Re: [ST] Uncontrolled Experiment

[Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My personal experience of having to rely on regular (87) once in awhile 
when out in the boonies is that it will knock going up hill, hard on 
the gas, which of course is putting more load on the engine. Other than 
that it would be fine. In fact, if you are planning to waste the whole 
tank by droning on the freeway, you could easily get away with running 
87.

Those that feel the need to run premium in your sprint, either your 
bike has something wrong with it if it is really knocking on mid-grade, 
or you just like wasting money. In that case, I'll send you my address 
and you can just mail me a check if you please. I promise I'll put it 
to better use than the oil companies will.

On Jun 16, 2005, at 6:29 AM, Masiak, Richard wrote:

> With all this discussion I decided to fill up last night with 87 
> octane.  I took 4.596 gal. so there's was still a little 89 octane 
> left in the tank, but not enough to make a difference.
> [Side note: If I went 220 miles and took 4.596 gal to fill up, does 
> that mean I got 47MPG?]
>
> Riding into work this morning I didn't experience any pre-detonation 
> that I could notice.  I even wanked on the gas hard to wheelie and no 
> knocking.  Conditions were about 75F @ 90% humidity.
Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA - 
http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/motorcycles
 '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA)
 '01 KLR650 - for exploring the North Coast backroads
 '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the dirt
 '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I ever owned

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