Ethanol gas

busa commuter

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Here im Va. most of the gas now has 10% ethnal in it. The gas is making my bike run very rough. Has anybody else had this problem?
 
Nope.
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I put the cheapest in it I can find. All of it has 10% ethanol in it. 20,000 miles, no problems. I sync the throttle bodies every 7500-8000 miles.
 
I actually add ethanol to my bike when I race to make it run cooler. I definately dont think that is what you can attribute the rough ride to.
 
(ECC Prez @ Aug. 15 2006,08:01) I actually add ethanol to my bike when I race to make it run cooler. I definately dont think that is what you can attribute the rough ride to.
Where do you get Ethanol from? You prolly mean Methanol, like alky motors use?
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Two different animals.......
 
<span style='color:darkred'></span>The problem with Ethanol starts at the station where you bought your gas. Ethanol (alcohol) will mix with water unlike strait gas. So say the tank at the station had a leak and the bottom of that tank was all water. The pick up for the pump doesn't go to the bottom for that reason. Now add Ethanol and all that water mixes into the gas then into your ride. To make things worse Ethanol will evaporate quikly leaves an even high percentage of water in you poor busa were in will no longer mix with the gas fooking up your bike. Bottom line is drain your tank and get gas somewhere eles. Heard down at the boat yard it's eating the alunmium but who knows right now.
 
(Mr Brown @ Oct. 06 2006,22:55)
(ECC Prez @ Aug. 15 2006,08:01) I actually add ethanol to my bike when I race to make it run cooler. I definately dont think that is what you can attribute the rough ride to.
Where do you get Ethanol from? You prolly mean Methanol, like alky motors use?
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<span style='color:darkred'>it's ethanol</span>
 
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