I have a 1998 BMW R850R. It requires 98 ron fuel. 95 ron is a minimum?

Question

I will be travelling across Australia shortly. Some of the places I will be stopping will not have the right fuel for my bike. Can I add an octane booster? Or will this damage the engine.

Perplexed

Answer 1

i would have thought all the servos over the nullabour would have at least a 95ron fuel by now.   i might be wrong, but there are lots of cars now that specify 95+

but if i am wrong theres nothing wrong with using a booster

Answer 2

octane boosters will work

Here is one product

http://www.nulon.com.au/products.php?pro...

Here is a page of homebrew/emergency mixes.

read the cautions before using them but if you must use octane boosters you will have an idea of what they are, even if they come in a can.

http://au.geocities.com/ozbrick850/engin...

If you don't have O2 sensers or catalytic converters on your motor it is still possible to buy leaded products (extremely poisonous)

http://www.kemcooil.com/products.php?cId...