just wondering what the need for running race fuel is? is it performance parts that need higher octane or is it just a performance gain by its self?

every once in a while ill be behind a bike and it throttles up i can smell the sweet race fuel. i love the smell and it just reminds me of power.

so i was just curious to why they use this fuel, and what octane fuel is it exactly?

 

Its usually 110 octane.

Its not needed, nor does it add any power. In fact, you probably loose power due to its resistance to detonate.

It does smell great though. A friend of mine ran it in his bike a few times. Even when he ran regular gas even a dozen fill ups later, you could still smell the race gas.

I think it burns cleaner, Ive also heardit will also clog up torque converters, but Im not sure about that.

 

in a stock bike, race fuel will actually hinder performance. race fuel should only be used if you have done something that will make your bike susceptible to pre-ignition or detonation, and a slip-on will not do that.

 

clog up torque converters? bikes don't have those, perhaps you're thinking of something else...even cars with torque converters(automatic transmissions) don't have anything to do with fuel.

 

LOL. I didnt even realize I said torque converters. I meant to say catalytic converters. Most new bikes have them now. My thought was the lead based race fuels can have a ill effect on them. But I think most race gas nowadays is lead free.

 

I have a friend with an 06 ikRR that loves to run racing fuel (usually a 50/50 mix with regular gas, don't know why). I love the smell too. The only other thing that I notice is that he doesn't have the black soot that normally builds up on the inside ends of the exhaust. It is actually more like a white powder. I guess that is a sign of it running cleaner?

I have used it a couple of times and didn't notice a difference at all (except that it seemed a little slugish at first). But I am not a pro by any means.