Nordkapp Episode 8

This morning was a special one... Because we have a temporary ignition switch, Sophie's bike don't want to start. Battery seam to be dead. So we push the bike, and again, and again... all that under the sun. But the bike still not start. So take a strap, and attach the 2 bikes together and pull Sophie's one, still nothing, nothing. So, I decided to take my tools, open the battery compartment to test de voltage on the battery, 13.3v, fine. Is not the battery, so it's the handmade ignition switch... So I turn in all the way back and forth, and suddenly, bike turned on!!! And it start, so time to pack all tools, put back the luggages on the bike and Go! So ready to start, so we ride 350 kilometers of highway, to finish our day in Umea. We got sun near all day, just a small 30 minutes of rain. So finally was a nice day, we arrived near 3:30 pm at the hotel.
#motorbikeglobetrotter
#norway
#nordkapp

[@advswede]

Nordkapp is on my todo list, next year maybe there is time :) Thanks for a nice movie.

[@motorbikeglobetrotter]

You have to find time to get there! Thank you

[@jamesmcgowan5933]

The octane at pump is high compared to Canada. Noticed that when in England regualar gas is like high test in Canada

[@motorbikeglobetrotter]

Measurement from North America and Europe are not the same. North America use RON, and Europe use Octane. Not same scale.

[@Xerdoz]

@@motorbikeglobetrotter That is just false information. Every single fuel has an octane rating. Octane rating basically means the fuel's resistance to ignition when compressed. The higher the number the more you can compress the fuel. Different countries use different testing methods for figuring out the octane rating. In Europe a RON (Research Octane Number) value is shown at the fuel pumps and in North America an average of RON and MON values are shown, which is known as the AKI (Anti-Knock Index).
Saying that Europe uses octane and North America uses RON is completely wrong, it doesn't even make any sense, whatsoever and the values shown in North America are the AKI values.

[@motorbikeglobetrotter]

@@Xerdoz Thank you for the precision, but in America what they show at the pump is average RON an MON and Europe is RON, so that mean the numbers show in America vs Europe are different, but it represent same grade of fuel. Is that right ?

[@Xerdoz]

@@motorbikeglobetrotter US (AKI) 93 is 98 elsewhere. US 91 is 95 elsewhere, pretty much.
The fuels probably differ in what additives they use due to different legislation but those don't affect the octane much at all.