Ethanol free fuel
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From: East Tn Foot of The Dragon
1. Pure gas premium top tier fuel
2. Pure gas regular
3. Ethanol premium top tier fuel
4. Ethanol premium
I have run regular pure gas for years with good results and no issues. If you are about to store your bike for the season, I suggest you top it off with pure gas and 4 oz's of Startron concentrate and run motor.
Last edited by checkers; Oct 15, 2016 at 08:23 PM.
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From: Central Illinois
One of the biggest problems with ethanol-free gas, is that it's often hard to locate. The closest station that has it is 20 miles from my house. But I use it exclusively in my lawn mowers, chainsaws, etc. as the ethanol clogs the carburetors something fierce. Haven't had any problems with ethanol in any of my fuel-injected engines yet, including the Harley. But if it's available wherever I'm traveling- I always opt for the ethanol-free.
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From: va
You can remove ethanol from gas by adding water ( at least 13oz water to 1gal gas ) shake well --let settle a few hours the water and ethanol will settle to bottom and pour off the real gas , Try it in a big glass container , you must add at least 10% water OR more to remove the 10% ethanol ( or 1/2 gal --- 5% ) At the pump is still more convenient and probably the same prise
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One potential problem with "pure gas" is that since sales volume tends to very low (compared to gas containing ethanol), you may be getting gasoline that's been in the gas station's storage tank for a long time, and is very old.
