How are you handling fuel Octane?

PASTAPWR

PASTAPWR

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According to Honda, my bikes should be using 92 octane fuel. Local filling stations only carry 91 octane. I know that as long as it is not pinging I am good to go, but wondering what others may be doing to deal with octane ratings or ethanol fuel.

So do you do anything special? Or just run pump gas?
 
KrustyKruser

KrustyKruser

El Chingon
You should determine if Honda is publishing the Research Octane Number (RON) that most of the European world uses or the American Pump octane Number. Which is an average of the. RON and a Motor Octane number. I believe my Ducati required 92 Octane but researching it, that translates to about 88 Octane in the U.S. so I just use 89 at the pump.
 
dravnx

dravnx

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KrustyKruser said:
You should determine if Honda is publishing the Research Octane Number (RON) that most of the European world uses or the American Pump octane Number. Which is an average of the. RON and a Motor Octane number. I believe my Ducati required 92 Octane but researching it, that translates to about 88 Octane in the U.S. so I just use 89 at the pump.
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PASTAPWR

PASTAPWR

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According to the Owner's Manual; it is Pump Octane Number and 92 or higher. Quote; "Your engine is designed to use any gasoline that has a pump octane number of 92 or higher. Gasoline pumps at service stations normally display the pump octane number."
 
berth

berth

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There's also the "If Honda is selling it in the American market as a road bike, then it'll run on pump gas" kind of thing also.
 
PASTAPWR

PASTAPWR

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The manual for my CRF 450X does mention both RON and pump octane. The RON is 95 and pump octane 91.

I am fairly certain the difference of 1 is a non-issue and the bike likely won't ping and thus no problems. But always interested in learning, so thought I'd ask.
 
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