Couple Of Fuel Questions For Everyone

TBH the only notice I take of petrol is when the light comes on.
I don't even know my MPG
I just shove some more in,though I might put some special stuff in every now and again.

 

I just buy supermarket fuel , used to work in a petrol station.
It just got put into whatever tank they had space in.
So if it was for super unleaded ( the tank that is) you were just as likely to have normal unleaded in it.
It costs too much to send a tanker back so if you don't have room in the right tank you use one that does.

 

Once in a blue moon. This was when I worked for Trust House Forte on the M3. Services at Fleet.
Knew a few other guys that worked in petrol stations as wel and the same thing happened there

 

I've seen 228 on the Tiger so far but I suppose it depends on how much you squeeze in. I suppose you would get a tad more in if you put the bike on the centre stand (if you have one) rather than on the side stand when filling up (if you could be arsed!).

 

I've got a theoretical 240 miles on my 20 litre (4.4 gal) Explore tank @ 55mpg.

I refuled a couple of times at around 220, so it sounds about right.

 

Call me picky, but........
Thread was started by Anthony on the SpeedIII forum, so 240mls etc on a Tiger/Explorer doesn't have much relevance to us Speedies.
Having said that Gary's comments were enlightening!
Seem to remember reading somewhere that using Super is a waste of time unless your ECU is clever enough to adjust to it (which the >'15 SpeedIII probably isn't).
Personally I get about 160mls to the light after filling on the sidestand and riding twisties (could get more riding boring - but why would you?).
I put Super in a month or so leading up to a winter lay up in the hope of reducing crud.

 

There's been many studies to show in the majority of cars, bikes etc that it doesn't give any real benefit.
As to supermarket fuel who do you think is making it , the supermarket?
It's just rebadged fuel from whichever manufacturer they have made a deal with. I've seen Shell tankers in my local supermarket, so I would imagine they have a deal with Shell.
Normally it's their own brand tankers but on occasion I have see the shell ones.

It's been a long time since I worked a forecourt but I doubt they have improved at all. When you think how many petrol stations there are, how likely do you think Trading Standards ( or whoever it is that's responsible ) will appear on a forecourt to make sure they are abiding by the rules?

I worked on the petrol forecourt for 8 months, we did have an inspection in that time but they told us when they were coming, so surprisingly ( not ) we made sure everything was up to spec.
I actually asked the guys how often they did unannounced visits and they said once in a blue moon as they didn't really have the man power to do them.
So it amounted to when and if they started to get complaints in.

 

Steve I'm just relating my own experiences and observations.
So they are subjective.
I buy supermarket fuel as I've never had any problems with it, certainly I've noticed no differance Between supermarket or branded petrol.
In a high performance car or bike you may notice a differance.
As to the additives in fuel I would question how effective they are.
I remember when Shell started putting these additives to clean your engine in and the damage that was caused to quite a few cars. It took a fair while for them to admit there was a problem and sort it.
More important in my view would be maintaining your bike or car correctly.

 

I worked for Q8 many years ago and we used to pick fuel up for all sorts of terminals.
Most of our's came from Murco but you'd see Shell tankers in BP and vice versa.
I don't know if it still goes on but it used to.

 

hi,

I run mine on the best fuel I can find, normally the shell v power. As Anthony says, £12k for the bike to then worry about a few pence each fill just doesn't make sense to me. If i've been bluffed and the fuel doesn't actually help the engine internals, then i'm no better or worse off than anyone else, but if it DOES work.....happy days. Makes me feel like i'm doing my bit. Each to their own tho...

ATB

Bob