Warning: premium gas
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Cruiser
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From: Southwest Virginia
Warning: premium gas
We went out for a short ride last Sunday and stopped for gas on I-77 in Virginia. The first two places we stopped did not sell premium gas. I don't remember the names of the gas stops or what brand they sold, but found 93 octane at a BP station. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come.
Road Master
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From: Maryland
RE: Warning: premium gas
There was a small blurb on the news last week about the high gas prices hurting some of the smaller gas stations. The station they discussed in the report had older pumps that could not be set for prices above $4/gal. This mom and pop operations did not have the money to upgrade their pumps, and couldn't raise the price at the pump to sell gasoline without taking a loss. Therefore, they had discontinued selling 93 and 89 octane, and with the weekend's price increase they probably can't sell 87 octane either.
Road Master
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From: western Mass
RE: Warning: premium gas
Here's what my local dealer told me last week when I noticed some pinging in my 05 Electra Glide............"use the mid grade anyway because they don't sell as much 93; it's too expensive and people won't buy it much. The stuff sits in the ground and gets stale and is worse for your bike than running a lower octane. Just add some octane booster" he said. Not sure of the long term, but for now, the pinging has stopped.
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RE: Warning: premium gas
Not trying to hijack the thread, but I have noticed some strange fuel pricing over the last year. Last summer, I was in Iowa and noticed many gas stations were selling the premium gas CHEEPER than the regular. Several cents cheeper. Today while riding out in the Morris, IL area, I noticed a couple stations doing the same thing. Regular unleaded at $4.02 and Plus at $3.97. WTF is the story with this. Can anyone shed some light on what the reason for this could be?
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I'm very concerned about high octane gas getting sour at stations sinceprices may be causing lower sales and slow product movement. I read some where that gas starts to sour after 30 days. Everyone I know has switched to a lower octane even though their cars may call for it. If this is a trend, we may end up with crappy gas damaging our bikes.
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ORIGINAL: Ugly Troll
Here's what my local dealer told me last week when I noticed some pinging in my 05 Electra Glide............"use the mid grade anyway because they don't sell as much 93; it's too expensive and people won't buy it much. The stuff sits in the ground and gets stale and is worse for your bike than running a lower octane. Just add some octane booster" he said. Not sure of the long term, but for now, the pinging has stopped.
Here's what my local dealer told me last week when I noticed some pinging in my 05 Electra Glide............"use the mid grade anyway because they don't sell as much 93; it's too expensive and people won't buy it much. The stuff sits in the ground and gets stale and is worse for your bike than running a lower octane. Just add some octane booster" he said. Not sure of the long term, but for now, the pinging has stopped.
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ORIGINAL: rh8234
Not trying to hijack the thread, but I have noticed some strange fuel pricing over the last year. Last summer, I was in Iowa and noticed many gas stations were selling the premium gas CHEEPER than the regular. Several cents cheeper. Today while riding out in the Morris, IL area, I noticed a couple stations doing the same thing. Regular unleaded at $4.02 and Plus at $3.97. WTF is the story with this. Can anyone shed some light on what the reason for this could be?
Not trying to hijack the thread, but I have noticed some strange fuel pricing over the last year. Last summer, I was in Iowa and noticed many gas stations were selling the premium gas CHEEPER than the regular. Several cents cheeper. Today while riding out in the Morris, IL area, I noticed a couple stations doing the same thing. Regular unleaded at $4.02 and Plus at $3.97. WTF is the story with this. Can anyone shed some light on what the reason for this could be?
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From: Mn.on a lake,well nxt to a lake.
RE: Warning: premium gas
Ive been running 89 in all 3 of my bikes for everand never had a prob.Gas life is about 2 weeks untill you have octane loss,useing a high end additive will help and I will never put SeaFoam or Stabil in my Bikes OR Boat motors.....when gas hits 5-5.50[
] a gal I might start whineing but untill then BooHoo......
] a gal I might start whineing but untill then BooHoo......
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From: Sunapee, NH
RE: Warning: premium gas
The idea that hi-test is sitting longer due to the higher price is very interesting
I don't buy the 30 day shelf life as suggested earlier,
but turn around time must effect at least the freshness
and fresher itseemswould be better
been home for a couple days now from a 17 day road trip.
I usually run only hi-test (91 or better octane).
During the road trip I got some bad gas at acouple of fill ups.
I did have some pinging while burning off the bad gas
as well asduring the flushing and mixingwiththe nextgas fill.
The pinging was paired with a hotter running motor
and the milage was very inconsistentas well,
with a range of 5 miles per gallon per tank full
I have a Shell card and was disappointed with the gas overall
as well as the service at the counter
I may close my account with Shell
Since Sunoco gas is mixed at the pump for selected octane
my fix will be severaltanks of Sunoco 94 octane fuel
I hope it works
chappy
I don't buy the 30 day shelf life as suggested earlier,
but turn around time must effect at least the freshness
and fresher itseemswould be better
been home for a couple days now from a 17 day road trip.
I usually run only hi-test (91 or better octane).
During the road trip I got some bad gas at acouple of fill ups.
I did have some pinging while burning off the bad gas
as well asduring the flushing and mixingwiththe nextgas fill.
The pinging was paired with a hotter running motor
and the milage was very inconsistentas well,
with a range of 5 miles per gallon per tank full
I have a Shell card and was disappointed with the gas overall
as well as the service at the counter
I may close my account with Shell
Since Sunoco gas is mixed at the pump for selected octane
my fix will be severaltanks of Sunoco 94 octane fuel
I hope it works
chappy