ArañaRider
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Does anyone put non ethanol in the spyder? Is it better for the spyder ?
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Non ethanol in the spyder?
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ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
All the time here. There is NO ethanol in Alaska gasoline.
oldguyinTX
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Anytime I can get it (which isn't often). Good for the Spyder, better mileage to boot.
Bfromla
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:agree::2thumbs: https://www.pure-gas.org/
mark4Jesus
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Sure do. I have a station that sells non-ethanol premium about 4 miles from my house.
ArañaRider
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Thanks for the responses. Looks like I should be putting non ethanol in my car as well
Bob Denman
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The 10% ethanol blended fuels certainly won't harm your bike…
But whenever I've been able o find straight gas: I get about a nice bump in fuel economy!
But whenever I've been able o find straight gas: I get about a nice bump in fuel economy!
Bob Denman
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Please note that the only mention of ethanol in the Owner's Manual, is to not go past a 10% mix
As far as Octane: that's a much bigger concern...
As far as Octane: that's a much bigger concern...
Easy Rider
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No and no.
It was designed to use E10 and that is no "worse" than pure gasoline.......unless maybe it will sit unused for a year or more.
Easy Rider
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Well you can believe whatever you want but the fact IS that will cost you a bit more overall because the gas with no ethanol in it costs enough more that you won't make up the difference with slightly better gas mileage.
And as far as your car goes, often the only non-ethanol product is high octane premium which costs a LOT more than regular.
If it makes you feel better then do it. But there really is no way to logically justify it.
Highwayman2013
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Some places have E0 regular too. I use E0 when I can get it too.
rustynail51
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This conversation has gotten stretched out to long. Every vehicle built now has been designed to run on a 10% ethanol blend. Non-oxygenated gas is for older vehicles and collector vehicles. I have ran my spyder on 10% ever since I drove it from the dealer I've even had to purchase 87 octane when nothing else was available have found very little difference in performance yes I have tried the non ethanol fuel and feel if there is any difference it is not worth the higher price.
This conversation has gotten stretched out to long. Every vehicle built now has been designed to run on a 10% ethanol blend. Non-oxygenated gas is for older vehicles and collector vehicles. I have ran my spyder on 10% ever since I drove it from the dealer I've even had to purchase 87 octane when nothing else was available have found very little difference in performance yes I have tried the non ethanol fuel and feel if there is any difference it is not worth the higher price.
BajaRon
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You will find people on both sides of every issue. And while it is true that modern vehicles are designed to tolerate the negative effects of ethanol fuel. Non-ethanol fuel is always better.
Whether or not it is better enough to justify the additional cost. That depends on the buyer. Though, to be completely honest. Ethanol fuel only APPEARS to be less expensive. We actually pay more for ethanol fuel than for straight gasoline. You just don't see it because of the taxpayer funded subsidies for ethanol fuel. Without these subsidies, ethanol fuel would be more expensive at the pump than non-ethanol fuel.
Plus, if you factor in all of the diesel fuel and oil based fertilizers used by farmers to grow and harvest the corn. And all of the energy needed to process the alcohol out of the corn. There is virtually no difference in the amount of pollution. And it ends up requiring more oil to produce a gallon of ethanol fuel than it does to create a gallon of non-ethanol gasoline.
But that is another subject altogether.
Whether or not it is better enough to justify the additional cost. That depends on the buyer. Though, to be completely honest. Ethanol fuel only APPEARS to be less expensive. We actually pay more for ethanol fuel than for straight gasoline. You just don't see it because of the taxpayer funded subsidies for ethanol fuel. Without these subsidies, ethanol fuel would be more expensive at the pump than non-ethanol fuel.
Plus, if you factor in all of the diesel fuel and oil based fertilizers used by farmers to grow and harvest the corn. And all of the energy needed to process the alcohol out of the corn. There is virtually no difference in the amount of pollution. And it ends up requiring more oil to produce a gallon of ethanol fuel than it does to create a gallon of non-ethanol gasoline.
But that is another subject altogether.
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