Thread: Running on low octane fuel
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Old 01-05-12, 10:22
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Originally Posted by Curt View Post
As a newbie, maybe this has been asked before, but we intend travelling through Asia and accross to the UK on 2009 XT660r's (fuel injected). We have done Vietnam and some of Thailand on hire scooters, and some of the fuel is a bit dubious in octane rating, and I know parts of India, Pakistan, etc fuel quality is sus. How do others get by using low octane fuel, I know other XT660R riders have been through there. Octane booster? Any help appreciated.
In my trip two years ago across the northern territory in Australia they only sell OPAL (which stands for something or other) but it was developed so that Aboriginals couldn't sniff it to get high and fry their brain cells. The octane rating is something like 90 (or less) and my XT struggled on it (no guts and ran rough), you end up getting about 1/3 less total range than on premium unleaded.
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