Wrong Gas
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Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Central Illinois, Between I-80 and I-74
If it doesn't ping, go ahead and fill up with 87 next time. Lots of people run the cheapest gas they can find.
I run 87 occasionally but notice some pinging under load so I usually run premium.
I run 87 occasionally but notice some pinging under load so I usually run premium.
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Land of the black buggy
It shouldn't ping at all, the ECM will retard the timing if it senses detonation.
I accidentally forced mine to do it by advancing the timing curve too far (oops) it ran like **** for a few seconds until the ECM reset the timing advance.
After a lengthy conversation with the guys at Fuel Moto about my bike's hammering sound at low rpm & heavy throttle application (which I thought was detonation) it turned out to be the noisy compensator, not detonation.
Don't worry about the fuel, just run the tank and refill with supreme.
I accidentally forced mine to do it by advancing the timing curve too far (oops) it ran like **** for a few seconds until the ECM reset the timing advance.
After a lengthy conversation with the guys at Fuel Moto about my bike's hammering sound at low rpm & heavy throttle application (which I thought was detonation) it turned out to be the noisy compensator, not detonation.
Don't worry about the fuel, just run the tank and refill with supreme.
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2010
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Hell no. Not this guy, I put 93 octane at every fill up if no 93 available I run 92. Only way I would run 87 is if like the OP and made a mistake. Not gonna rag on you it's your bike and money therefore your choice.
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Joined: Jul 2009
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From: KY
I worked at a service station years ago, and if there was left over regular unleaded in the tanker truck, it just got dumped into the premium storage tank. I would imagine it still goes on today. We probably never know what octane we are truly running.
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From: Vancouver, BC
you probably wont' notice a thing........... it really doesn't make much difference in stock motors...... if you do get a ping or two it wont hurt anything; you can switch back at the next fillup
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From: Fort Worth, TX
90 or 89 is about all I can find anyway. A lot of times 87 is all that is available. The 92 or 93 are hard to come by, and when I find 91 somewhere I think it is pretty special. No problems at all.