fuel treatments

[Polarbear]

The only additive I have ever used is Marine 16 to kill diesel bug in marine engines and you wont get that in bikes

When I was at sea I'd leave my bikes for up to eight months and the petrol was fine when I got back.

I do like the smell of Redex in old classic bikes though. I doubt it does much but it's up there with 2 smoke and Zen perfume on my erotic smells list.
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[MCN]

[chickenstrip]

[GettinBetter]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[Tdibs]

I left the fazer 1000 with a full tank of e5 in it for roughly 5 months over our winter period. Started and ran as usual after bringing it out of hibernation. Noticed no depreciable decline in economy or leaking hoses after that period either. We have seen some types of filters die quickly to the eth though, really need better data on what survives and what does not long term.

Ive been guilty of 'it runs better on vpower' myself, after pulling out from storage, but I would be kidding myself if I honestly believed it was actually doing anything without some scientific proof.
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[chickenstrip]

I'm not guilty of anything other than stating my own experience on the matter.
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[GettinBetter]

[chickenstrip]

People are probably reading too much into what I'm saying anyway. I tend to favour VPower when it's convenient, but don't hunt for a Shell garage when I need to refuel. Since the tuning mods were done to my bike, it runs a lot better anyway. Apparently it could be even better if I added a 3 or 4 degree ignition advancer (or modified the existing plate to achieve the same - it's simple enough). Maybe if I tried it, I'd notice a difference, but I don't notice anything that suggests a need for it.

With the tuning that has been done, initially it had some material taken out from the inside bottom of the carb rubbers, block side, which removed a 'lip' conceivably interrupting smooth intake flow a little, the idea to increase efficiency to the max. Some say it makes a noticeable difference. But when I got this bike, I swapped the modified carbs from the last one, but not those carb rubbers, since the ones that came on this bike were in much better general condition. Can't say I noticed any loss by not doing so.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

The only was to check if an additive does anything is to stick the bike on a dynometer and.examine the power curve.

Endoscope, wtf? Sticking one in would make your arse hurt so no chance of using one to examine jets. Carbon deposits on pistons won't build up any appreciable amount from just using one tank of fuel.
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Sprint ST 1050

[chickenstrip]

[MCN]

Carbon deposits on a modern engine running on modern fuels are a negligible concern.
Auld shitty Engines that were clashed together by the OEM and were probably overloaded and abused would eventually start to burn oil as wear increased.
70k miles was about a good point to overhaul.
Modern engines can easily do twice that before overhaul (If worth it).
Fuel additives will only be worth while if they increase range/power.
And there are Hee-Haw additives on the market that provide any cash benefit. And probably do not even recovery the cost of addition to the tank or the phaphery involved.
Modern Fuels DO contain additives that older fuels did not have. The additives are there for many reasons.
One reason may be simply to discourage some folk from drinking it.
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[chickenstrip]

[GettinBetter]

[MCN]

[chickenstrip]

Do you get less carbon deposits if you're the kind that thrashes their bike all the time? Or more?
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[Nobby the Bastard]

Misting water into the air intake will clear carbon deposits just as effective as any additive and as previously stated modern fuels don't really cause them anyway. Unless your engine is running far too rich
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[chickenstrip]

Gotta say, it isn't something I've been concerned about since I last owned a 2 stroke.
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[to v or not to v]

i thought my carbs might benefit from it, possibly clean the internals up a bit.