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    Need Help In Choosing SBK For A Friend!!!

    Hi,

    A friend of mine is planning to buy SBK by Jan-Feb 2013. As premium fuels are not available in his town, I suggested him to look at Yamaha FZ1, Honda CB1000R & Suzuki Bandit but he is more inclined towards fully faired bikes. So I searched our "Superbike And Imports" thread & found out that Suzuki Hayabusa is fine with low Octane fuel but unfortunately he is not interested in Hayabusa. Now I again searched a bit & I came to know that 2012 Honda CBR1000RR is the only fully faired SBK in India with lowest compression ratio i.e. 12.3:1 so what do you think guys, is CBR1000RR capable of running on normal fuel without knocking?

    PS: Reply only if you're sure as I don't want him to curse me afterwards.

    Regards.
    Last edited by Greymatter; 09-28-2012, 05:41 PM.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Greymatter View Post
      Hi,

      A friend of mine is planning to buy a SBK by Jan-Feb 2013. As premium fuels are not available in his town, I suggested him to look at Yamaha FZ1, Honda CB1000R & Suzuki Bandit but he is more inclined towards fully faired bikes. So I searched our "Superbike And Imports" thread & found out that Suzuki Hayabusa is fine with low Octane fuel but unfortunately he is not interested in Hayabusa. Now I again searched a bit & I came to know that 2012 Honda CBR1000RR is the only fully faired SBK in India with lowest compression ratio i.e. 12.3:1 so what do you think guys, is CBR1000RR capable of running on normal fuel without knocking?

      PS: Reply only if you're sure as i don't want my friend to curse me after purchasing.

      Regards.
      I owned a CBR 1000RR in 2005. I used to put "power" petrol regularly as high octane petrol was sparsely available. Bike worked pretty fine and i did not feel any difference. But i filled speed 97 in my bike whenever possible ( For psycological satisfaction). IMO there was no difference and bike performed absolutely normal.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by GT007 View Post
        I owned a CBR 1000RR in 2005. I used to put "power" petrol regularly as high octane petrol was sparsely available. Bike worked pretty fine and i did not feel any difference. But i filled speed 97 in my bike whenever possible ( For psycological satisfaction). IMO there was no difference and bike performed absolutely normal.
        Thanks for replying Sir, Is there any major difference between the Engines of 2005 & 2012 Fireblade?
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        • #5
          I’d really appreciate some opinions on this topic from SBK experts.
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          • #6
            There was a friend of mine who had a R1 and he use to fill regular petrol. And he din't face any issue with it. Later he sold his bike in 3 yrs brought a CBR fireblade and i guess even in that he use to put regular fuel with Speed some time!!.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by somen1984 View Post
              There was a friend of mine who had a R1 and he use to fill regular petrol. And he din't face any issue with it. Later he sold his bike in 3 yrs brought a CBR fireblade and i guess even in that he use to put regular fuel with Speed some time!!.
              Thankyou!!!
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              • #8
                I'd request all Fireblade owners in Xbhp to please share their experiences with normal fuel
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Greymatter View Post
                  Thanks for replying Sir, Is there any major difference between the Engines of 2005 & 2012 Fireblade?
                  I am no sir buddy. I havn't heard of any major difference in the engine. ABS , cosmetic changes etc I am aware of.

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                  • #10
                    @Mod : Xbhp Member "kid0m4n" who recently bought 2012 Honda CBR1000RR confirmed that Fireblade runs fine even with Normal Petrol so you can now close this thread. Thankyou everyone for replying here
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                    • #11
                      ^^ Cool name sir!

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