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My wife's ex-boyfriend rode a Ninja and the other day, she told me that he used to put alcohol in his fuel tank with the gas every so often. Can anyone tell me what that's about? Is it advisable?
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Sounds like he was a drunk.
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LOL, I think it was more along the lines of isotropic alcohol. She said she thought it was something about cleaning the engine.....Counting the pennies everyday until there's enough of em to buy my *new* Katana.Comment
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Sounds like just one of the reasons he was the "ex"..
She has moved on to smarter men!Comment
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I used to put methyl hydrate (or alcohol) in my gas tank in the car during the winter to remove any water in the gas/tankComment
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Maybe he meant he used ethanol-mixed fuels.
The Kat can use a small amount of alcohol (ethanol/methanol) mixed into the fuel (see your owner's manual for percentages), but if you have the choice to avoid it on a typical motorcycle of any sort, you should.
Alcohol attracts water (hygroscopic) and since the Kat doesn't have a vapor-sealed fuel tank like modern cars do, it means it can pull water out of the ambient air (which then gathers at the bottom of the tank and induces rust). In winter, this hygroscopic issue has a secondary undesirable effect: the water content can cause your fuel passages get blocked by frozen water, especially in the smaller passages in a carb when the engine is stone cold (first start of the day).
Cheers,
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I use methyl hydrate in my snowmobile in the winter so that it doesn't freeze up in the coldnight rides.Comment
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Beer works real well if you do a 6 pack to every 3.2 gallons....Comment
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Thats alcohol abuse, WTF !!
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Well, given that we live in Atlanta, where there's not exactly that many days that are that cold..... Makes me think along the lines of this post:Originally posted by andrehendricken
He rode a ZX series Ninja if that has any bearing, at least in regards to the vapor sealed tank.... Don't know much about the Ninja's except that I don't like them.Originally posted by Black_peter
Originally posted by WildKatTo both of you, LOL!!!!!!! That's amesome!!!!Originally posted by slayergsxf1Counting the pennies everyday until there's enough of em to buy my *new* Katana.Comment
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