental but I think it runs better.

 

The owner's manual says 87 so I use 87. It's been discussed many times before, but unless you have a high compression engine high octane gas is a waste of money -- especially these days.

 

89 here.

 

93 normally, 94 when a Sunoco is around.

Yes the manual says 87 octane, but I have done test (in car) to prove higher octane burns and runs better.

I drove from harrisburg, PA to Youngstown, OH on 87 octane. Upon my arrival, I had about 1/8 of a tank.

I drove from Youngstown, OH to Harrisburg, PA on 93 octane. Upon my arrival I had a little over 1/2 of a tank.

Higher octane creates a cleaner more powerful burn, needing less gas then lower octane gases.

Voodoo

 

Just the normal 95 Octane we get here.....Although I some times use a tank of 97 Octane once in a while if I am in a different country like France and riding through the mountains. I just don't trust the fuel in France so I run the odd tank of super unleaded about one tank in four.

At least it is better than the mix I used to use in my Yamaha RD350LC...A 50/50 mix of 98 and 118 Octane low lead avgas !!

 

Manual says 91+ I ran 93 for years but the last 12 tank fulls have been 89 and feels no different to me.

 

118 Octane low lead avgas !!

118 Octane!:scared Is that racing fuel?

Voodoo

 

93 octane here

 

Manual says 86+

 

93 here

 

cheapest stuff i can find

 

minimum 91 mostly 94:hellobye

 

93 normally, 94 when a Sunoco is around.

Yes the manual says 87 octane, but I have done test (in car) to prove higher octane burns and runs better.

I drove from harrisburg, PA to Youngstown, OH on 87 octane. Upon my arrival, I had about 1/8 of a tank.

I drove from Youngstown, OH to Harrisburg, PA on 93 octane. Upon my arrival I had a little over 1/2 of a tank.

Higher octane creates a cleaner more powerful burn, needing less gas then lower octane gases.

Voodoo

Per volume, 87 has more energy than 93... and it burns a bit faster, though flame speed is essentially the same for both.

If you don't need 93, don't use it - a waste of $$. All higher octane buys you is increased knock resistance, but if your bike is tuned for 87, you don't need the extra knock resistance.

As for your test, do you have specific details like average speed, elevation changes, ambient conditions, tire pressure, etc.? If not, it's hardly scientific, and you proove nothing to me...

 

118 Octane!:scared Is that racing fuel?

Voodoo

Airplane fuel..........lots of people bag on avgas, but it's got lower H2O content than regular gas due to being subjected to high altitude, freezing tendencies. I like it 'cuz it smells cool!!

:thumbup :thumbup

 

As for your test, do you have specific details like average speed, elevation changes, ambient conditions, tire pressure, etc.? If not, it's hardly scientific, and you proove nothing to me...

I have all the information you ask but I did not want to bore everyone here, so I sent the details to Car-&-Driver!:lol :lol

Voodoo

 

I run 91 in mine because the gas we have here sucks!!!:fact

You have a choice of 85, 87 and 91 at most stations.

 

Per volume, 87 has more energy than 93... and it burns a bit faster, though flame speed is essentially the same for both.

If you don't need 93, don't use it - a waste of $$. All higher octane buys you is increased knock resistance, but if your bike is tuned for 87, you don't need the extra knock resistance.

As for your test, do you have specific details like average speed, elevation changes, ambient conditions, tire pressure, etc.? If not, it's hardly scientific, and you proove nothing to me...

I agree. :iamwithst Unless you have done something to increase the compression in the engine stay with the 87 octane. Those years were made to run on lower octane. Why waist your money on the higher grades.

 

118 Octane!:scared Is that racing fuel?

Voodoo

No as JC said it is aircraft fuel...BUT the tuner who did my LC found that mixing 98 Unleaded and 118 Low Lead avgas did not make 108 but 121 because the unleaded used octane boosters to get the 98 and the 118 was just high octane leaded. Clever or what!!

Now with fuel prices it would have cost me about $25 US per gallon to run my little LC !! and it did about 25 miles per on the road and 15 miles per gallon when I raced it.