E10 Petrol and your motorcycle compatibility

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E10 Petrol and your motorcycle compatibility

#1 Post by Ben » Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:17 am

Government is going to introduce E10 petrol as the default from 2021.

Currently we're on E5. If you run a carb'd bike or pre 2008 model (or an Aprilia? :smt002 ) you might need to switch to the premium fuel instead (as that's remaining E5, for now).

Article here: https://bikerrated.com/bikes/running/e1 ... titbility/

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Re: E10 Petrol and your motorcycle compatibility

#2 Post by Gio » Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:08 pm

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Re: E10 Petrol and your motorcycle compatibility

#3 Post by yello » Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:35 pm

SP98 (98 octane) petrol in France is starting to get more difficult to find, by no means impossible but it's not guaranteed to be at every station. I'll use 95 on long runs, when I'm guaranteed to use a tank full, but definitely not if the bikes going to be off the road for for a bit. I'll not touch E10 under any circumstances.

My wife's 95 ZZR600 got it's carbs gunked up on 95 due to be layed up over winter. An expensive lesson to learn.

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Re: E10 Petrol and your motorcycle compatibility

#4 Post by Shebee » Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:43 pm

I was filling the scrambler today and noticed that it has a sticker for E0, E5 and E10 on the tank. So hopefully that means it will be ok... fingers crossed 🤞
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Re: E10 Petrol and your motorcycle compatibility

#5 Post by katie1 » Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:00 pm

Gio wrote:
Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:08 pm
Or you could try this;

https://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Ethanol-from-Gas
I reckon BP might get a bit annoyed if we started setting up Dr Jekyll labs next to the pump every time we fuelled up? :smt017
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Re: E10 Petrol and your motorcycle compatibility

#6 Post by Gio » Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:23 am

katie1 wrote:
Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:00 pm
Gio wrote:
Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:08 pm
Or you could try this;

https://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Ethanol-from-Gas
I reckon BP might get a bit annoyed if we started setting up Dr Jekyll labs next to the pump every time we fuelled up? :smt017
Sod Blair Petroleum. :smt003
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