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posted November 08, 2009 01:31 PM
Winter Storage with Race Gas??
A buddy of mine has always stored his bike with a 50/50 89 octane/ 104 race gas for the winter with good results. Im thinking about doing the same since I'm down about half tank and I'm ready to put the bike away for the winter. Any thoughts?? Good? Bad?
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Bad in Black
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posted November 08, 2009 01:59 PM
Mix some seafoam or other fuel stabilizer in with a full tank of gas and run the engine abit and you should be fine. I've heard bad things about race gas sitting for extended periods in fuel systems.
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posted November 08, 2009 02:34 PM
I though race gas didn't go bad like standard pump fuel.
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eklipse636
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posted November 08, 2009 04:07 PM
Fill it up with regular fuel and put sea foam or fuel stabil in it. No reason in wasting race fuel.
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posted November 08, 2009 05:07 PM
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Fill it up with regular fuel and put sea foam or fuel stabil in it. No reason in wasting race fuel.
+1 and ride it so the stablizer is mixed completely and in the fuel rail, etc.
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posted November 08, 2009 05:14 PM
Why not just drain it? Why take the risk of damaging your fuel pump? Its really a no brainer.
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posted November 08, 2009 11:06 PM
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Why not just drain it? Why take the risk of damaging your fuel pump? Its really a no brainer.
YIKES!!~!!
an empty tank, pump, rail, etc is the worst thing you can do for long term storage = corrosion
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posted November 08, 2009 11:25 PM
fill it with salt water then drain it and let it sit empty 
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posted November 09, 2009 12:15 AM
Fill it brim-full with regular fuel, so there's no air space left in the tank and a fuel injected bike should be fine.
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posted November 09, 2009 04:57 AM
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Why not just drain it? Why take the risk of damaging your fuel pump? Its really a no brainer.
YIKES!!~!!
an empty tank, pump, rail, etc is the worst thing you can do for long term storage = corrosion
I did mean drain just the race gas. Maybe I should not have assumed he knows it's bad to store dry.
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posted November 09, 2009 09:48 AM
Wow decided to ride some of that race gas out, the bike rips with race fuel!!!
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posted November 09, 2009 04:57 PM
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Wow decided to ride some of that race gas out, the bike rips with race fuel!!!
LOL actually you will make a little less HP with high octain fuel, it's only function is to stop detination. Run as low octain as you can for peak performance.
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posted November 09, 2009 05:32 PM
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Wow decided to ride some of that race gas out, the bike rips with race fuel!!!
LOL actually you will make a little less HP with high octain fuel, it's only function is to stop detination. Run as low octain as you can for peak performance.
+1 i found that out the hard way as well..
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posted November 09, 2009 06:02 PM
Sure does not feel like it makes less HP!!!!! Seems to be more responsive to me!
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posted November 09, 2009 06:02 PM
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Wow decided to ride some of that race gas out, the bike rips with race fuel!!!
LOL actually you will make a little less HP with high octain fuel, it's only function is to stop detination. Run as low octain as you can for peak performance.
+1 i found that out the hard way as well..
What if you run with a 4 degree advancer? How much Real HP is there in 87 vs 91??
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posted November 09, 2009 06:08 PM
good question... mine was completely stock, just changing fuel.
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