98 Octane

[Moise]

That will be US 87, which is roughly equivalent to our 91.

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[Flip]

91,95 or98 makes no diference to my road king, it's all the same in my book.

[Akzle]

91,95 or98 makes no diference to my road king, it's all the same in my book.

it's a hardley.
you left off the most obvious: diesel.
...kero, jp8, bunker crude...

[actungbaby]

91,95 or98 makes no diference to my road king, it's all the same in my book.

gezz that beast it catch on the fuel pumps pull them out the ground .run around get thermos and fill up your bike for free.

[awayatc]

The R1 is definitely happier on 98, but it has carbs so is a bit fussier. It runs best on Gull 98,

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Thought that ethanol was no good for carbs....

I am supposed to use higher octane in my Valk, but it's got carbs as well....
Getting tricky to find non ethanol higher octane I think

[Cosmik de Bris]

Thought that ethanol was no good for carbs....

I am supposed to use higher octane in my Valk, but it's got carbs as well....
Getting tricky to find non ethanol higher octane I think

It depends on the float and seal materials, Amal carbs were made for alcohol.

[gortnipper]

Yeah, but old bikes have other parts like dowty washers, fuel lines, gaskets, etc that are not too happy with ethanol,

I looked at the BP website, and they are E3 for their 98 I think.

Gull has ethanol.

At some point I THOUGHT I saw that Z was e-free. Can anyone confirm this? Or another brand?

I am looking for some e-free 95 for my recently refurbed Norton.

[Cosmik de Bris]

Yeah, but old bikes have other parts like dowty washers, fuel lines, gaskets, etc that are not too happy with ethanol,

I looked at the BP website, and they are E3 for their 98 I think.

Gull has ethanol.

At some point I THOUGHT I saw that Z was e-free. Can anyone confirm this? Or another brand?

I am looking for some e-free 95 for my recently refurbed Norton.

In another thread on here somebody mentioned that the BP E3 was only in certain areas, Wellington was mentioned.

Cheers

[slofox]

Whilst waiting for a service to be completed at Boyd's, I came across, in a magazine, an article about fuel. The magazine dudes tried several grades, prices etc of fuel in the UK and found that the horsepower output of the test bike (a GSX-R600 I think) varied by less than 1% over all the different fuels. So last time I filled up I bought 91. Ride today seemed identical to thousands of other rides.

[AllanB]

I thought the ethanol percentage in NZ was low to the point of not being a issue with older vehicles.

[gortnipper]

No, I have had dowty washers and perxoxks perish on my Norton from ethanol in NZ petrol.