I run regular in my 2000...tried "Supreme" a few times, but didn't notice a difference.  My first ride was a Hodaka 250 Enduro (yer dating  yourself if you remember those) and it made a HUGE difference when you switched.  It would buck, snort, and cough on regular, and run like a dream on Supreme.  A well-tuned Savage can probably handle anything, so I agree with saving your $$.

I was told back in 1992, in my auto mechanics class in high school, that the good stuff burns cleaner, faster, and produces less carbon, and if you filled up with the good stuff, you'd get better gas mileage. That's just what I was told and have stuck to it in my "recreational" vechicles.

What kinda new toy ?

I just went by the manual recommendations for my '05 and used 87, and it doesn't seem to hurt it -- but if using the premium stuff will improve my gas mileage, I might try that.

threezukes wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:


Yes.  This is one of many constantly recycled topics on the same asked questions.  About the only difference is if you wait a few months to ask the same questions, you get the same opinions from some different people.  If searches were done and previous threads were read, there'd probably be far less repetition but that would simply make too much sense.

Savage_Rob wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:
And that would totally kill this message board.    

If we weren't allowed to bring up a previously discussed topic, this board would be pretty boring... Just my 2 cents...

TBeck2000 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:


It would only kill the board if your only interest is in reading the same thing over and over.  New information on the same topic is one thing.  And there are always new ideas and questions coming along.  A few examples of the same old thing are:  "What grade of fuel do you use?" and "Why does my LS650/S40 backfire?" and "What size tire do you use?", etc.  Sometimes there is something vague like "Why am I leaking oil?" which obviously needs better problem explanation and could be something as routine as the head seal/plug or something completely different.  My point is that there are some people who simply won't burn the calories to even attempt to look something up and prefer to be sp00n-fed.  I'd say it'd be interesting to put a sticky post at the top of the forum with listings of the commonest questions and topics, along with suitable keywords and instructions for searching.  One problem with that is many people don't even read the BOLD CAPS sticky posts telling them to post questions in RSD instead of the other forums.  Either that or they just don't care.