"Normal" Unleaded vs "Premium" Unleaded
 

Right so yes it may give your bike a bit more of a kick but does the premium stuff actually do your engine any good? I don't mean good as in it could be bad because of the extra power I mean does it really clean out your engine, etc like some people say it does?

Any opinions?

Re: "Normal" Unleaded vs "Premium" Unleaded
 

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I was always lead to believe that although it didn't "clean" your engine out, it is much cleaner, hence better for it...??

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If you have a stage 3 full Works GSXR1000 or a supercar of some kind, im sure you could see a measurable increase in power. If not then you may well be disaponted for the extra what, 7p, 8p? a litre?

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premium everytime better grade of fuel hands down.......hi octane fuel less crap floating through

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im lead to belive the sv wont show any difforence between the two fuel's

you might see some difforence if the bike was only ever run on premium from day 1

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Sorry how does the octane rating equate to purity?

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Care to back that claim up with some logic and/or evidence?

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I would imagine that with a higher octane level it would burn / explode with a larger bang therefore perhaps reducing the amount of unburnt fuel in the engine? (just a scientific guess....)

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When setting up my SV to race a few years back I ran it back to back sessions on the same dyno with Shell Optimax and then Shell regular unleaded. Not a blind bit of difference that we could measure.

I think the only performance gain you'll see will be due to the lighter wallet in your pocket.