100 Octane Pump Gas by 2020?

[gmrocket]

I didn't know the Rotax engines were used in new bikes.....

BRP uses Rotax in all their trikes....

[naukkis79]

I didn't know the Rotax engines were used in new bikes.....

Aprilia uses them, also some BMW bikes too.

[Truckedup]

Duh, I sould have remember the later Buells .......I believe some of the newer Aprilia big bore bikes use a Paggio built engine ?

[Tom Walker]

In my opinion, for my industry, which is trucking, the holy grail of internal combustion engines is this. Good fuel mileage is definitely a need, but reliability and durability is paramount. Downtime is a deal breaker and downtime due to a crazy amount of complexity and endless number of sensors on the engine failing, has been the cause of some smaller operations failing completely.
We require an engine that can be operated in a profitable manner, repaired quickly and easily, which to us means, "The simpler, the better.
After 40 plus years of operating diesels for a living, you learn what works and what can take you down or completely out with its maintenance and repair costs.