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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #30 - 07/07/08 at 08:04:30 Yes theres labels on the tank most towns you can't get 100%,I can only at Mobil stations
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flcruzr Ex Member	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #31 - 07/07/08 at 09:07:05 Well, I have learned something new, i guess I better start reading the labels at the gas stations, thank you for the heads up!
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Reply #32 - 07/07/08 at 14:03:14

I have heard that the new Federal law encouraging ethanol makes it optional whether the station posts alcohol content. Some places I have been have a label on the pump saying the fuel "May contain up to 10% ethanol." Here in Nebraska most of the stations label what you are supposed to be getting. Many pumps now have single hoses, so if the last guy got ethanol fuel, you are going to get a hoseful of it. So, whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not, you are probably going to be burning at least a little ethanol.

By the way, I use 10% ethanol fuel in all my motorcycles (it's a little higher octane and a few cents cheaper) and I have had no ill effects. Before I sold my wife's old Twinstar it had run on ethanol fuel for over 20 years with no problems. Come about October I'll start using straight gasoline, if I can find it, for winter storage. Even though I don't really believe it makes any difference.

Eschew obfuscation.

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Reply #33 - 07/07/08 at 17:55:36

flcruzr wrote on 07/07/08 at 07:40:33:

What type of gas grade do you guys use? I filled up for the first time yesterday and wasnt sure which grade to use so I played it safe with the mid-grade. I owned a Vespa before and I had to use premium on it so was wondering what was best for the S40?

Higher octane fuels allow you to run higher compression ratios without preignition. The Savage boasts an 8.5:1 compression ratio. A Vespa Granturismo has a varible 11-12:1 compression ratio and requires 91 octane (premium).

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #34 - 07/07/08 at 18:38:35 premium gas in Wis. and Ill. is 93 octane 91 mid grade 87 low grade
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #35 - 07/07/08 at 20:21:27 Go ahead, rub it in. A manical laugh would be fitting. The birthplace of Hot Rodding cannot get as high an octane fuel as midwest dairy farmers.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Gas Tank Capacity Reply #36 - 07/08/08 at 05:15:24 We get the fresh milk too,Midwest land of the prevailing.
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