What fuel do you use?

[slofox]

Just curious - what fuel do you feed your bike? Not interested in brands - just octanes etc...........

[Nasty]

Defiantely try to feed my baby the higher octanes with 95 being most available here, with the 98 when I find a pump. we have proven better fuel economy when using higher octanes.

[The Stranger:Me]

Defiantely try to feed my baby the higher octanes with 95 being most available here, with the 98 when I find a pump. we have proven better fuel economy when using higher octanes.

I find the same thing (better economy) such that it is cheaper to use 98 than 91 in some of my bikes.

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

Nothing but the best for my babies

[Big Dog]

Nothing but the best for my babies

91 for the 'busa.
Cheaper, cleaner and more power. Nuff said.

Highest octane for sale at that servo for the scooter.
Cheaper, cleaner and more power. Nuff said.

Yes you read right.
The two stroke needs the higher octane. The 'busa can take it or leave it beyond the engine runs hotter and gets thirstier.

[slofox]

I use Force 10 myself - equivalent 98 octane, cheaper than 98 at BP, recommended by Suzuki and cleaner burning.
Before anyone starts on about alcohol production at the expense of food production, NZ produces lots of ethanol from whey as a by-product of the dairy industry so we do not have competition with food crops....yet........much of this whey alcohol goes into making gin at present - cut that out and put it in the fuel I say.....

[raftn]

The bike seems to go better on 98, so i try to keep to that.

[BOGAR]

May just be me but when i run good 98 vs good 95 the bike just has that extra bit of up and go and makes me smile just that little bit more.

[newby]

So far ive only had 91 in my 250vl....its what the dealer told me to put in, and im only half way through my second tank anyway. If i try a tank of 98 am i likely to cause any damage etc?

[martybabe]

I've just tried some o that v power, no idea what octane or whether It's safe for my fuel injection ? anybody? But the bike goes like stink. How do you measure a difference in performance, dunno, it's more about feel but it really seems to fly.

[Big Dog]

So far ive only had 91 in my 250vl....its what the dealer told me to put in, and im only half way through my second tank anyway. If i try a tank of 98 am i likely to cause any damage etc?

Short answer no.
Long answer keep an eye on your operating temperature, distance travelled per litre and the colour of your pipe etc.
Then make and informed decision.
For any meaningful comparo you will need to run at least 5 tanks of each and log your results. This is because only the fifth tank (or there abouts) is accurate.
The other results may be contaminated by the other fuel.

In a vl250 I would not expect to see enough of a performance gain to justify additional expense. You may find it is justified in additional kms.
But I repeat do your research and make an informed decision not just take others words as gospel or the unsubstantiated hearsay and conjecture of this unruly mob....

[PrincessBandit]

Only ever used 91 in the ginny and the bandit. Is it worth trying the dearer stuff just to see if there's a difference?

[BOGAR]

So far ive only had 91 in my 250vl....its what the dealer told me to put in, and im only half way through my second tank anyway. If i try a tank of 98 am i likely to cause any damage etc?

I had a 250 that i used to run 95 but it always had trouble at highway speeds. Put 91 in and never had trouble again. Try it as Big Dog says but you might find no difference.

[Toaster]

With the price of petrol as it is, I'm surprised no-one has had the balls to steal a petrol tanker yet....


.... I guess one would need a rather large shed out in the country to hide it in (and they are probably tracked by satellite).

[DW86]

Shell "V-Power" I use on my rgv. I don't know the diffence just using that as a perfer.

(P.S Once I was pissed off by a stuff at BP so I never went to any BP any more )