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Hello from Indy

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Hi just picked up a 2002 Mean Streak it has a power commander III on it and a vance and hines exhaust on it and a bigger carb the front forks are leaking but I'm having them rebuilt next week was wanting to know what gas to use I see some people say just regular but if it has mods and a power commander to use premium
 

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Welcome to the forum from Texas. That's a very nice bike you have. You need to be running premium fuel according to your owners manual which I'm including a link to. It says to use 95 RON which is 91 octane in the US. Page 21.

 
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I have a PC3, V&H pipes, and a K&N filter on mine. I've used both 87 regular and 91 premium and never noticed a difference. Recently I've switched to pure gas. The local station near me sells pure gas at 89 octane. Again, no noticeable difference. If you can spare the extra dollar or two, just go with premium for peace of mind.