CRF1000L on low octane fuel (80RON)
Hi everyone!
I haven't found any info after several searches, so I'll start a thread. Sorry if this has already been posted elsewhere!
I am planning a trip to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan this summer and I'm worried about the low octane fuel, particularly in Uzbekistan, where it is common to find only 80RON (usually sold out of some rusty barrel in someone's backyard).
A friend who's coming on a KTM 1190 Adventure R bought an "offroad dongle" from KTM which among other things activates a different engine mapping to allow the bike to run on low octane fuel, and I've heard of a similar device available for BMWs.
I asked about this at the Honda dealer where I bought my AT in 2016 and the guy there had no idea what I was talking about. So far I have not found anything online from third party manufacturers either...
Does anybody have info about this? Is it possible to adapt to the AT to accept low octane fuel? Is the compression ratio low enough that this would not be an issue, even as low as 80RON?
I know I can add octane boosters to the fuel, but they only raise the octane rating by two or three units, and 82-83RON is still quite low compared to the 91RON minimum recommended in the owner's manual (Europe)
Thanks!
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