Fuel for KTM 390 Duke

[neels]

I run 95 (or 98 if I'm at BP) in all my petrol powered machines, having said that most of them are euro so more or less specify it anyway.

I did read somewhere that you will get better fuel economy out of higher octane fuel, so the cost works out more or less the same anyway, more BTU's or some shit.

[Moise]

I'd suggest running any Euro vehicle on 95 minimum and preferably 98. Japanese bikes are usually designed to run on 91 and should be OK.

We have fuel standards in NZ, but they oil companies seem to always get their way when they want them relaxed. NZ 91 wouldn't even meet the US 87 octane requirements because Marsden Point is such a shitty refinery..

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[slofox]

Very much this. It is damn annoying when you want a tank of the expensive stuff, and everyone just tells you how much their cheapy petrol is. It only ends up making a 20c difference on a tank, if that, but I still like to keep an eye on prices.

Yep. They never like to let on how much they crank up the price of the higher octanes.

My local Mobil station adds 9c/l for 98 octane compared to 91. My local Caltex station adds 15c/l for 95. Guess which one I use?

Course I also have a Mobil fuel card which gives me 10c/l discount on local pump price...(only available to old farts like me who have a Gold Card ). Which adds to the incentive.