What have you done to your bike today?

[Easy-X]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatic_compound

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[Nobby the Bastard]

Well, my petrol still smells like petrol so it clearly hasn't lost them despite being 8 months old.
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Triumph Sprint ST 1050

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[Nobby the Bastard]

In the tank. 8 months old and fired up first time despite all the dire warnings that it would lose it's ethanol or absorb a load of water.
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Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[blurredman]

I leave my bikes for years (I have too many, and I like to cycle between them all) with whatever petrol in the tank they had left. I haven't had an issue starting any of them.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S, 1979 MZ TS150.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 18k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 40k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 50k.

[A100man]

[Easy-X]

AFAIK electronic fuel injection systems should be vaguely "ethanol aware" (anything in the last decade I'm guessing) and not as badly affected by water settling out of the fuel. They just "power through it."
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Having owned my ZX6R for 20+ years I’ve certainly encountered problems recently with ethanol fuels when laid up, and when I recounted the symptoms to my local bike workshop the fella said “ethanol” without prompting, and he’d seen it often recently too.

[matadora]

My family has had the flu all week, so I have been limited to indoor bike-related activities:

3D printed screw caps for my mirrors
Ordered a number plate with the slogan 'Big bike energy' (to suit my 125 with L plates)
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Pootling along the streets of London on a YBR 125 (2010)

[sickpup]

Not the bike, the tyre machine.
Finally had some time to work on the tyre machine. One of the air valves was seized so cleaned and lubed, then discovered the carriage was seized so it wouldn't clamp a wheel.
Stripped out various seized bolts, cleaned some bits and then shocked it back into movement.
Needs various nuts and bolts replacing which I shall order later but otherwise seems ok.

Keep in mind it's a 20+ year old Butler Superbike tyre machine that lives outside. I've owned it for 15 years and it cost me a whole £150. It's paid for itself multiple times, I've done in the region of 150+ tyre changes with it and when it finally fails I will get my money back on it.

<edit>Works again but not at full power, will have to strip further.</edit>

[panrider_uk]

Booked it's 600 mile first service
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Current bikes: Hondas - Forza 750, ST1100 Pan European

[Rob W]

Ordered a new set of tyres, PR6's, and now just need a break in the weather to get the wheels off and get them swapped over.
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'23 XSR900

[recman]

[panrider_uk]

[RhynoCZ]

Today I washed my motorcycle and then went for a ''short'' trip to dry it out properly...

NOTE: Some of the images might seem like late 70's to early 90's film photographs, however that is fully intentional.
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[CrypticCrud]

Took the Z to Wales on Saturday (non M-way) & back today.

Notts > Derby > Uttoxeter > Stafford > Telford > Much Wenlock > Craven Arms > Knighton > Llandrindod.

Not perfect weather but I didn't get totally piss wet through.
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CBT - Aug24, Theory - Jun25
Mod 1 - Jul25, Mod 2 - ….

[deadly_penguin]

Bought a new-to-me Enfield Interceptor the other week. Thought I'd give it a good little run-in with a trip from Southampton up to York.
Not too bad, better winding round the back roads from Doncaster, but definitely a better trip than the same thing on the old CBF125.
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A spanner short of a toolbox

[MarJay]

[A100man]

[MarJay]

[to v or not to v]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Its standard poverty 95 RON E10 on my bike. Still works fine ujsing a tank full I bought in January.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[RhynoCZ]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Yep, exactly, so all those forecasts of doom and vehicles spluttering their end with 6 month old fuel seem to be unfounded.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[RhynoCZ]

Well, I guess at some point (high price of crude oil) we'll get very close to the 10% mark and that's when some older machines might have issues, especially those that are not used regularly.
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor