Guzzi question re E10
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From: Lars Chance on 12 Aug 2010 06:03 Kevin Gleeson wrote: > > Exactly. I drove a mate's ute the other day and it was running like a > dog. I asked what fuel he was running on and he said it was E10. If > the engine can't handle it, you end up with a fucked performance > vehicle that will end up costing you more to run. Stoopid. > Even engines that CAN handle it don't do much on it. The general consensus is that you get 10% less mileage on E10 so while it's only 3% or 4% cheaper it's not economical. It does provide some anti-knock capability though so that may appeal to some. -- Elsie.
From: Nev.. on 12 Aug 2010 07:39 On 12/08/2010 10:41 AM, Andrew McKenna wrote: > All of the Japanese manufacturers say their bikes can't run on E10. All the evidence I have seen, (ie owners manuals on every Japanese bike I have owned in the past 10 years), is that the Japanese manufactures say their bikes CAN run on E10. Nev.. '08 DL1000K8
From: G-S on 12 Aug 2010 07:54 On 12/08/10 9:39 PM, Nev.. wrote: > On 12/08/2010 10:41 AM, Andrew McKenna wrote: > >> All of the Japanese manufacturers say their bikes can't run on E10. > > All the evidence I have seen, (ie owners manuals on every Japanese bike > I have owned in the past 10 years), is that the Japanese manufactures > say their bikes CAN run on E10. > > Nev.. > '08 DL1000K8 Kawasaki Australia strongly recommend not using it and the FCAI have this list. http://www.fcai.com.au/publications/all/all/all/3/can-my-vehicle-operate-on-ethanol-blend-petrol- The japanese bikes are mostly ok using E5 (europe mix) but are not generally rated for E10. The owners manuals may say 'can use ethanol fuel' but I'd bet they mean E5. G-S
From: Zebee Johnstone on 12 Aug 2010 08:47 In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:00:10 -0700 (PDT) theo <theodoreb(a)bigpond.com.au> wrote: > > My Norge definitely prefers 98 and runs better and further on it than > on 95. It really doesn't like 91 at all. > Ditto. The owner's manual says 95 is the minimum. It also prefers BP Ultimate to Mobil or Shell. Zebee
From: Nev.. on 12 Aug 2010 09:09
On 12/08/2010 9:54 PM, G-S wrote: > On 12/08/10 9:39 PM, Nev.. wrote: >> On 12/08/2010 10:41 AM, Andrew McKenna wrote: >> >>> All of the Japanese manufacturers say their bikes can't run on E10. >> >> All the evidence I have seen, (ie owners manuals on every Japanese bike >> I have owned in the past 10 years), is that the Japanese manufactures >> say their bikes CAN run on E10. >> >> Nev.. >> '08 DL1000K8 > > Kawasaki Australia strongly recommend not using it and the FCAI have > this list. > > http://www.fcai.com.au/publications/all/all/all/3/can-my-vehicle-operate-on-ethanol-blend-petrol- Honda CBR1100XX owner manual Page 28 "Do not use petrol that contains more than 10% ethanol". Kawasaki ZX12R owners manual Page 39 "Never use "gasohol" with more than 10% ethanol". Suzuki DL1000 owners manual Page 3-2 "Blends of Gasoline/Ethanol may be used as long as the percentage of ethanol does not exceed 10%". My anecdotal evidence of specific statements from the manufacturers beats your webpage with non-specific sweeping generalisations... and that was a 100% hit rate on just the 3 bikes I checked. Nev.. '08 DL1000K8 |