Bill still doesn't know how to use the proper contraction of "you" and "are" but he's trying to say we're unreliable sources.
He still hasn't attempted to prove his point either.
Here is one of my posts where I summed up what octane is.
Cavi Mike wrote on 04/22/12 at 13:04:20:The higher the octane, the less tendency it has to detonate. Detonation is when a fuel will auto-ignite - that means it will ignite from heat and compression alone, without spark. This only happens on higher-compression engines. If your engine doesn't have a high enough compression ratio, higher octane gas will not make your bike run better. In fact, it's possible your bike will have less power because engines typically run with a small bit of detonation which creates multiple flame fronts - this means the fuel ignited in multiple spots, not just from the spark.
High octane gas doesn't burn hotter, it doesn't contain more energy, it doesn't burn cleaner; it just resists detonation. That's it.
With that knowledge you may now want to know exactly what the point of high-octane gas is if it doesn't have these mythical magical properties that people like bill claim they have.
Engines are able to generate power by compressing a fuel-mixture before igniting it. The more you can compress your air-fuel mixture, the more power you can extract from it. That's why high-performance engines have high compression ratios. Unfortunately, low-octane fuel will auto-ignite aka 'detonate' in a high-compression engine. This is where high-octane fuels come into play.
Bumping the octane rating with additives or with a better fuel means you can compress that mixture more and get more power. But you MUST compress that mixture more or else you won't get any benefits. Usually, you get adverse negative side-effects like lower gas-mileage, carbon-deposits, clogged O2 sensors and catalysts.
Ignorance is an OK excuse for running high-octane in an engine not designed for it but once this has been explained to you (bill) multiple times, there is no more excuse for continuing to spew misinformation. Your naivety has become inexcusable.