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Run the 89 or 91 octane 10% ethanol stuff and just live with it. That's what the rest of us do.Chasing 100% gasoline is a time-waster in my book. If the station has it, I'll use it. If not, I use E10.Your Cal 14 will not adjust for lower octane like some of the autos out there today, and will knock/ping on 87 octane at the elevations where you'll be riding.
Dude needs better ethanol.I have no idea if my fuel economy is affected by ethanol as I have no vehicle that has ever had non ethanol fuel in it.Are you saying that my Scout will get 55 mpg on non ethanol gasoline? I feel like a straight man playing opposite Maxwell Smart.
My Stelvio gets 42 MPG on E10, 46.5 on gasoline. My Festiva gets 40 MPG on E10, 44 on gasoline. "Burning" E10 is like putting water in your tank with the gas - it seems to do nothing.Lannis
Strangely enough, my Norge gets 10% better mileage once I get away from California gas (which also gets inflicted on southern Nevada, unfortunately). I get 40-42 mpg at home, and that improves to 44-48 mpg once I'm out of range of the California refineries. All with 10% ethanol all the time, since I don't search out 'pure' gas...I can see the issue with ethanol in some small engines, but ethanol has been in the gas in North America long enough that only the oldest vehicles weren't designed with it in mind.
Strangely enough, my Norge gets 10% better mileage once I get away from California gas (which also gets inflicted on southern Nevada, unfortunately). I get 40-42 mpg at home, and that improves to 44-48 mpg once I'm out of range of the California refineries. All with 10% ethanol all the time, since I don't search out 'pure' gas...
but if the pre-ignition detonation engine management stuff works,
Are the CA fuels also "oxygenated"?Parts of PA (and I believe NJ) run "Oxygenated" fuels for "reduced emissions" seasonally. The effect is an immediate drop in fuel mileage across the board on all our vehicles as soon as I start filling up with winter fuels.
I don't think there is a detonation sensor, even on the 1400. But I could be wrong. Nothing previously had the sensors.
What was that? I was out on my motorcycle today, having fun riding it.
The simple physics are that ethanol has about 1/3 less energy per unit than gasoline , so yes , fuel mileage will drop , dependent on the mix ratio . This is a sad fact of life , but largely unavoidable . Dusty
Toaster, if you have 91 readily available, then why don't you simply use that? Trying to mix half and half, (or whatever), is a pain. John Henry
I did a butt-load of miles on a Cali 14 in the U.S. In 2013. Where I could I put the high octane stuff in. When we were in Bum-F*ck nowhere I put any old lizard piss that came out of the bowser in it.We were two up and heavily laden. The horizon continued to come towards us no matter what was in the tank but it ran slightly smoother with the high octane stuff in. AFAIK it ALL had the wasteful bioethanol in it, at least I never sought out anything 'Special' for it.Pete
Yup, trying to limit ethanol and get a standard pattern of fueling.
200 miles of mountains and turns on Cali 1400 today. Stock saddle is not going to get me across the country, even with an air hawk. What's the consensus, if any, about the most effective replacment or rework? I don't know what I'd ask Sargent to do, but I love the Sargent on my DL1000. The Corbin looks great. What else to look at or consider?
Reaction after the first ride - OMG! what have I done! The first thing I noticed was that it sets higher than the stock seat which obviously increases the reach to the ground. I have pretty short legs (31 inch inseam) so this didn't thrill me. The second thing I noticed was how hard it was - I've sat on stadium bleacher seats that were softer!Reaction after the first 400 miles - I don't know that it really breaks in but the hardness of the seat was never an issue.