I was told by the dealer that the F6B uses reg unleaded gas (87 octane)
What are we supposed to use?
I was bored at work and found a owners manual online .pdf and it says:
Use unleaded petrol with a research octane number of 91 or higher.
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I was told by the dealer that the F6B uses reg unleaded gas (87 octane)
What are we supposed to use?
I was bored at work and found a owners manual online .pdf and it says:
Use unleaded petrol with a research octane number of 91 or higher.
I'll have to check my manual but I thought the minimum required is 87 octane.
I have my ecm reflashed for a 91 octane tune (additional timing). My options here are 87, 89 and 93 so I burn 93 all the time now.
I use 87 almost 100% of the time.
My manual states pump octane number 86 (or higher)
Doug
I live in the PRK, so I always use the EXPEN$IVE kind in this $tate because that is the only kind you can get. :yikes:
If SB-350 (a.k.a. :bendover: ) goes into effect to ration gas by 50%, it will probably be more $$$ in addition to being scarce.
Tried all 3 available around Michigan where I live, 87.89,93....Don't notice any difference in bikes power/performance with higher or lower octane...Usually fill-up with 87 (cheaper) run tank half empty then fill with 93 just to make me feel good I guess.....I believe the manual says 87 octane or higher is okay....
I run premium either 92 or 93. For the most part gas is shyt. My 9 has a programmer that requires 92. I run it in the B also. Mostly Shell. Sometimes BP.
The cheapest, lowest octane rating I can find in Calif...87 octane usually.
Always 87 octane.
Never any problems.
I suspect the manual you found online was for an Australian F6B. Not sure why they have a different octane recommendation there. But, as flat6bagger mentioned, the US version specifies 86 octane minimum required.
I use 87 octane except for the last tank before winter storage. Around here I can only find ethanol free gas in premium. I prefer not to have ethanol sitting in the tank and fuel system all winter.
Sometimes 87 but mostly 89 from Shell or Sunoco.
Regular............Better gas mileage than with Premium......................Dickie
Gents, I have always used premium on all 7 GWs. The dealer said when I picked up my 6B told me to also run premium "because 1800s run better on premium". Because of discussion here the last tank I bought was 89 rather than 93 premium and I got that cold hesitation I've heard about and a bunch of pop and crack when I rev on my custom exhaust. Didn't see difference in mileage but definitely a difference in performance. Can't explain it but rather just reporting the news. Sooooooo my next tank will be premium and all gas going forward. Just Sayin :clap2:
Honda says use regular so I use regular.
What does your owners manual say? What does the service manual say?
I was bored at work and found a owners manual online .pdf and it says:
Use unleaded petrol with a research octane number of 91 or higher.
I have used nothing but 87 regular from mobile or shell if available up to this point. I swear the dealer said to use regular 87 gas. I have 9000 miles now and never a ping or a problem and she runs like a beast.
Steve
The "Research Octane Number" (RON) is figured differently from the "standard" octane numbers and is generally for non-US use and runs about 4 points higher than the octane numbers used in the US. So RON 91 is equivalent to the regular gas 87 octane normally found at US pumps. You are wasting your money with anything higher than regular (87) unless you have modifications to the engine.
my wallet runs better at 87 octane, and bike does not mind it
Moe
Answer-the cheapest! 18,000 miles with not a hesitation, stutter, or hiccup!
The only NON-ethanol gas I can get is premium, hence premium it is (the real answer is ANY grade non-ethanol!) When I can't get nonethanol, I use midgrade. I get violent when I think about the ethanol bullshit, hoax perpetrated on us by the farm lobby and knee-jerk antifossilfuel assholes in washington
+++1 on the Assholes in Washington...Most don't know their ass from a "hot-rock"...
One more vote for non-ethanol, premium. I have always run premium in all my bikes. Small price difference but huge piece of mind difference. If there ever is a long term consequence from running lower octane; it will be too late to rectify the harm by the time I find out.
That is good news / I was afraid the dealer told me wrong.
Thank you, Steve
I grew up in Southern California in the late 60's through the 70s, graduated high school in the early 80s. California defeated smog issues that were so bad there were many days during the summer where it was literally *not safe* to go outside and play. So we pay more for gas and put catalytic converters on our cars, BFD.
Sorry, it's just that the California hate gets under my skin sometimes.
Oh, and I run regular unleaded 100%.
FWIW, every state that I have lived in outside of California has had catalytic converters since the 70's (even had yearly emissions checks since the 80's outside of CA) and some states are currently paying less than 1/2 for their gas. Don't you wonder (or know) where the other 50% $$$ is going in CA?
Also, can all CA commuters afford to have their gas rationed by 50% when no other state needs to ration gas at a time where there is a glut in the world supply?
Can all CA commuters afford $100,000 Teslas with huge obfuscated environmental impacts and tax subsidies (i.e. trade one environmental impact for a much more costly one on the backs of the taxpayers)?
Will all CA employers allow their employees to work 50% less and keep their jobs and benefits or will they outsource their jobs (and company) out of state or out of the country?
Sorry to the OP, didn't want to hijack the thread.
I run BP or Shell premium 93 octane only because all the gas in Illinois has 10% ethanol in it. I figure it cost me an extra 2-3 dollars per fill up to run 93 octane, I can live with that.
I didn't see it mentioned here...the difference, as I understand it, is not that one grade is ANY better than another, but that the difference is the point at which each grade ignites under pressure. (http://engineering.mit.edu/ask/what%...gular-gasoline) if your engine isn't made for it, premium won't help it.
Finally, here's a link to a scholarly article search on the difference...I haven't checked out the articles but I'm sure they will be of great interest to those smarter than I.
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl...%2C33&as_sdtp=
I run a good quality of gasoline, and I think that's more important than whether its 87,89, or 93. We have some garbage gasoline here in Michigan, Wesco being the worst. Crystal Flash and some other are just poor quality gas.
I always run Shell, BP, or Mobil. Those always run perfect even though I use 87 octane. 90% of the time is Shell which I am a firm believer in its quality.
I used to have a back and forth to work car. A little 4 cylinder and it was starting hard and when cold you would get out on the road and step on it and it would bog down and then take off, you stop at a stop light the whole car would shake. Poor mileage and lack of power were common. I ran it down to almost empty and put Shell regular in it and that car change so much in 3/4 of a mile from the station, I just couldn't believe it, It didn't shake when stopped,it had more power, it started up quick when cold and never bogged down when you stepped on it. It was like I bought a new car. After that everything I own runs on shell gas.
I agree on the Shell Dog. BP is good also.
92 limits the cold engine stall.
J
+1 for Shell.
91 to 93 , try and run shell or BP . Over the winter I switch to a ethanol free fuel in all my machines .
Shell 87 most of the time.
We only have 91, 95 or 98 so i stick with the cheapest and use a higher octain every few tank fulls.
Chris
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