Hayabusa=Mistress
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2005 Suzuki Hayabusa GSX-1300R.
"Power" modifications: Yoshi dual pipes and TRE.
I was reading a thread on here a couple weeks ago about using 91/92 octane vs Suzuki's recommendation of 87 octane (in which I couldn't post because it was closed), and decided to do a litte experiment of my own.
For the next two weeks following the day I read that thread, including today, I have been riding with 87 octane (I've always been riding with 91/92 octane before that - I have documented the way it rides with the higher octane).
To try and make the experiment neutral, I've tried to sustain as much variables as possible and only alter/change one variable: gasoline octane rating.
I ride at the same pace, at the same locations, at the same type of roads (ratio of highways vs county roads, suburbs, and city roads), etc (only to work and school).
I remember vividly how riding with 91/92 octane was (I've taken notes beforehand) and compared it to what it was like riding with 87 octane (I also took notes
). I came to a conclusion that riding with 87 octane is noticeably more smooth on the motorcycle. Despite all of the other professional research, MY CONCLUSION after the experiment, in which I tried to do as professional as I can, is that running 87 octane in my Hayabusa made it more smooth.
Smoother how? Smoother in throttle response overall (ie: part throttle or abrupt speed change - acceleration/deceleration). I remember always chopping the throttle with 91/92 octane and it would sometime feel as if it took a split second for it to take off in comparison to the rapid response I felt with 87 octane.
You guys may call me crazy, but it was my real-life experimental conclusion. That's why manufacturer's typically know best - they designed the machines!
"Power" modifications: Yoshi dual pipes and TRE.
I was reading a thread on here a couple weeks ago about using 91/92 octane vs Suzuki's recommendation of 87 octane (in which I couldn't post because it was closed), and decided to do a litte experiment of my own.
For the next two weeks following the day I read that thread, including today, I have been riding with 87 octane (I've always been riding with 91/92 octane before that - I have documented the way it rides with the higher octane).
To try and make the experiment neutral, I've tried to sustain as much variables as possible and only alter/change one variable: gasoline octane rating.
I ride at the same pace, at the same locations, at the same type of roads (ratio of highways vs county roads, suburbs, and city roads), etc (only to work and school).
I remember vividly how riding with 91/92 octane was (I've taken notes beforehand) and compared it to what it was like riding with 87 octane (I also took notes
). I came to a conclusion that riding with 87 octane is noticeably more smooth on the motorcycle. Despite all of the other professional research, MY CONCLUSION after the experiment, in which I tried to do as professional as I can, is that running 87 octane in my Hayabusa made it more smooth. Smoother how? Smoother in throttle response overall (ie: part throttle or abrupt speed change - acceleration/deceleration). I remember always chopping the throttle with 91/92 octane and it would sometime feel as if it took a split second for it to take off in comparison to the rapid response I felt with 87 octane.
You guys may call me crazy, but it was my real-life experimental conclusion. That's why manufacturer's typically know best - they designed the machines!
