If you have a choice of using 10%, or Ethanol free gas, which would you choose? My bike is 5 years old with 900 miles on it. I'm going to go fill it with premium ethanol free, for the first fill-up since i've owned it. Pretty sure the previous owner ran mid grade, with 10% ethanol.

 

Well if it's a 1200 then 91 octane or better ( whats on the pumps around here is 93 ), if a 883 I believe manual states 89 octane . All ethanol around here so might as well get use to it ( Me that is )...WVleo

 

If I need gas and I see a station with ethanol free ill get it otherwise I just use whatever is availabe. I won't go out of my way to get ethanol free though. Out of curiosity, how can you tell that the previous owner used midgrade 10% ethanol blend after 5 yrs and only 900 miles?

 

I just got the bike yesterday. I put 150 miles on it last evening. The old owner only put 900 on it in 5 years.

 

He'd said he just topped it off with mid grade for me when i bought it. Pretty sure there are no ethanol free stations near him.

 

I will always choose to use ethanol free gas when given the option as long as the octane is 91+. When you use ethanol gas it lowers the MPG of your bike because there is less energy in a gallon of gas than ethanol free, you can expect anywhere from 5-10% better mileage on ethanol free gas.

 

it is getting harder to find here. 2 of the stations I used to fill up at now have 10%, that just changed within 2 weeks.

 

Around here (lower midwest) we are still able to get "real" non-blended 92 octane gas.

I use it in all my Harleys.

 

Since Ethanol blends are becoming more prevelent you may want to consider getting a gas hose on your scoot that is made for Ethanol.
A marine supply store will normally sell a hose that is Federally approved for Ethanol.

 

I hadn't seen any ethanol-free stations in a long time until my ride this weekend took me deep into the hills. Passed two gas stations that had big signs extolling the ethanol-freeness of their gas. Of course, both times, I didn't really need any gas.