New bike - Fail of epic proportions

[Fifteen15]

Bought my SV650 about a month ago, it's my first bike. I have done about 1100 miles on her in that time. Anyway, when at the petrol station I had a pick of two types of petrol, Excellium and Premium. At first I thought, Premium sounds more expensive, so I'll take the cheaper Excellium stuff. Fast forward 1 month and 1100 miles, I filled up at the petrol station with a mate, and he thought I was joking when I told him I just filled her up with Excellium unleaded, which totaled £20. It was then that I realized what I complete plank I have been.

So riding 1100 miles on Excellium, would it have done any damage? I mean other than to my pocket.

Anyone else done this when they first started riding?

And why the hell is the shitty petrol called Premium?!
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[Maruchino]

I am confused

[Fifteen15]

[Bendy]

Just use the cheap stuff!

[anthony_r6]

[Tavares]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Epic? Epic?

I'd hate to see it if you actually did something worthy of the word, you'd have an aneurysm.
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[Fifteen15]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Take a look at the bit on the pump that says how much per litre the stuff you're buying is.
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[Rogerborg]

This thread is giving me an epic
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OP, you seem to be saying that you've been putting in high octane (98 RON?) petrol instead of 95 RON. If so, forget about it. You haven't done any harm. It's unlikely you've got any benefit unless the SV has a knock sensor (probably not), but the only thing you've damaged is your wallet to the tune of a few £££ or so.
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[Fifteen15]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[stonesie]

If my SV gets a tank of optimax/super then it considers it a treat, they have no knock sensors so can't adjust the ignition timing to take advantage of the better fuel. Because of that they are set to run on the cheapest glug they are ever likely to have poured into the tank (91 RON iirc).

When mine gets optimax it is slightly smoother and pops/crackles more on over-run

[Fifteen15]

[Willson]

I put that expensive shell stuff in my old ER5 the once and I think my not actually went down.

Willson
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[DrDonnyBrago]

So the question boils down to:


which of the two numbers on the 20ft sign is bigger...

[Daimo]

[P.addy]

normal unleaded stuff, cheapest stuff at the pump.... if you get stuck ask a fellow old age pensioner to help you pick out normal unleaded

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[pits]

[Daimo]

[Kickstart]

[Kickstart]

[J4mes]

I seem to remember that the 102Ron BP fuel was incredibly expensive, as in over £2/Litre.

I ran optimax/ V-power when I had my tuned Evo 8MR as it had been mapped for it. Running anything else caused det, especially when the air temp was cold.

I wouldn't run it on any vehicle unless it was turbocharged or mapped for it to be honest. Some people claim better MPG, but I think that they probably driver easier because in their head they want better MPG to justify the cost.

[Daimo]

Yeah turbocharged2.0 4 pot, designed to run on V-Power, but can run on less RON fuels with some slight side effects. (basically, you'd get two huge dips in power up the rev range, say 3000rpm, power would die off, then come back again by 4000rpm, then die off again at 5000rpm, but come back at 6k, and turbo power would die off not long after).

With V-power, no dips, just one consistant smooth delivery (well, i say smooth, the standard maps were not very good, too aggressive in 1st) throughout the entire rev range.



With regards to mpg above, i'd actually agree tbh. Fuel was less 4-5 years ago, putting v-power in wasn't as bad. There was deffo an increase in economy though, as when we filled up with V-power we'd drive it harder But it produced very similar ranges between fillups. Considering at full boost, full throttle, it ran down to 6.9mpg in STANDARD guise, and we drove it much harder, there was deffo a fuel saving overall.