Fuel question

[rocky burns]

Is it esential to run the 1200gsa on 97+ octane ??? as i cant often get it round here. The thing is that if you go abroad fuel is usualy the crap stuff anyway.... so how do they get on????
cheers

 

[Toad]

I don't think I've ever put 97+ in mine...........

95 normally.

 

[sockpuppet]

Is it esential to run the 1200gsa on 97+ octane ??? as i cant often get it round here. The thing is that if you go abroad fuel is usualy the crap stuff anyway.... so how do they get on????
cheers

1200 has a knock sensor so if it starts doing that it should compensate for it.

 

[Wapping]

Is it esential to run the 1200gsa on 97+ octane ??? as i cant often get it round here. The thing is that if you go abroad fuel is usualy the crap stuff anyway.... so how do they get on????
cheers

By 'abroad' do you mean Wales?

Both the regular and higher octane rated fuels are commonly available on the Continent, those foreigners have to run their Porsches and Ferraris on something after all. The price differential is often negligible, too.

Best stay in the valleys.

PS My HP" Sport does not die with 95 down its gregory.

 

[The Nutter]

I always use 95 although my last refill was with 97. There is no noticable difference other than price!

 

[Stretchamus]

2010 GSA always used 97

If it runs well on 95 then use 95

 

[bose]

fuel -2008 1200gs 20,000 miles

Personally i always throw the cheap stuff in 95 ron and still get 200 mile per tank with 3ltrs to spair in the bottom ,the manual states 95 ron or above,your supposed to gain on milage and its supposed to run better on super fuels but i dont find any difference,your just paying more for exspensive additive,you still get a goodenough explosion in each pot with 95 ron,as said the knock sensor sorts it all out anyway

 

[PaulW21781]

Usually the cheapest I can find (mostly Shell petrol if I can, but always avoid using Tesco/Asda and Morrisons fuel). But every now & then I'll treat it to a full tank of VPower.

 

[GSband]

I ride around on 98 octane, which is easy to get on the continent. I've never found the 98 octane here to contain contaminations of any kind. Not available in Africa though, and I can imagine the communist countries don't have it either, although the latter may change with the increase in wealth (and the subsequent high powered cars).

Cheers,
GSband

 

[snerkler]

Doesn't it say in the manual, in the brochure and on the tank itself that it's OK to use 95-98RON?

You can have it set to run on lower RON fuels if you know that you're going to a country that doesn't have 95RON

 

[Dainese Brave]

Doesn't it say in the manual, in the brochure and on the tank itself that it's OK to use 95-98RON?

You can have it set to run on lower RON fuels if you know that you're going to a country that doesn't have 95RON

I'm pretty sure that the manual says you can run on as low as 92 octane....I've done it in the past abroad when it's all I could get.

Talking from memory I'm sure the manual says that there will only be a 'loss of power'

 

[GSband]

All model years accept 95 octane. 98 octane is not needed (but I find my 2007 boxer runs smoother with it, so I prefer to fill her up with that).

MY 2004-2009 accept 91 octane with a certain loss of power and torque, but everything goes back to normal (there's no loss of power) if afterwards you change back to 95 or 98 octane.

For the DOHC models it's a different story : first of all, the official power and torque figures on DOHC models have been established with 98 octane. So, if you fill your tank with 95 octane, you'll never reach the maximum power or torque figures the DOHC model officially has. Then, the DOHC models do not accept 91 octane. Your dealer can change this on your DOHC model (AFAIK a software change), but the consequence is a loss of power (less torque and bhp) if you switch back to higher octane afterwards. In order to get back to original power and torque you'd be required to visit your dealer again.

Should be in your bikes' manual.
Cheers,
GSband