I'm going to be the contrarian here. It's been my experience that with both cars and bikes that you get the best mileage and performance out of the lowest octane that will not pre-detonate. For me, that works out to 87 in winter and 89 in summer.

There's a ton of research out there that backs this up. Just Google on octane.


Todd Richmond Grapevine, TX USA '78 R80 /7 '06 FJR1300A