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Ideal fuel for 2005 GPX250?
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:16 am
by Scottatron
Hello All,
I don't want to open a can of worms with this, but what would be the best fuel to put into an 05 GPX250?
All reports are that Optimax/V-Power is to be avoided.
What about the Shell 95RON fuel?
I recently filled up with Caltex 98RON - as all reports I have read recommend this fuel highly - but in a carby bike is it worth just sticking to 91RON?
Thanks,
Scott
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:27 am
by Duane
91 ron mate
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:14 am
by Lainie
We use only mobile Premium
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:19 am
by Scottatron
Is that the 96 or 98?
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:42 am
by Benno
Mobile is 98, pretty much the same as BP Ultimate. The fuel was a joint venture between companies from memory.
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:15 pm
by MickLC
From a performance point of view, for the GPX250 it isn't going to make a lot of difference which fuel you use. So from a cost point of view you may as well use the standard unleaded.
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:01 pm
by mike-s
i did a cost / benefit test of ULP vs PULP on my old 450, i found that using ULP i got 20km/l and using PULP i got 22.5km/l on average (running three tanks of each, didnt matter what style of riding commuting/scratching/whatever it was always repeatable).
Given that i had a 12Litre tank and usually filled up at 200km regardless of if i'd hit reserve or not (i found it better than relying on hitting reserve) and at the time fuel was 108c/l for ULP and 112 for PULP i worked out that i was saving a dollar per tank by running PULP as i was using about 11% less fuel.
Running wise though, i did notice that the bike was a little smoother with the PULP, but thats not saying that the bike was in any way shape or form shit on ULP.
n.b. these results were done on a 19y/o twin cyl bike i owned 2-3 years ago and in an average state of tune, it doesn't mean that you'll neseccarily get the same results i did.
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:09 pm
by Scottatron
Thanks all, I will do a few tests/costing and see how I go. I guess I just wanted to make sure that I wouldn't do any "damage" etc.
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:34 pm
by Neka79
diesel...its awesome in bikes.....
NO NO im kidding...dont use diesel...
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:52 pm
by hammer
Kero is the go
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:57 pm
by RG
hammer wrote:Kero is the go
+ 10% Ethanol
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:59 pm
by Tenoq
91RON.
Unless you've had the bike retuned for premium fuels, you'll get no benefit from using them, and may actually have more problems. My bike became hard to start and was prone to stalling when cold with premium fuels (GPX250).
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:32 pm
by Neka79
Tenoq wrote:91RON.
Unless you've had the bike retuned for premium fuels, you'll get no benefit from using them, and may actually have more problems. My bike became hard to start and was prone to stalling when cold with premium fuels (GPX250).
i bet it would be harder to start with deisel!!
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:50 pm
by hoffy
I run 95 premium, or 98 when Im feeling frisky.
I'd recommend running 95 premium, it may just keep it a little cleaner inside and running good.
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:41 am
by Scottatron
hoffy wrote:I run 95 premium, or 98 when Im feeling frisky.
I'd recommend running 95 premium, it may just keep it a little cleaner inside and running good.
What about Shell 95RON? Reason I ask is that I am a tight arse and use the shop docket discount thingies
