whattsa klr'r.

[Craig]

Someone mentioned they run 93 in their KLR. The owners book states 87 as a minimum. Do you really notice that much better performance going to 93? I've been running mostly 87 and the odd 90 but not really noticed a significant difference in power. Am I cheating myself out of more zooooom?

[Mike Frey]

Craig wrote:

>Someone mentioned they run 93 in their KLR. The owners book states 87 >as a minimum. Do you really notice that much better performance going >to 93? I've been running mostly 87 and the odd 90 but not really >noticed a significant difference in power. Am I cheating myself out of >more zooooom? > >

No. You only need higher octane if your engine knocks on the lower grades. The KLR has no sophisticated engine management system, so you don't gain any more power from the more expensive "premium" grades. Most of us use regular, I do too except for one really hot week this summer when I poured a gallon of 1 year old gasoline into the tank - the bike didn't like that. I heard it knocking then! One refill of 92 octane took care of it. Mike A18

[Blake Sobiloff]

On 8/17/05, Craig wrote:

> Am I cheating myself out of > more zooooom?

Nope, just keeping money in your wallet. Premium unleaded actually has less energy in it than regular does, so as long as your bike isn't pinging when you accelerate, stick with regular gas. -- Blake Sobiloff San Jose, CA (USA)

[Eric Lee Green]

Craig wrote:

>Someone mentioned they run 93 in their KLR. The owners book states 87 >as a minimum. Do you really notice that much better performance going >to 93? >

93 octane gas actually has *less* energy than 87 octane gas. Your bike will run slightly cooler on 93 octane and won't ping as readily at high temperatures, but otherwise the only difference you'll notice, performance-wise, is that you might *lose* a tiny little bit of power because the KLR has no ping/knock detector and thus no way to advance the timing to take advantage of the smoother-burning gas. In short, don't bother unless you've got a carbonized high-mileage KLR that has a tendency to ping and overheat. -E

[jkhoei]

How do you insure you don't get "carbonized" as you start to rack up the miles?

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Eric Lee Green wrote: > Craig wrote: >SNIP > In short, don't bother unless you've got a carbonized high-mileage KLR > that has a tendency to ping and overheat. > > -E

[Mike Frey]

Run it hard and use 87 octane fuel. jkhoei wrote:

>How do you insure you don't get "carbonized" as you start to rack up >the miles? > >--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Eric Lee Green wrote: > > >>Craig wrote: >>SNIP >>In short, don't bother unless you've got a carbonized high-mileage KLR >>that has a tendency to ping and overheat. >> >>-E >> >> > > > > > >Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com >List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > >

[jkhoei]

Sounds like a dream recipe ... do nothing more that what I am already doing. Thx.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Mike Frey wrote: > Run it hard and use 87 octane fuel. > > jkhoei wrote: > > >How do you insure you don't get "carbonized" as you start to rack up > >the miles? > > > >--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Eric Lee Green wrote: > > > > > >>Craig wrote: > >>SNIP > >>In short, don't bother unless you've got a carbonized high-mileage KLR > >>that has a tendency to ping and overheat. > >> > >>-E > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > >List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

[Rick McCauley]

That was me. My bike pings on anything less than 93. It is new, and has never sat with gas in the carb. so the motor is in pefect condition. I have seen the 87 octane number in the manual but I think it is the other formula. I definetly notice smoother running and even cooler running with 93. It is more expensive but at well over 50 mpg it doesn't matter. P.S. 91 octane is OK but in town traffic on a hot day it will ping sometimes Rick A17 cboydell@...> wrote: Someone mentioned they run 93 in their KLR. The owners book states 87 as a minimum. Do you really notice that much better performance going to 93? I've been running mostly 87 and the odd 90 but not really noticed a significant difference in power. Am I cheating myself out of more zooooom? Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Harry Seifert]

The former in SoCal, the latter, not in this neighborhood!! Buddy bseifert71@...

> [Original Message] > From: Mike Peplinski > To: ; DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> > Date: 8/17/2005 2:43:28 PM > Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] Whattsa KLR'r. > > Is that K-L-Rista, or "Kaylarista"? > > > >From: "Harry Seifert" > >Reply-To: bseifert71@... > >To: "Mike Peplinski" ,

DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com

> >Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] Whattsa KLR'r. > >Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:20:00 -0700 > > > >a west coast name is klr-ista. > > > >hasta la bye bye > > > >Buddy > >bseifert71@... > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Mike Peplinski > > > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> > > > Date: 8/17/2005 6:52:33 AM > > > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Whattsa KLR'r. > > > > > > Quick and simple, the guys wno ride BMW air cooled bikes, or airheads, > >are > > > called Airheads. What are the guys (or gals) who ride KLR's? No , I > >don't > > > mean "smart" or "savy" or "cheap" or something like that. "KLR'rs" is > >just > > > to clumsy. I sort of like "killers". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > >http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > > > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Archive Quicksearch at: > >http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > >List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > >