street bike motors are high compression, therefore 87 should definitely be knocking. My bike is old but i still use premium.

 

ex500's aren't high compression by any means. it'd probably run fine on 87, but the heat we've had lately may being playing into it. i run 87 in my chop, which probably has about the same c/r as an ex, and it runs fine. but mine's also been jetted for the temp outside.

 

clean and well lubricated?? what?? i'm talking about the cam chain, not the drive chain...lol.

 

I know you're talking about the cam chain.. lol. I was too, and then I went off to say it's not my drive chain that I'm referring to when I say it's noisy. That was confusing I guess, the way I said it. lol. Sorry

 

Turn bike on, put it in 6th gear, turn bike off, roll bike reverse while in gear. More of a temporary fix permanent fix is a manual APE CCT.

 

Ummmm, wow. If I had a super power I would be able to touch people and gain all of their knowledge

 

ah...ok... that makes sense now, no one said anything about rolling the bike BACKWARDS. that would slacken the rear of the cam chain, letting the tensioner come out a click or two. i gotcha.

 

Not true............

First track day; ran out of gas. Borrowed some 93 from Mark. First straightaway I almost got bucked off the bike.

Run what it tells you to run.




EDIT:

If the bike is stock that is.

 

Thank you.

I was about to call his ass up and see if he was just messing with me when he advised of the "fix"

 

lemme get this straight, you ran 93 octane in a your stock motored cbr and it almost bucked you off? i don't think the gas was the problem there buddy.