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bob66 4 Apr 2013 06:58

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Originally Posted by Kilian (Post 417595)
Hi, a question: are those octane ratings RON? If they aren't, what would be the equivalent in RON? I'm from Spain and most bikes in Europe run on 95 RON, so 80 sounds very low... Would and EFI bike run well with such low-grade fuel?

Thanks!

In 2010 we were in Mongolia 2 ktm 990 adv, 1 ktm 690 end, 1 bmw f650gs... no problems. mostly with 80 octane

colebatch 5 Apr 2013 07:36

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Originally Posted by Kilian (Post 417595)
I'm from Spain and most bikes in Europe run on 95 RON, so 80 sounds very low...

About 95% of foreign bikers in Mongolia are also from Europe / Russia, and also riding European branded / built bikes. If I had to guess I would say 60-75% of foreign bikes travelling thru there are fuel injected.

You get a few riders from Australia or the US, but basically everyone is on a KTM or BMW or Africa Twin or Tenere and from Europe / Russia. Your situation is standard.

We almost all have to put 80 octane in our bikes at some stage when in Mongolia and we usually survive. :thumbup1:

Gunnermon 13 Apr 2013 06:42

At provincial centres you get 92 octane petrol, no problem. If you are concerned you can mix those 0.5 l octane raising liquid stuff from petrol stations to put with the 80 oct.

motoreiter 11 Jun 2013 18:42

I've been trying to clarify whether the border at Kyakhta is open on weekends; I received a couple of inconclusive responses from people who have been there, but found this website which seems to list the hours of all of the Mongolian border crossings:

http://www.infomongolia.com/ct/ci/220/133/

Seems to be open every day, I guess we'll see.


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