Octane of gasoline

[Catimann]

I suppose one could sum this up by saying there is one golden rule: NO PING
How you achieve that is unimportant as long as you don't toast the motor doing so. As far as the pumps go I have never heard of anyone saying don't use the highest rated gas because it will ruin your ride.

[markk900]

Something else to bear in mind is that the new bikes are fuel injected - presumably they're running some kind of knock sensor anyway and so should adjust (albeit by lowering performance) if you get a lower octane gas (comments from more knowledgeable owners welcome here - I don't own an FI bike).

Race gas is great - but it doesn't last long (very volatile) so be careful about using it outside of the track environment - I neglected to drain race gas from a track bike one year and had a hell of a time cleaning up the resulting mess in the carbs only a month later.

There are plenty of resources on the net to add to the argument about what to use - from what I've been able to understand the No Ping rule is best, though for the bikes I've erred on the side of buying 92-94 at the pump just to feel better about it.

[DesmoDog]

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