View Poll Results: What Octane/Grade fuel do you fill up with?
Cheapest possible
12
7.32%
Mid-grade
9
5.49%
High octane/ premium
143
87.20%
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What octane gas do you use?
All well in good if you are really getting the good stuff, but alas if the guy in front of you pumps 87 and you hit the 91/93 button, how much of your 2.5 gal is really the higher octane ?
I try to use 89 in my 2008 Nightster and it seems be be happy. No spark knock and after all isn't that what the octane rating is all about.
This subject has been hashed over in many of the forums and I have come to believe that unless you are riding in the 100+ degree temps, 89 will do just fine.
JM.02
I try to use 89 in my 2008 Nightster and it seems be be happy. No spark knock and after all isn't that what the octane rating is all about.
This subject has been hashed over in many of the forums and I have come to believe that unless you are riding in the 100+ degree temps, 89 will do just fine.
JM.02
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From: Ozark Country
Each type/grade of fuel at the station I use most of the time has it's own hose. The different grades don't share the same hose....
Sometimes older is better.
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You can say that all you want,I ran fuel for a long time,yes you can get it in high octane but why do you think it's higher octane? Not only mixture but they use stuff they couldn't use for premium,I ran fuel farms with millions of gallons of fuel,oh & EPA certified.
Last edited by twisty571; May 22, 2009 at 10:33 PM.