Oh Dummy Me.

[DakotaTG]

Around much of the Midwest and I think most other areas of the country the 87 octane has ethanol in it and from what I understand it is recommended that you do not use ethanol gas in Harleys. That being said here in Jamestown it is $2.259 for 87 octane gas which has ethanol and $2.459 for the "pure" regular gas. Premium (91 octane) is $2.709 so to fill up with premium vs regular gas without ethanol it's only $.25 a gallon more or $1.50 more for a 6 gallon tank and if your actually taking 6 gallons to fill up you must be running it to almost empty.

2016 Jade Green and Black TG.

[FuzzyWuzHe]

I've never understood how someone will spend 35k on a bike then save $1.50-$2.00 a tank to put fuel in it not recommended by the manufacturer ... JMHO.

[rhino 2]

Prices Vary station to station state to state....Out my way all gas has Ethanol [10%] in it..

Cash-Price-87-219.9- 91-229.9- 93- 239.9

Credit-Price- Add 10c a gallon...

[gerald martin]

Around much of the Midwest and I think most other areas of the country the 87 octane has ethanol in it and from what I understand it is recommended that you do not use ethanol gas in Harleys. That being said here in Jamestown it is $2.259 for 87 octane gas which has ethanol and $2.459 for the "pure" regular gas. Premium (91 octane) is $2.709 so to fill up with premium vs regular gas without ethanol it's only $.25 a gallon more or $1.50 more for a 6 gallon tank and if your actually taking 6 gallons to fill up you must be running it to almost empty.

2016 Jade Green and Black TG.

Read your owners manual. It says you can not use methanol but a blend of ethonal is fine

[Phu Cat]

When gasoline was $4.00/gal adding ethanol to it was profitable, but not when gas it down in the $2.50 or less range. It would be interesting to see if anybody is even making ethanol now. I'd guess most of the time we're getting 100% gasoline out of the 10% ethanol hose just because it's not cost effective to put ethanol in it any more I don't think.

But look what I found:

Ethanol shines in Nebraska agriculture



Recent reports indicate a strong future for ethanol production in 2017. With added capacity and a diversified platform, ethanol is a bright spot in a bleak agriculture forecast.

An impact study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln economists in 2015 revealed Nebraska’s ethanol production capacity growth between 1995 and 2014 was tenfold with a $5 billion annual economic impact. Just a few years later, that growth continues.

With an operating capacity of approximately 2.2 billion gallons of ethanol, Nebraska ethanol producers used 31 percent of the state’s corn crop in 2016. This operating capacity is an increase of five percent compared to 2015. Production is expected to rise in 2017 with a projected record year for ethanol.

Guess I was wrong.

PC