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RE: Octane Rating
In Australia we seem to be stuck in the middle.
Standard Unleaded 93 RON
Premium Unleaded 97 RON
About 12 cents a litre difference in the city (64.5-76.5)
About 20 cents a litre difference in the country (77.9-97.9)
How much difference would either of these make to real time running?
Does the ST run a knock sensor?
If it does will it automatically adapt?
Regards
Doug Archer - Melbourne Vic
Soon to be owner of - Red Dragon.
- -----Original Message-----
From: Eric Sheley [mailto:eric@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 2:59 PM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Octane Rating
> David Matz wrote:
>>For riders in the United States: What type of octane rating are you
>>using? The owner's manual implied I would need to use Super Unleaded, but
>>I wasn't familiar with the unit of measurment that was used for the
>>suggested octane rating.
Rich wrote:
>I read the various answers to this one and am in some disagreement, so let
>me throw in my 2 cents.
>
>The manual calls for, if I recall correctly, 95 RON (Research Octane
Number).
>There are actually two different methods of calculating octane: research
>octane and motor octane. In the US, the number you see on the pump is
>actually the average, (R+M)/2. The pump will usually have this equation
>written on the pump, without explaining anything about what the damn thing
>means. Motor octane is usually a couple of points below the research
>octane, so a research octane of 95 corresponds to a motor octane of about
>93 and a pump label octane in the US of 94. The best gasoline around here
>is 94 labeled octane, which will be about 95 research octane and therefore
>meets Triumph spec, and that's Super Shell.
The following is from the Triumph Sprint ST service manual and hopefully
will clear things up:
Fuel Requirements - all countries EXCEPT USA
Outside America, all motorcycles are designed to be run on 95 RON unleaded
fuel.
Fuel Requirements - USA
In the United States of America where the octane rating of fuel is measured
in a different way, the following information may be applied: Triumph
Motorcycles are designed to run on unleaded gasoline with a CLC or AKI
octane rating (R+M)/2 of 89 or higher.
- - Eric
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