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Fuel additives

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Just wondering what petrol/Gas is most used by you guys.

this morning I stopped for fuel at the only place near me
that sells L.R.P. that is Lead Replacement Petrol. UK
equivalent of what used to be 4-star petrol before they
banned lead. They will not be selling it any more because
they can't get it. That means I'll need to buy the higher
octane rating unleaded fuel and put in the bottled additive
because I obviously care about my valves!

Which means I need to carry the stuff around. PITA.

What's the feeling on just using unleaded fuel because
I've not seen any mention on here about using additives?

Can you still get LRP in the states?
 
When they first banned lead in California, a lot of riders panicked. As far as I know, most (if not all) japanese motorcycles will run fine on unleaded with no problems (I've never had any).

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but the main concern is soft valve seats and guides. As we have aluminum heads, we've also got hard steel valve seats (have to have something there, aluminum wouldn't survive).

My suggestion is to not use any additives.
 
braindead0 said:
but the main concern is soft valve seats and guides. As we have aluminum heads, we've also got hard steel valve seats (have to have something there, aluminum wouldn't survive).

My suggestion is to not use any additives.
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You are right on both counts...
 
Been using unleaded for years here. I've had no issues.
 
Thanks, I'll just leave the additive on the shelf
and use the higher-octane unleaded then.

Must be bad stuff - when I used it before there
was a bad smell in the garage - even herself
mentioned it - and we both normally sort
of like the smell of hot bike and petrol...
 
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