78 Suzuki gs 1000 gas octane

[roeme]

Everyone say "Thanks for the taxes"

Not even going there. Go f$!k off to reddit or our vortex.

[roeme]

...and on topic, using 95 ROZ (which is the lowest grade available here. Equates to something around 91 MOZorwhathaveyou).

Price is about 1.5 per litre.

[Burque73]

It appears that you are paying about three times as much for fuel, but let's look at the BIG picture for a moment.

Let's say that you put 15 litres of fuel in your tank. At 1.25 per litre, that would be about 18.75. How long did you have to work at your job to earn that much? (Generalizations, only, please.)

That same 15 litres would be 3.95 gallons, and at Steve's rate of 2.25, would cost about $8.90. The Federal minimum wage law here is $8.00, I think, so the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds would have to work just over an hour to earn enough to fill the tank. Some who are in better-paying, professional jobs, will earn $25-30 or more, so they would have to work for 15-20 minutes to earn enough to fill the tank.

If your rate of pay is somewhat comparable, the cost of fuel is really no more or a burden.

That's interesting. I'll unpack it a bit with two scenarios from my perspective.

Being self employed and running a company vehicle with a 33 gallon tank, I can fill it with what I'd recieve for an hour of labor. Generally speaking, on a good day, with things running very smoothly of course...

Since I file my taxes as an S Corp, I draw a pretty reasonable salary. I also have decently fuel efficient vehicles to use when not working. If I consider the fuel capacity in my personal vehicles and figure in my hourly earnings, my little pickup truck would take around two hours of earnings to fill at 22 gallons. The bikes on the other hand, GS 850 or KLR 650, would fall into the one hour earnings range each holding a bit under 6 gallons.

I am amazed at the fluctuation in fuel prices depending on the location of the station. Next to the freeway or main highway seems higher just about anywhere around here. Yesterday after exiting the freeway I paid $2.35 per gallon. Had I waited and looked around a bit I could find as low as $1.99.

In regards to octane rating, I've always used the lowest grade in my vehicles. I've never heard any pinging or noticed a difference in performance.

[850 Combat]

I have a road test that states that the 1000G pinged on regular. Mine do that too. My 1000G has never exhibited any ping.

If your bike doesn't ping, your octane is fine. If it does ping, you can usually ride around it by winding it out more and avoiding short shifting. I like to short shift and use the low range torque, with larger throttle openings. Because of that, I run premium.

[Downs]

Not even going there. Go f$!k off to reddit or our vortex.

Such a nice conversationalist. Glad what I said warranted getting such a response.

[uk gs nut]

Most of our cost is what's called duty, or helping out the fat cat suits.

[bwringer]

One of the nifty little things about Suzuki is that all their bikes (at least the ones I've encountered) call for regular old 87 octane, even the mighty Hayabusa.

If your engine is anywhere close to shouting distance of stock, 87 octane with up to 10% ethanol is perfectly peachy.

If you cruelly neglect your poor Suzuki by letting it sit for more than a couple of weeks, dump in some Startron or Sta-Bil to keep the alcohol demons at bay. If you're riding somewhat regularly, then don't give the ethanol issue a second thought.