subaron
Junior Member
I had switched to 91 octane earlier this year, thinking it would be cleaner and more efficient to burn and give a better mileage. But the opposite happened.
Over the winter I did two things to the bike.
1. Took the fairings off and went streetfighter
2. Did the throttle bodies sync using a home made manometer
When I started riding this year I noticed that with 91 octane I was getting a lower mileage of around 14 to 15km per liter.
I thought it was either wind drag since I had no fairings or I messed up the throttle sync.
While trying to search I came across some info regarding fuel, and reasons to burn 87 in fz6.
Figured it was easier to just fill in 87 octane over a few runs and see what mileage is achieve.
After 6 fill ups I can am consistently getting between 18 to 21 km a liter (depending on the style of riding).
This is a bit counter intuitive given the popular knowledge. Just thought I would share and see if anyone else has tried this experiment and achieved the same result.
Over the winter I did two things to the bike.
1. Took the fairings off and went streetfighter
2. Did the throttle bodies sync using a home made manometer
When I started riding this year I noticed that with 91 octane I was getting a lower mileage of around 14 to 15km per liter.
I thought it was either wind drag since I had no fairings or I messed up the throttle sync.
While trying to search I came across some info regarding fuel, and reasons to burn 87 in fz6.
Figured it was easier to just fill in 87 octane over a few runs and see what mileage is achieve.
After 6 fill ups I can am consistently getting between 18 to 21 km a liter (depending on the style of riding).
This is a bit counter intuitive given the popular knowledge. Just thought I would share and see if anyone else has tried this experiment and achieved the same result.