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AT IT AGAIN
25th May 2008, 19:43
I AM ABOUT TO EMBARK ON THE USUAL BIKE SEARCH (BUYING A NEW BIKE). WITH THE PRICE OF FUEL BEING WHAT IT IS I WAS WONDERING WHAT IF ANY BIKES THESE DAYS ,WILL RUN HAPPILY ON REGULAR. IAM MAINLY LOOKING AT A 600 SIZE THAT I CAN COMMUTE AND ALSO HEAD AWAY ON BUT NOT SPORTS TYPE EG GSXR , R6 AND THE LIKE. ANY COMMENT APRECIATED:rockon:
marty
25th May 2008, 19:59
MY HAYABUSA RUNS ON 91. YOU SHOULD GET ONE OF THOSE.
Pussy
25th May 2008, 20:02
GSX-R600 is recommended for 91, SV1000, SV650 etc etc
Katman
25th May 2008, 20:03
MY HAYABUSA RUNS ON 91. YOU SHOULD GET ONE OF THOSE.

PARDON?????
marty
25th May 2008, 20:03
seriously though, there's a .06 cent price diff. over 20000kms, at about 17 kms/litre on a 600, that is only $70 more for a year's running on 95 over 91
Pussy
25th May 2008, 20:17
Don't Suzuki recommend 95 for the 'Busa?
marty
25th May 2008, 20:44
dunno. wish they recommended kerosene! got plenty of that lying around!!!!
Pussy
25th May 2008, 20:53
dunno. wish they recommended kerosene! got plenty of that lying around!!!!

Yep, I reckon I'd have a bugger of a job tuning the sem fiddy to run on Jet A-1
marty
25th May 2008, 20:55
my tank is empty at the moment - it's been running around 15km/l on 91 so i'll fill it with 95 and see what i get.
Pussy
25th May 2008, 20:57
Be careful of detonation running the 'Busa on 91, Marty
fatzx10r
25th May 2008, 20:58
most bikes should run on 91 without any probs.as long as the bike has'nt got a super high compresion ratio it should'nt ping and carry on.i know of a few people who run 91 in late model sport bikes.
Hitcher
25th May 2008, 21:34
An FJR1300 runs on 91 octane. Its next fill will cost NZ$1.20 a litre.
TygerTung
25th May 2008, 21:35
So when you fill up on 91 you will save about $1.20, what a huge difference.
Pussy
25th May 2008, 21:41
most bikes should run on 91 without any probs.as long as the bike has'nt got a super high compresion ratio it should'nt ping and carry on.i know of a few people who run 91 in late model sport bikes.

Fair enough... they will run on it, BUT, I'm of the opinion if a manufacturer recommends 95, it's probably best to use it
McJim
25th May 2008, 21:46
Get an NZ new Ducati Monster 600. They run on 91 and are not a sportsbike.


And stop shouting.
marty
25th May 2008, 21:55
BUT IT'S SO MUCH FUN!
TimeOut
25th May 2008, 22:20
V-Strom runs on 91 and definatly isn't a sports bike.
McJim
25th May 2008, 22:33
BUT IT'S SO MUCH FUN!

You're just a big bully:rofl:
MSTRS
26th May 2008, 09:11
An FJR1300 runs on 91 octane. Its next fill will cost NZ$1.20 a litre more than it's last fill.

Haven't used the bike for a while??
Hitcher
26th May 2008, 09:37
Haven't used the bike for a while??

No. Its next fill will be in Los Angeles California.
dipshit
26th May 2008, 10:29
GSX-R600 is recommended for 91, SV1000, SV650 etc etc

No it's not. The manual for my SV1000 says... "Use unleaded gasoline with an octane rating of 91 or higher (Research method)"

It is saying you can run on 91, but it is not recommending 91.

91 or higher.
MSTRS
26th May 2008, 10:55
No. Its next fill will be in Los Angeles California.

So you will be using their 'super'? Don't they have 87/91/95(premium)?
dipshit
26th May 2008, 11:20
So you will be using their 'super'? Don't they have 87/91/95(premium)?

America goes by a different rating.

Their 87/91/95 would be the same as 91/95/100 for us.
Cajun
26th May 2008, 11:35
i have run pretty much 50,000kms on 91 on my gsxr600 with out issues, any issues

i have run all 5 of gas stations, 91/ and 95+ mixs, and found all much of a muchness.

I did acutally get a bit of a pinging when i rand bp 98 & was at track.
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Manual says run 91 and above,
been told to run as high as octane as possible (when queries what type of gas to run), but told 91 not gonna do any harm.
yod
26th May 2008, 11:48
excuse the random OT but;

just found a receipt from BP from 29 Dec 2005

$1.35.9c/litre

:weep:
Cajun
26th May 2008, 11:55
excuse the random OT but;

just found a receipt from BP from 29 Dec 2005

$1.35.9c/litre

:weep:

i have recipts dating back to 2004 for the 600
down 1.109c/litre (91) (22 jul 04)

just found one for 1.089 11 dec 04, went with a ride with quasi on that ride
vifferman
26th May 2008, 12:17
Meh.
I can remember when fuel was 40 cents a gallon....
It was around the time I got my first bike.
Hitcher
26th May 2008, 17:06
So you will be using their 'super'? Don't they have 87/91/95(premium)?

Everything is different in America.
MSTRS
26th May 2008, 17:32
Everything is different in America.

Even some spellings. Can you cope?:sweatdrop
Hitcher
26th May 2008, 19:37
Time will tell. The BDOTGNZA will boldly go where few arses have gone before!
P38
26th May 2008, 20:07
The C50T runs good on 91.

Fuel was less the $1 a gallon when I bought my first bike (late 70's).

I thought that was bloody expensive then too.

1c was legal tender and all service stations did just that, give service!

The forecourt attendants pumped the fuel.

Friday nights saw us all riding into a station where a mate would be working and all line up for 1c worth of petrol, used to piss off the Boss though. :laugh:

No minimum delivery was good like that.