Hi everyone. I am planning for a trip and stop working for sometime, planning for two years and then back to the "normal" life. But the reson is that a friend off mine past away very quick and I think that made me deside that I should do it as long as I am well.

I have a XT 660 R but the conserne that I have is that I need to cary lots off petrol in spare tanks on the side, the tank takes 17 liters and I have traveld 300 km with no stop so i have a pretty good range.

But to the quiestion, how hard is it to find petrol on the road?
And is the a chance that its bad fuel that will damage the bike?
Maybe by an older bike, or even bring my old Moto Guzzi -48

BRG

Stefan P

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ok regarding fuel.... you have gone and done it you have let the geek out in me!

This page is from a fellow overlander who biked accross from London to Australia and was amazing enough to keep lots of stats for me to enjoy...

The Statistics Fuel

The worst fuel was in Russia and Pakistan and had an octaine or RON 87

The octane number (RON) is a standard measure of the performance of a motor or aviation fuel. The higher the octane number, the more compression the fuel can withstand. In broad terms, fuels with a higher octane rating are used in high(er) performance petrol engines that require higher compression ratios. In contrast, fuels with lower octane numbers (but higher cetane numbers) are ideal for diesel engines. Therefore, high compressibility of the fuel matters greatly for only petrol engines. Use of petrol (also sometimes known as gasoline) with lower octane numbers can lead to the problem of engine knocking (the premature ignition of the air fuel mixture). This can destroy and engine!

you need to check the manuals for your chosen vehicle and make sure you "feed" it that value or better!


Fuel RON
requirement for a typical*two-stroke*outboard motor[10] 69
Pertamina "Premium" gasoline in*Indonesia 88
Regular gasoline in Japan (Japanese Industrial Standards) 90
regular in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US 91–92
Pertamina "Pertamax" gasoline in Indonesia 92
Shell "Super" in Indonesia 92
Total "Performance 92" in Indonesia 92
Pertamina "Pertamax Plus" gasoline in Indonesia 95
Shell "V-Power" in Indonesia 95
Total "Performance 95" in Indonesia 95
Shell "FuelSave " in*Malaysia 95
"Regular unleaded" in Europe, "SP95" in France 95
Premium or "Super unleaded" gas in US (10% ethanol blend) 97
Shell "V-Power 97" in Malaysia 97
Shell "V-Power 98" 98
Caltex "Platinum 98 with Techron" 98
Esso Mobil "Synergy 8000" and SPC "LEVO 98" in*Singapore 98
Great Britain, Slovenia and Spain, "SP98" in France 98
SuperPlus in*Germany 98
Tesco "Momentum^99"[12]*in UK 99
Premium gasoline in Japan (Japanese Industrial Standards) 100
Pertamina "Pertamax Racing" in Indonesia 100
Shell V-Power in*Italy*and Germany 100
Eni(or Agip) Blu Super +(or Tech) in Italy 100
IP Plus 100 in Italy 100
Tamoil WR 100 in Italy 100
San Marco Petroli F-101 in Italy(northern Italy only ) 101
Petro-Canada*"Ultra 94" in*Canada* 101.5
Aral Super 95 in Germany 95
Aral Super 95 E10 (10% Ethanol) in Germany 95
Aral SuperPlus 98 in Germany 98
Aral Ultimate 102 in Germany 102
IES 98 Plus in Italy 98
ExxonMobil*Avgas* 100
Shell "V-Power Racing" in Australia (not now avalable) 100
isooctane*(RON and MON 100 by definition) 100
BP Ultimate 102 - now discontinued 102
ethane 108

If you a really worried about fuel grade you can purchase octane boosters but lots of them don't work very well I have used Aldon Petrol Octane Booster and found it to be useful!

My K75 will work with fuels down to 89 ron so I will have to be careful in some countries unless I am adding additives! - basically don't work the engine hard!