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15-06-09, 05:31 PM | #1 |
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Fuel and tank questions.
How much petrol can a Pointy hold ?
Whats the Diffrence Between Unleaded and Super Unleaded ? when the petrol light comes on on the Pointy how manny miles do i have before i run out ? Im on a 33 BHP Ecu so it might be a little diffrent for me ... cheers !
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15-06-09, 05:56 PM | #2 |
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Re: Some Questions.
A - 17L iirc
B - On an SV, imho nothing, on a 40k race tuned Ducati anout 10 bhp. C - Depends in your wrist action, round town for me once it starts flashing is about 20 miles or so till it goes solid, on solid the furthest i dared was 8 to 10 miles. D- Restricted - dunno if it makes a difference at all. |
15-06-09, 06:00 PM | #3 |
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Re: Some Questions.
Fill up when you need to.. and just use reg 95 but occasionally super from BP or something to clean out your engine (i believe all the hype)
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16-06-09, 09:07 AM | #4 |
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Re: Some Questions.
Super is a waste of time in our bikes. Not sure about the pointy but the curvy has half a gallon (25-25 miles) after the fuel light first comes on.
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16-06-09, 09:10 AM | #5 |
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Re: Some Questions.
As above, but this might help in terms of the numbr of miles after the light starts flashing.
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=119542 |
16-06-09, 11:50 AM | #6 |
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Re: Some Questions.
Most bikes can't take advantage of super unleaded, etc - you need a knock sensor and adjustable ignition timing to take advantage I believe. I only really know of BMW putting that on bikes tbh.
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16-06-09, 12:24 PM | #7 |
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Re: Some Questions.
On the curvy, the super unleaded stuff really reduces carb icing in winter.. a lot.
No power gains to be had I don't think. The restricted ECU shouldn't give you any worse fuel economy. The FI international kit however will seriously cap the miles you can do to a tank. On a pointy anyway. I don't think it's as bad on the curvy |
16-06-09, 12:32 PM | #8 | |
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Re: Some Questions.
Never enough...
About 10p per gallon... Quote:
...yes, I AM looking to replace it, how did you guess..? |
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16-06-09, 12:33 PM | #9 | |
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Re: Some Questions.
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16-06-09, 12:44 PM | #10 |
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