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If you look at some of the smaller stations in OKC, you can find corn-free gas...most of the ethanol free I see here and in most of the midwest (I ride a LOT) is 87 octane. I have run 87 in my stock bike without hesitation. On the chopper, with 10.5 compression, I'll try to run premium, but I've run 87 w/o hurting anything, just don't make a habit of it. Internal compression engines are amazingly resilient.I run corn gas in my high performance S&S evo clone that has an S&S carb (made in '99) on it. I have zero problems. Most people I ride with still run carbs: same thing.You're wrong, but that's ok. Ethanol is like oil threads and religion choices. everyone has their own opinion.
No you are wrong and that is a fact! Like arguing with a damn wall! I have seen it destroy fuel lines, gasket and diaphragms many many times! I have tore apart and rebuilt engines hundreds of times. I know what the hell I am talking about. Go ahead and keep your head stick in the sand. That is alright.
I too have had lots and lots of small engine damage from running ethanol gas, it corrodes and eats away the metals (as much, if not more than it gums up). Which was the whole point of the thread. My sons run the ethanol free in a '14 street glide and an '08 V-Rod and swear by it. Before I started running it in my springer I thought I hear what everyone on here thought about it. Thanks ya'll, never meant to start a feud ...
I have a Roush motor in one of my cars with a Holley Dominator. I had to change out the metering blocks a few years ago because they were eaten from the inside. At the time we were thinking electrolysis, but now I am wondering if ethanol could be the culprit. At the time I was mixing premium E10 with race gas. Now I run straight race gas and have had no issues. The motor has aluminum heads and an aluminum intake manifold, so I always questioned if electrolysis was possible being that the carb is also aluminum. There seems to be differing opinions on what ethanol will do to aluminum.
And S&H Green Stamps. My mom got all kinds of **** for the house with those.
Oh yeah. When I was 16 I got a Kay arch top electric guitar like this with my Mom's "Green Stamps", only the soapbar pickups were smooth on top, and the selector switch was a "chickenhead ****" style located up near the neck where a Les Paul switch is located.
These things go for $200 and up nowadays. The thing was huge.
I have a station about 10 mi away that has 91 ethanol free.
And one up the street that has 86.
I regularly fill up at the one up the street even tho 91 oct. is recommended in our bikes.
If I'm low on a weekend I'll ride up for the 91.
In a pinch I run whatever 91 I can find.
Oh yeah. When I was 16 I got a Kay arch top electric guitar like this with my Mom's "Green Stamps", only the soapbar pickups were smooth on top, and the selector switch was a "chickenhead ****" style located up near the neck where a Les Paul switch is located.
These things go for $200 and up nowadays. The thing was huge.
Hollow body with scumsuckers still has to sound good.
Still have it?
If ethanol gas sits in your tank too long it can gum up the tank, carbs (if you have them), etc. I know
people who store their bikes OVER THE WINTER with ethanol gas in the tank. Yikes. That's
just begging for trouble.
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