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  • 1_v8_merc
    • Mar 2026

    #1

    Fuel Additives(smoother idle)

    Hey guys, just bought some Berrymans B-12 Chemtool Fuel Treatment yesterday on a whim.
    (It says Injectors, Carbs and Valves)

    Just wanted to know how safe this stuff is, it's not going to burn my plastic and o-rings and stuff is it? I mean it says that it's for Carburetors.

    I remember a few people saying they have used it before.......but they never posted the results!
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    My bike is running pretty damn good right now, but Im wondering if I could maybe smoothen out my Idle a tad bit, and maybe get a little of that gunk off my pistons and valves.

    Anybody have any experience with these fuel additives?
  • BassCliff

    #2
    Hi,

    Sea Foam is the standard elixir of choice. It's worked well for me. I can't speak on the Berryman's B-12. Let us know how you like it.


    Thank you for your indulgence,

    BassCliff

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    • Agemax
      Forum Guru
      • Apr 2008
      • 8371
      • plymouth uk

      #3
      i dont use it in my bike but i use acetone in my car, have done for years. increased fuel economy, reduced emissions and with 120k on the clock it still runs and idles sweet as a nut.
      50ml to 50 litres of fuel and its only about ?1.50.
      1978 GS1085.

      Just remember, an opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!

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      • Guest

        #4
        The Berrymans fuel additive works great.

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        • chuck hahn
          Forum LongTimer
          Past Site Supporter
          • May 2009
          • 25951
          • Norman, Oklahoma

          #5
          what stores is the berrymans sold in?? might give the old girls a treatment or two.
          MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
          1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

          NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


          I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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          • Guest

            #6
            It depends on what part of the country you're from to what the auto parts stores are called. They are all owned by the same companies. Here they are called "almac?n de las piezas de autom?vil"

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            • 1_v8_merc

              #7
              Wew, dont know if she was having a good day, but the Idle was a little higher than normal but smooth, and throttle felt really tight and strong.....i had the bike out an hour earlier and it wasnt quite that strong!
              (although with these old bikes, they can be moody sometimes....atleast mine is.)

              I have to goto work tonite, so i'll take a couple trips tomorrow morning and see how she runs then in comparison to today.....the winds are pretty nasty today, so it's not the best time to be zipping around town cleaning out the engine.


              They carry berrymans at wal-mart of all places, that's where I found mine!


              and at like $2 or 3 a can, i'll give it a shot.

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              • BassCliff

                #8
                Originally posted by chef1366
                It depends on what part of the country you're from to what the auto parts stores are called. They are all owned by the same companies. Here they are called "almac?n de las piezas de autom?vil"


                Now that's funny right there. Funny, but true.


                Thank you for your indulgence,

                BassCliff

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                • Guest

                  #9
                  Originally posted by BassCliff


                  Now that's funny right there. Funny, but true.


                  Thank you for your indulgence,

                  BassCliff
                  I'll be here all week



                  Try the prime rib

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