FJR unleaded gasoline grade

[Rodrigo]

I currently ride a 2007 FJR since I bought it I have put unleaded gas 87 octane on it. In my previous bike I used to put higher octane 91 or 93 and I used to get better gas mileage specially in longer drives. Has anyone tryed higher octane in the FJR and notice a difference either in gas mileage or performance.

Thanks

Rodrigo

 

[bramfrank]

Save the extra $$$ that mid grade or 'premium' costs.

If your previous bikes got better mileage on higher octane gas it will be because they were designed to run on it.

The FJR is a 'regular' gas machine.

 

[03HiYoSilver]

Rodrigo,

I find when I put 93(Chevron or BP Mainly)Top Tier in my '03, I get better gas mileage, smoother operations, and little to no pinging which is not the case with 87 octane. 93 Octane is also refined to a higher level...less varnishes and the likes.

However, when I run 93 Octane in my cars, I get smoother operation and a little less gas mileage...go figure.

This has been MY EXPERIENCE in comparing many tanks on long and local drives. Perhaps, I have higher compression than the others.

 

[stormrider]

For the cost I use 87

I came from a BMW that required 91, pain in the a$$

 

[SkooterG]

I find when I put 93(Chevron or BP Mainly)Top Tier in my '03, I get better gas mileage, smoother operations, and little to no pinging which is not the case with 87 octane. 93 Octane is also refined to a higher level...less varnishes and the likes.

Sorry, but I am calling BS on those claims.

The pinging maybe, but then that makes your FJR special from 95% of the others that don't ping on 87 octane gas.

As for the gas mileage, smoother operation, and a higher level of refining, I will emphatically say ********!!!!

Higher octane gas simply has more resistance to knock. That's it. Perhaps some more detergents too, but 87 octane gas has all that you will need.

Octane is one of the most misunderstood subjects out there, with many giving premium gas all kinds of mystical properties. Soon, someone will tell me how premium gas saved their marriage, put their kids through college, and brought them a winning lottery ticket.

Do a google of 'octane', and do some reading for FACTS and the TRUTH.

The FJR per the manual only needs 87 octane gasoline unless experiencing pinging, so their is no benefit whatsoever to wasting your money on premium.

 

[madmike2]

To this thread: ...."Happy traaiills to you...." You are on your way to...."Never-Ending Pointless Recurring Threads".

Really gentlemen, he got his answer. All other theories, explanations and solutions should be added to one of the many gasoline threads in the NEPRT section, like this one:

Cooler on 91 octane?

 

[evil_henchman]

I find when I put 93(Chevron or BP Mainly)Top Tier in my '03, I get better gas mileage, smoother operations, and little to no pinging which is not the case with 87 octane. 93 Octane is also refined to a higher level...less varnishes and the likes.

Sorry, but I am calling BS on those claims.

The pinging maybe, but then that makes your FJR special from 95% of the others that don't ping on 87 octane gas.

As for the gas mileage, smoother operation, and a higher level of refining, I will emphatically say ********!!!!

Higher octane gas simply has more resistance to knock. That's it. Perhaps some more detergents too, but 87 octane gas has all that you will need.

Octane is one of the most misunderstood subjects out there, with many giving premium gas all kinds of mystical properties. Soon, someone will tell me how premium gas saved their marriage, put their kids through college, and brought them a winning lottery ticket.

Do a google of 'octane', and do some reading for FACTS and the TRUTH.

The FJR per the manual only needs 87 octane gasoline unless experiencing pinging, so their is no benefit whatsoever to wasting your money on premium.

Gonna have to go ahead and agree wholeheartedly with SkooterG. Or should I just say +1 :lol:

It has to be coincidence or something other than octane rating but the few times I've played with premium gas in my FJR it had a hard time with hot restarts.

 

[Rodrigo]

Thanks for all the comments. My old bike was a BMW it can't compare to the FJR, FJR much better. I will continue with 87. The temperature in my bike always runs in the middle of the guage when at a stop light it goes very quickly to 3/4.Is that normal in yours.

Thanks

 

[madmike2]

The temperature in my bike always runs in the middle of the guage when at a stop light it goes very quickly to 3/4.Is that normal in yours.

Yes. When stopped the temperature of the engine will raise and you will probably hear the fans kick on. Once you start moving the temperature should return to "normal". That's the way the all are.

 

[Rodrigo]

Gauge at 1/2 way is "normal" on FJR

 

[Kevin Daly]

Dude, I use High octane ONLY! High octane premium gas saved my marriage, put my kids through college, and believe it or not once when i had to go in an pay I bought a winning lottery ticket and now I am rich.

 

[madmike2]

Dude, I use High octane ONLY! High octane premium gas saved my marriage, put my kids through college, and believe it or not once when i had to go in an pay I bought a winning lottery ticket and now I am rich.

:acute: :haha: :rofl: :yahoo:

 

[odot]

That's it.....I'm goin premo from here on out.

 

[madmike2]

That's it.....I'm goin premo from here on out.

Eye thot yew wuz "primo"?!?! :blink:

 

[kurtfriedrich]

I get all the octane theory, but I am not convinced, on a state by state basis, that the only difference between a stations low, med, and high price gas is octane. For example, how much ethanol is in each of them, again, state by state.

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from: https://www.eaa.org/communications/eaanews/...02_ethanol.html

In Washington, Senate Bill No. 6508 and House Bill 2738 would require all gasoline sold to consumers for use in motor vehicles to contain 2 percent denatured ethanol by December 1, 2008. No exceptions are proposed for aircraft engines that operate on auto fuel or for various recreational vehicles, and both bills also give the state Director of Agriculture the power to increase the ethanol percentage to 10 percent.

Aircraft cannot currently operate safely with fuel blended with ethanol products. There are currently more than 600 airplanes registered in Washington with FAA-approved auto fuel supplemental type certificate (STC), plus numerous ultralight vehicles and amateur-built aircraft that operate with engines that require auto fuel.

And it’s not just aircraft owners; many recreational vehicles such as 4-wheelers, motorboats, and snowmobiles, as well as yard appliances like gas powered trimmers and chain saws, plus vintage automobiles cannot operate safely with ethanol-blended gasoline.

A simple, workable compromise, which was successfully advocated for by EAA and other organizations in Montana last year, exempts 91-octane, or premium grade fuel from having to include ethanol additives.

Kurt

 

[madmike2]

I get all the octane theory, but I am not convinced, on a state by state basis, that the only difference between a stations low, med, and high price gas is octane. For example, how much ethanol is in each of them, again, state by state.

In California all you are going to purchase is oxygenated gasoline (ethanol blend, gasohol, whatever-hol). Regardless of the octane rating it has ethanol blended into it. The same is true with the metropolitan areas of Nevada, so if I ride over the Sierras into NV, I am still buying gasohol.

This continues the hijack of this thread and is the main reason the moderators have moved it to the NEPRT section. It is a continuation of the other 3 gasoline discussions that are in this section. Some are quite detailed and have salient comments by engineers who work in the various automotive fields. Rally, they are quite deep and informative!

We're not going to change anything because the "annointed and appointed" have made the decision about what is the right thing to do to save the environment.

I use 87 octane fuel from the pump at the gas station. IF I happen to notice a little "ping" or "knock" in the hot summer weather, I will fill my tank with the next higher grade.

 

[sonicspeed]

in Tennessee ya also gonna get whatever the guy drank the night before cause all the drivers piss in the holding tanks when they fill 'em

 

[v65]

All other theories, explanations and solutions should be added to one of the many gasoline threads in the NEPRT section, like this one:
Cooler on 91 octane?

Screw that, point him this way: NEPRT.

 

[Bustanut joker]

Dude, I use High octane ONLY! High octane premium gas saved my marriage, put my kids through college, and believe it or not once when i had to go in an pay I bought a winning lottery ticket and now I am rich.

But did it enhance your penis???? :blink:

:jester: