Best fuel to use for bikes?

Icon said:

Im fine using premium its only 10-13$ better then 50$ on a car right?http://www.motorcycle.com/mobile

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after a few years of doing this and wasting extra cash on fuel you dont need, multiply that by a few years you own the bike, multiply that by a few million other people who do the same thing in their car/bikes regardless, thats a *SHITLOAD* of cash fuel companies are making

I'm sure once the 2013's are a few years old, we'll know which fuel was the best choice.


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lol, so we're still having this debate?

IMO, we should only be putting in 110 octane race fuel in our bikes. Turns our 300 into a Super Sport!

DaveTheCanuck said:

lol, so we're still having this debate?

IMO, we should only be putting in 110 octane race fuel in our bikes. Turns our 300 into a Super Sport!

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I concur.


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I don`t pay for gas anymore. It`s awesome!

Muilisx said:

I don`t pay for gas anymore. It`s awesome!

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How lol


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Icon said:

How lol


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My Uncle owns a limo company and has a account with shell, so one day he asked me how much is it to fill the bike, and I told him like $15, and he just told me to start using his account, lol. So all I have to do is go in and tell the guy what pump I want turned on, and they turn it on.

so someone somewhere along the line pays for it then

87 gas?

I usually run premium (93) in past bikes, but got into a discussion with a friend and since the 300 will run fine on 87 octane, he said i would make the best power with 87.

he was telling me you can make the most power with the lowest octane you can get by with without causing pre-detonation.

I was always under the impression you got better mileage and more power out of the highest octane gas you could buy.

So, which is it for max performance in the 300?

Lol in my area it's either 86 or 88 octane. I think there's 90 octane also.


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Unless you're optimized for it higher, 87-89 octane is what the bike uses.

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Matt300 said:

Unless you're optimized for it higher, 87-89 octane is what the bike uses.

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i basically want an area p full exhuast, fuel controller, and a k&n filter with snorkel delete...so with those mods, there is no advantage to using premiunm gas (power or mileage)?

Braxton Giles said:

Lol in my area it's either 86 or 88 octane. I think there's 90 octane also.


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That's because you live about 4000 ft above sea level. Move to Colorado or Utah and they sell 85 octane gas. It's the local "regular" and your bike will run just fine on it at high elevations, just don't load the bike up on a trailer, go to the coast, and expect the 85 octane gas to run without pinging there.

I have run 87 exclusively through my 300 and the ZRX1200R and see no advantage to running higher octane. Your engine won't make more power or get better gas milage unless it has a compression ratio that requires higher octane.
Octane is not energy or power, it is simply the fuel's abilty to run in high compression engines without detonating.

I use 93, but mostly for the add-ons to keep my engine running cleaner. Though I like to think it gives me more power

Some light reading...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-high-octane-fuel.htm

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-consumption/question90.htm

I`ve been using 93 since my first fill up after using the gas the dealer put in. But, I think I`m going to fill up with 87 next round just to see how it feels.

Gaiden said:

i basically want an area p full exhuast, fuel controller, and a k&n filter with snorkel delete...so with those mods, there is no advantage to using premiunm gas (power or mileage)?

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I have the same mods and straight from Kerry at AreaP:
"Always run the lowest octane possible without detonation. In most cases, on pump fuel, you will make better power with 87 octane."

have a look thru the DIY sticky, this has been discussed before


http://www.kawasakininja300.com/forum/16-other-kawasaki-motorcycles/1518-best-fuel-use-bikes.html

diy sticky

http://www.kawasakininja300.com/for...awasaki-300-ninja-do-yourself-how-thread.html

threads merged

This is an interesting link. It pertains to cars in Australia so check the wiki link for the respective octane numbers for your country. It is basically a comparison on how much further milage you can obtain using different octane fuels...

http://www.whichfuel.com.au/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating