Best Fuel?

[inlinefour]

I was curious as to what fuel (octane rating and brand) others prefer to use. Those who do have a definate preferance to a particular fuel, why so?

I was wondering what the best brand of fuel was to use in my bike.

Funny thing is that 7% all comes from up north at Marsden Point, otherwise it comes from overseas. Dunno if any are better, I just prefer it when the price falls. Sounds like some companies put shite into their fuel aka "vortex" etc. But I'm sure it would be fine, if not better without it

[MSTRS:Me]

The local gurus say that Gull super is best. I just fill her up when she's needing it, but have to say that Gull perhaps does feel better. I get around 290k from a (main)tank when I use Gull so perhaps the 1100 doesn't work as hard on this fuel. Mind you, 140bhp doesn't need to be worked hard to perform.

[The_Ego]

Excuse me if I'm wrong... But if bikes are anything like cars, it'll come down to what the engine is tuned to run best on? If a car is tuned to run on 91 then running it on 98 isn't going to make a difference. However if you get it tuned to run on 98 you will have more power/ecconomy. Though if it's tuned to run on 98 and you run it on 91 then chances are detonation is going to damage your engine especially when riding hard/at high revs. If your bike has an engine management ecu then does it have an o2 sensor like cars? If so then running it on Avgas will stuff the o2 sensor and cause havoc with air/fuel mixtures and damage.

Peace

[NC]

I use 96, I dunno if it's good for the bike, But it's stopped making funny noises.
Or I'm sure that it was the clowns that were hanging around me.

[Dodgyiti]

It depends a lot on the bike dosent it?
My old Beemers ran on any crap, from meths to super
The Honda is a bit the same, or is it that I don't particually care??

[s.langham]

Av-gas is cool but Totaly ilegal for road use (plus it more expensive than 98!!) it has an octane rating well over 100 up to 150 depending where you get it.
dunno if they do it to bikes but a car will get green stickered if caught with avgs -you have to flush the fuel system then go for another wof!! and you can fully smell it so dont try bullshtn the cop!!

a higher octane fuel can (and will) give higher hp, cleaner running and is better for your motor so long as its tuned for the fuel you are running

the higher octane fuels are better for low temp/ high altitude running ( partly why planes run on av-gas ) so try different mixture while riding along the desert rd and see the difference

[Krusti]

Was at Shell servo the other day.The guy there said that the Shell delivery driver told him that The Gull station ran out of fuel and he filled their tank up! So you never really know what you are getting.