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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Petrol additives
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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 24228" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p>FWIW, I've never used additives in fuel*. I did top the Vin up with Avgas (used in a race bike) occasionally, but probably haven't adjusted the tappets in 12,000 miles. When the heads were off, at 50,000 miles, after 6000 miles on lead-free, the seats were OK. The other high-mileage bike, the Ducati, 1993, may have hardened seats, but at 56,000 miles has only been serviced once in 14,000 miles.</p><p>* Not entirely true: I use 1:100 R in the 1922 Sunbeam: people like the smell, and it stops the valves sticking...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 24228, member: 4034"] FWIW, I've never used additives in fuel*. I did top the Vin up with Avgas (used in a race bike) occasionally, but probably haven't adjusted the tappets in 12,000 miles. When the heads were off, at 50,000 miles, after 6000 miles on lead-free, the seats were OK. The other high-mileage bike, the Ducati, 1993, may have hardened seats, but at 56,000 miles has only been serviced once in 14,000 miles. * Not entirely true: I use 1:100 R in the 1922 Sunbeam: people like the smell, and it stops the valves sticking... [/QUOTE]
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