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General Discussion / Re: My new v9

« Last post by Dirk_S on Today at 05:08:12 PM »

AKI (“Anti-Knock Index, N. America’s unit of measurement at the pump) = (RON + MON) / 2. In this case, (95 + 85) / 2 =90

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General Discussion / Re: My new v9

« Last post by guzzisteve on Today at 04:55:52 PM »

Look at what owners manual say's for octane, 89, less if lucky. It is in the EURO octane, not what we figure on ours.

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General Discussion / Re: My new v9

« Last post by Dirk_S on Today at 04:22:51 PM »

I trust the engineers’ recommendation of 95 RON (around 90-91 AKI here in N. America), aka Premium. These motors have compression ratios between 10:1 to 11:1, and considering they come out of the factory lean anyway, why risk pinging?

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General Discussion / Re: My new v9

« Last post by inditx on Today at 04:06:46 PM »

The goldi-blocks of MG motors imho
Run regular non-ethanol
inditx

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General Discussion / My new v9

« Last post by Tkelly on Today at 03:28:19 PM »

Had its first ride today with rebuilt Ikon shocks,big improvement.A real pleasure to cruise along in 6 gear on country roads getting 50 plus mph with torque on demand.It feels like an 1100 performance wise,much lighter,a perfect geezer tourer.My question is can I run regular gas?My Stelvio is fine with it,kind of a big issue these days.

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Bike Builds, Rebuilds And Restorations Only / Re: Minimalist bike finally complete

« Last post by GUZZI SVT on Today at 02:50:10 PM »

It weighs 330 lb

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General Discussion / Re: How old is too old for tires?

« Last post by faffi on Today at 12:41:34 PM »

I have bought new tires that had dangerously little grip, be that from poor storage in the shop or a fault during production, who knows. And I have had 10+ year old tires that worked terrific. On my car, the winter tires got hard enough to be replaced after just 3 seasons. While barely worn, they did not have sufficient grip anymore. So I am with the OP; if the tire looks and work fine, it probably is fine. If you find it/them lacking, replace it/them.

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Bike Builds, Rebuilds And Restorations Only / Re: Minimalist bike finally complete

« Last post by faffi on Today at 12:35:27 PM »

It looks more like art than a motorcycle to be ridden (far) - comfort seems to be none-existent! But congrats on finishing it, and make it functional with the absolute minimum amount of parts Have you put it on a scale to see how light a lightweight can be?

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General Discussion / Re: How old is too old for tires?

« Last post by kingoffleece on Today at 12:30:25 PM »

I'll change them at 5 years.
But then again, I'm down to two bikes now.  If I had 8.................. ..............

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General Discussion / Re: Shinko life expectancy?

« Last post by egschade on Today at 11:38:18 AM »

I ran a set of 705s on my BMW F650GS. When I sold it with about 3K on the tires the rear looked ok for another 3K but a little squared off. The front looked hardly worn with another 5-7K likely left on it.