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Re: GAUGE/good fuel!!!



At 10:01 PM 02/02/2000 -0800, Otterboy wrote:
 >  Interesting, my dealer when I picked the bike up said "premium
 >only".  What *is* the mapping between 95 RON (the manual I have) and a
 >US octane rating?

Outside US uses 95 RON => in the US octane is measured differently - use 
(R+M)/2 of 89 or higher. Also, my apologies - I could have sworn that the 
manual had the US info but mine also has just the RON listing. Only the 
service manual (on page 9.7) explains the difference.

- - Eric


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