Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

Mattjin wrote:Lots of good info.

Thanks for your input.

Most cars use plastic for fuel tanks these days, and stainless for injectors and fuel rails. Only the fuel lines themselves may be an issue with most stainless but some are alloy. The fuel system should be sealed with the only venting being via the purge control system, these days ECU controlled with the only ingress of air (or water) being through displacement of used fuel. Bikes might be more of an issue because in Australia they arent required to run evaporative controls like they are in the US, and will draw in air to the tank via the fuel cap. Even so, 10% ethanol is not enough to be of great concern, and the contamination you should see would only be about as bad as you normally get from your average country petrol station.

The best advice is to use 98RON and make sure the engine is tuned to use it, but if you are stuck and have to throw E10 in it dont think it is the end of the world. At least it is on average 94RON or better and other than running a few percent leaner it shouldn't do any harm. If you plan to not ride your bike for months throw 98RON in it instead. Not hard to do.

Im lucky to have a caltex right down my street that has a high turnover, and the people there are really reliable so i use the 98 blend, always works great and get good millage outta it. But servos can differ, really depends on the owner. The integrity of the owner can depend whether or not they mix any crap in it to water it down.

Here in Tassie some times 98/96 is hard to get over on the west coast. I always carry a bottle of octain booster. Taht way if I have to take on 94 I can boost it a bit.

Cya Dutchy