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Reducati
| Posted on Monday, September 20, 2004 - 09:55 am: |
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i am a new buell, xb12r owner. i run nothing but 93 octane, but get a ping under load, not always, but enough to be anoying. anyone know a cure? also if it is higher octane needed, where in chicago can i fill up? thanks, dan |
M1combat
| Posted on Monday, September 20, 2004 - 12:09 pm: |
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You're certain it's a ping and not valve train noise? |
Art_vandelay
| Posted on Monday, September 20, 2004 - 02:44 pm: |
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Do you have the race chip? My X1 used to ping till I went with the race chip. Where in Chicago are you? I'm also in Chicago. I saw a Marathon gas station out by O'Hare that had 100 Octane no lead. It wasn't cheap. |
Xbolt12
| Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 03:31 pm: |
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Art, I thought you lived in NY City across from Jerry xbolt12 |
Whodom
| Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 04:14 pm: |
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Dan, there was a thread on XB's pinging here about a month ago; search and you can probably find it. One thing you can do is try different brands of 93 octane; all brands aren't created equal. (My Ford truck for instance will run fine on BP/Amoco 87 octane but requires 89 octane for other brands.) Another suggestion IIRC was to have the timing checked. |
Crip2nite
| Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 04:14 pm: |
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Uh-Oh...Here we go again! I started using separate nozzle fill-up stations and since then my bike has stopped pinging! |
M1combat
| Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 04:52 pm: |
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Thank you Crip2nite . |
Charlieboy6649
| Posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 02:46 am: |
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Yes, I too use dedicated nozzles and no pinging, but when I don't guess what... |
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