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Old 11-17-2007   #8 (permalink)
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Octane requirements are a bit heat related. I did some experimenting with various grades of fuel a long time ago, and the great discovery was when the weather gets really hot, the motor pings more if you use lower grade fuel. So, I use premium during trackdays when things get really hot, especially if it is a hot day. Otherwise I use midgrade.

I don't cheap out and use regular, since I ran out of fuel on my TT600 and got a gallon of regular from a good Samaritan to get to a gas station. The bike sounded like a coffee can full of B-Bs. So, regular is a proven bad idea!
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