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Old August 27th, 2017, 06:30 AM   #20
jkv45
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Name: Jay
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Motorcycle(s): '06 SV650n, '00 Derbi GPR, '64 CA77 Dream 305, '70 CL450 Scrambler, numerous dirt bikes

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Originally Posted by Norway View Post
I haven't been close to finding the top speed after the service, but like I mentioned it feels stronger now, and the gas consumption is lowered by 5-10 %. The bike has fuel injection, and I try and always run it on 98 octane gas
having little or no ethanol.
Not sure how that relates to our system of octane measurement, but running higher octane than the manual suggests is not an advantage, and will cost you mileage and power. Gas with ethanol will cost you mileage, but a F.I. engine will correct for the leaner mixture so it will run about the same.

Run higher octane "Premium" only if you need to get away from gas with ethanol.
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