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earwig wrote: I have added octane booster because if I run a low octane fuel my engine pings like hell.

You really see a decrease in engine pinging with a 0.1 octane boost?

Prestone says they don't boost nearly as much as you'd think.

[quote="earwig"]I think its hard to use being cheap as a reason to use cheaper gas in a motorcycle. Even now with gas prices insanely high, the most you will spend is 1.20 more unless you have a huge gas tank


I should have proofread that, sorry. What I meant was that I have, on occasion, grabbed the regular gas handle because I'm cheap and I put that in my truck (which makes one hell of a cost difference in that gas sucker). I don't do it all of the time, just when I'm having a brain fart.
I should have been clearer with that, sorry.

Skier, if I don't run premium it pings like a bastrd. Only tried once (used regular) on purpose and regretted it.

Skier wrote:

earwig wrote: I have added octane booster because if I run a low octane fuel my engine pings like hell.

You really see a decrease in engine pinging with a 0.1 octane boost?

Prestone says they don't boost nearly as much as you'd think.