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Tourer
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Akron Ohio area | $20,000 plus motorcycle and you guys crack me up with trying to pinch pennies on fuel, oil and tires.
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Cruiser
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Springfield, TN | Liandra - 2011-03-27 8:21 PM
Most of the time the price difference is only .20 more for the highest octane. Most of the time you will only purchase about 5 gallons. So for an average of a dollar a fill up I run the highest octane the station sells. I have done this with all my bikes even the ones that could use regular. Cheap insurance to prevent what could become an expensive problem. Just my .02 on this one.
Like Liandra said... Seriously... I've ridden almost 40K miles on my VV since May '08 and would have saved less than $200 by using 87 octane... not worth risking engine damage to me. If you can't afford the $1 per tank you may want to sell your VV and get something that gets 70 mpg... just sayin'... am resisting the temptation to add a comment about the "darkside" post (<:~ |
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Cruiser
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West Knoxville TN | Just use the premium gas and never look back. You are only going this way once so do it right. |
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Tourer
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Dallas, Texas | Doesn't this depend a lot on what oil you use? |
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Cruiser
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Fargo, ND | You just HAD to go there, didn't you? :P |
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Tourer
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Woodland Hills, CA | bigfoot - 2011-03-29 6:11 PM
$20,000 plus motorcycle and you guys crack me up with trying to pinch pennies on fuel, oil and tires.
Ditto! |
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Cruiser
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Salt Lake City | Damn, I've been running on jet fuel from our local airport; think I'm missing something here.....  |
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Puddle Jumper
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NW Jersey | Well now OIL, when it comes to oil the octane rating is part of the Federal Quantitative Easing. And depends on if wet birds fly at night. Of course this is a slippery topic. If you go with the Mogabloatz 3000 or the Binford 9000, whew big difference. LOL
When traveling cross-country, the Interstate drone, swapping from Hi octane to mid-range, every other tankfull doesn't really make a difference but once you are climbing long grades, and major elevation changes it is by far best practice to go with highest octane available. In my area the gas is played with by the Feds with oxyginated crapola, only Hi Test is the way to go, besides I have a hill to climb everyday (10% grade) downhill NO problemo, uphill requires only the good juice.
The Vision is an awesome machine and it's worth the extra pennies. |
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Iron Butt
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Perry Hall, MD | OK all, I'll kick the octane back up to 89. Will add that my last 3 cars all called for high test but never had anything but regular and never had an injector or pinging issue with over 100K on each. But, I like the VV better than any of them (especially the Volvo) so I'll listen to the majority on this one.
Just want to add that I DID NOT START AN OIL THREAD!! |
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Cruiser
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Columbia, TN United States | Did everyones bike but mine not come with the Mr. Fusion? |
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| Little known fact but the octane of gas needs to match the oil. Please take the extra time to match synthetic oils with a gas/ethanol blend. regular oil with regular gas etc etc.
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| sorry, I couldnt resist. |
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Cruiser
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Springfield, TN | where can I get some Mogabloatz 3000??? |
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Using Regular Gas
