Kawasaki Ninja 300 fuel?

[Crasherfromwayback]

GS1200ss can run on a diesel/petrol mix

Bullshit! Unless it's 95 parts petrol, to 5 parts diesel.

[T.W.R]

Bullshit! Unless it's 95 parts petrol, to 5 parts diesel.

everyone who attended the 3rd KB south get together saw
And it was 5lt diesel into the tank accidentally....tank filled so it was just over 18lt (abt 1:4 ratio)
Went fine albeit smokey and I had to bump start it after the 1st stop 50km later.....after that you'd be none the wiser anything had happened

[Crasherfromwayback]

everyone who attended the 3rd KB south get together saw
And it was 5lt diesel into the tank accidentally....tank filled so it was just over 18lt (abt 1:4 ratio)
Went fine albeit smokey and I had to bump start it after the 1st stop 50km later.....after that you'd be none the wiser anything had happened

LOl. Fuck me I bet it smoked! And it din't pink it's head off??

[T.W.R]

LOl. Fuck me I bet it smoked! And it din't pink it's head off??

Initially from Palmerston to Moeraki it wasn't too bad but was getting a bit gruff by the time it rolled into Moeraki (Goblin was riding it, I was giving Doc's Brutale 910 a strop). Leaving Moeraki it had to be bump started...wasn't healthy but was running; smoking like a traction engine when the taps were opened (didn't like much above 5k) otherwise just a gentle blue haze of fumes
We were heading to Oamaru so it was apt to have something pay homage to the steampunk capital leaving there it started up fine, still smoking but getting a bit better and I kept distilling the mix at every chance & probably by the time another tanks worth of juice had gone through it was back to normal pretty robust old mill them things!

[Crasherfromwayback]

: pretty robust old mill them things!

They most certainly are!

[Pound]

What fuel should I use in Kawazaki Ninja 300?

May I be so bold as to suggest reading your owners manual?

Ironically enough, it was written to inform the owner (You in this case) as to the correct operation of your motorcycle, including, but noit limited to, service intervals, tyre pressures, correct fuel types, etc..

[Crasherfromwayback]

May I be so bold as to suggest reading your owners manual?

Ironically enough, it was written to inform the owner (You in this case) as to the correct operation of your motorcycle, including, but noit limited to, service intervals, tyre pressures, correct fuel types, etc..

That's all well and good, but it may say use 91, and in The States etc that's fine (their 91 is good), they don't write owners manuals just for our market with our shit gas.

[Pound]

That's all well and good, but it may say use 91, and in The States etc that's fine (their 91 is good), they don't write owners manuals just for our market with our shit gas.

You make a good point there.

Surely though, nobody has ever had any catastrophic engine failures due to following the owners manual before...............

[5ive]

The user manual doesn't state which fuel to use, it only provides the minimum octane rating: 91 (or 87).

[Crasherfromwayback]

Surely though, nobody has ever had any catastrophic engine failures due to following the owners manual before...............

No, prob not. But another bit of advice I've found best to ignore from owners manuals is...run in procedure.

[Pound]

run in procedure.

WOT in every gear and change before red line.

Seems to do the engine wonders!

[Pound]

The user manual doesn't state which fuel to use, it only provides the minimum octane rating: 91 (or 87).

Either way, it answers the question.

[WristTwister]

A Ninja 300 is tuned for low octane, so use 91. Using higher octane will delay combustion and reduce power and efficiency on an engine tuned for low octane. So using high octane in a 300 will cost you more, reduce efficiency, and cause more carbon build up over time.

[Akzle]

A Ninja 300 is tuned for low octane,

wrong

so use 91.

wrong

Using higher octane will delay combustion and reduce power and efficiency on an engine tuned for low octane.

wrong (while lower octane is more susceptible to pre-ignition, higher octane will/can not retard the timing)

So using high octane in a 300 will cost you more, reduce efficiency, and cause more carbon build up over time.

wrong (91 is shyte fuel, inefficient by design in term of calories vs kw, and more likely to foul, burn incompletely or "cause carbon build up". the cost aspect is questionable, while tank-for-tank premium costs more, often higher octane will get as many/more km, plus with more grin.)

damn, and i really wanted to say "five kinds of wrong" but that's only 4.

the correctest answer came at post#7 which is "try each and see"
but still. STFW.

[WristTwister]

wrong (while lower octane is more susceptible to pre-ignition, higher octane will/can not retard the timing)

Wrong as a 300 is tuned for 91 and earlier detonation

wrong (91 is shyte fuel, inefficient by design in term of calories vs kw, and more likely to foul, burn incompletely or "cause carbon build up". the cost aspect is questionable, while tank-for-tank premium costs more, often higher octane will get as many/more km, plus with more grin.)

Wrong because the 300 won't make the most of the high octane, you'll get carbon build up because you're not getting the right combustion temps because half your combustion is happening in your exhaust.