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What grade of gas?
09/21/05 at 09:44:24

Hey folks,

Just wondering what grade of gas everyone is using...

I run 87 95% of the time, at 5000 feet in Colorado, and occcasionally 91 so I get more flame on the backfires...

I also run 87 in my V*, but may try 85... the manual recomends the lowest grade you can run as long as the bike doesn't run like garbage...

not that I'm not sure what type to run... just curious...

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DavidV Ex Member	Re: What grade of gas? Reply #1 - 09/21/05 at 09:49:30 87 seems to run fine. There's nothing lower around here. Tried the higher grades, but didn't notice a change. Savage is 8.5:1 compression, so low test should be fine, unless you've got pinging.
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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: What grade of gas? Reply #2 - 09/21/05 at 09:59:58 run like garbage = pinging
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Reply #3 - 09/21/05 at 11:31:36

vroom1776 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:09:

Hey folks,

Just wondering what grade of gas everyone is using...

I run 87 95% of the time, at 5000 feet in Colorado, and occcasionally 91 so I get more flame on the backfires...

I also run 87 in my V*, but may try 85... the manual recomends the lowest grade you can run as long as the bike doesn't run like garbage...

not that I'm not sure what type to run... just curious...

You should do a search. This topic has been covered quite a lot and fairly recently too. I'd bet if you set the wayback for 60 days and search on "octane", you come up with something good... like maybe What grade of gas do YOU run?

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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: What grade of gas? Reply #4 - 09/21/05 at 11:38:23 Sorry... Didn't remeber seeing it...
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: What grade of gas? Reply #5 - 09/21/05 at 14:41:50 i get industrial strength gas, after eating mexican. for fuel i use what's cheapest. and lots of it.
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mikedasavage Ex Member	Re: What grade of gas? Reply #6 - 09/21/05 at 14:46:01 it costs an extra 2 bucks to fill up the tank with premium and the bike runs alot better. not even two bucks more like 1 dollar. the prices difference is like 50 cents a gallon.
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babbalou Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 814 Lewisville, Texas Gender:	Re: What grade of gas? Reply #7 - 09/21/05 at 18:14:28 I've been running 87 octane. The only time I get pinging is after idling for a long time at a traffic light in the summer, when I take off sometimes I'll here a couple of pings if I lug it. Tried 91, ran the same but no pinging anytime. Same with 89.
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savage777 Ex Member	Re: What grade of gas? Reply #8 - 09/22/05 at 10:34:22 I ran 87 one time and I could tell a big difference in performance vs. 89 ....couldn't tell the diff. between 89 & 91 so I stick to mid grade or 89
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Reply #9 - 09/22/05 at 16:02:32

Here in Italy we only have 94 and 99 octane, at 1.30Euro and 1.35Euro respectively, with Shell selling 100 octane at an obscene 1.45 Euro so only those with Shell coupons buy any.
My own experience with cars is that if you fill up an _empty_ tank with 99octane you spend 4% more and get 5-8% better mileage and performance.
So for the long runs I'll use 99 octane, for city commuting I'll settle 94.
87-85 octane we call "farmer's tractor" fuel, used to be issued to the Army in the '60s but that's long gone.
Anybody tried kerosene? Tongue

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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: What grade of gas? Reply #10 - 09/23/05 at 07:57:16 I though kerosene was for old lamps and washing your hands after... uh well, you know, going fishing.
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Reply #11 - 09/23/05 at 08:07:39

I wanted to see will I feel a diff and tried this and that. I couldn't tell. The Savage is made for 87 and this is what I put in. It is not the money-3gal. tank X $0.20 per gal. diff is $0.60 per tank, wich is less than a doughnnut /no cofee/ , this is not an issue. If I find one good reason to switch to "Super" I'll do it in a hart beat.

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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: What grade of gas? Reply #12 - 09/23/05 at 08:25:27 i have a 98 and in the manuel it says to use 93octane,but i perfer 100 octane it burns cleaner and u can feel the difference.kerosene is less refined than gas it would plug the jets ,it would probably phuck the whole engine up!
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Reply #13 - 09/23/05 at 10:18:53

you could run kerosene in the engine if it was a diesel engine because it has a glow plug .its pretty common here in corn alley to see a 85%diesel 15% kero mix in tractors in the late fall/winter to thin the mix. But if you put diesel into a gas fired engine I dont wanna be there to see the smoke show (that is if you could even get it to start.) hey DIESEL >>>>any comments on this subject?

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Reply #14 - 09/23/05 at 22:30:34

you bet! trucking company I worked for in Pa. back in 60's, starting in Nov till Apr. used a 50/50 mix. kreo and fuel. filters would not "wax" in "0" weather. he!!. a diesel will run great on french fry oil. it's being done. exhaust smells a da## site better too. no joke, da## straight. the other way around, a diesel will not on gasoline, mix in a little fuel oil and she'll run, but really terriable. BIG difference between a spark ing. engine and compression ing. engine. cheech! it's starting to sound like one of my theroy classes. sorry. diesel

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