11-17-2013, 03:49 AM
Ah okay, now I understand. You mean the engine homologation differs from country to country or continent to continent. Yes right, 87 octane fuel is not available here in Germany. Even 92 octane fuel is nearly no longer available anymore. As there are so many different fuel types here and as at our gas stations each gas pump has more than one nozzle (one for each different sort of fuel), some pumps have 5 or 6 nozzles. So I think with Diesel, Diesel+, Super 95 E5, Super 95 E10, and Super+ most of the gas stations simply gave up serving also Benzin 92.
As a Benzin 92 engine can also operate with Super 95 this is generally no problem - despite the fact that Benzin 92 was some cents cheaper per liter. So I think the second reason to deprecate Benzin 92 at German fuel stations is simply the higher profit they can make with other type of fuels.
I fuel up my CB 1100 always with Super 95.
Besides that: Homologation for octane 86 grade would also have some side effects on emission levels, hp/torque of the engine and fuel consumption, right?
I just check the U.S. Honda website and did not find any specifications of the CB 1100 engine regarding hp/torque, I only found [url=http://powersports.honda.com/2013/cb1100/specifications.aspx]this.
As a Benzin 92 engine can also operate with Super 95 this is generally no problem - despite the fact that Benzin 92 was some cents cheaper per liter. So I think the second reason to deprecate Benzin 92 at German fuel stations is simply the higher profit they can make with other type of fuels.
I fuel up my CB 1100 always with Super 95.
Besides that: Homologation for octane 86 grade would also have some side effects on emission levels, hp/torque of the engine and fuel consumption, right?
I just check the U.S. Honda website and did not find any specifications of the CB 1100 engine regarding hp/torque, I only found [url=http://powersports.honda.com/2013/cb1100/specifications.aspx]this.