Fuel Question
You'll be fine, millions of NON flex fuel vehicles run it everyday without issue and have for years. But like stated just dont store your bike with ethanol blended fuel in it for long periods of time (like a year+)
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That's because you ship that crap away from you and force us to buy it. I have to travel almost 15 miles to get non-ethanol gas and then pay a 50% premium for it. I do it for small engines because I'm tired of dealing with lawnmowers that refuse to start and require new carb gaskets due to corn juice.
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That's because you ship that crap away from you and force us to buy it. I have to travel almost 15 miles to get non-ethanol gas and then pay a 50% premium for it. I do it for small engines because I'm tired of dealing with lawnmowers that refuse to start and require new carb gaskets due to corn juice.
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From: Southern IL
x2...Fuel injectors not affected like carburetors. All my small engines get stabil when stored for the winter and I never have issues. I like Stabil but you can use whatever.
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E-10 is just fine in Harleys with fuel injection and working oxygen sensors. They're designed to handle it, and will automatically make the appropriate slight mixture change.
They'll even run a little bit cooler with E-10, since alcohol absorbs more heat when it evaporates than straight gasoline does.
So looking for pure gasoline is just a wast of time and money on any vehicle with a modern fuel system. Most of the horror stories are left over from many years ago, or from non-roadgoing engines, where compatibility wasn't required.
They'll even run a little bit cooler with E-10, since alcohol absorbs more heat when it evaporates than straight gasoline does.
So looking for pure gasoline is just a wast of time and money on any vehicle with a modern fuel system. Most of the horror stories are left over from many years ago, or from non-roadgoing engines, where compatibility wasn't required.
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