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Leaded or Unleaded
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:47 pm
by gulf690
For some time I have been adding the lead replacement mixture to unleaded, but have recently been informed that Japanese bikes started running on straight unleaded fuel even before my old machine (1983 GPZ 750).
Anyone have a definitive answer on this ?
thanks
gulf
Re: Leaded or Unleaded
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:16 pm
by ttc
I'm pretty sure that's correct..
someone is bound to disagree with me though
Re: Leaded or Unleaded
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:56 am
by r1_forever
I'm pretty sure that's incorrect..
someone is bound to disagree with me though
Re: Leaded or Unleaded
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:59 am
by hoffy
I heard you run Premium 98 and it's all good, but someone is bound to disagree with me
Re: Leaded or Unleaded
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:29 am
by MickLC
gulf690 wrote:For some time I have been adding the lead replacement mixture to unleaded, but have recently been informed that Japanese bikes started running on straight unleaded fuel even before my old machine (1983 GPZ 750).
Anyone have a definitive answer on this ?
thanks
gulf
Yeah, even my old 1976 z650 can run fine on unleaded as they were putting the hardened valve seats in for the yank bikes, so you should be able to run no problems on unleaded without any additives.
Re: Leaded or Unleaded
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:43 pm
by Glen
Holy Shit everyone agrees
You can feel the love in the room can't ya.........
I think Tank Foam would improve the performance of your bike though
Re: Leaded or Unleaded
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:13 pm
by Frank
Glen wrote:Holy Shit everyone agrees
You can feel the love in the room can't ya.........
I think Tank Foam would improve the performance of your bike though
Hey Glen don't forget the Yak Fat
TM
Re: Leaded or Unleaded
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:31 pm
by mick_dundee
I think this thread needs a wise old bastard to chip in, where are ya Yoda?
Re: Leaded or Unleaded
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:51 pm
by Smitty
mick_dundee wrote:I think this thread needs a wise old bastard to chip in, where are ya Yoda?
yoda speaks
dwell on the could haves..we must NOT
Focus on the solution we must
ok..you blokes
AFAIK...the first decent Kwaka to accept the ULP brew
was the late GpZ750 circa 1983/4 (not the aircool version)
(my early GeePeeZee and Turbo version needed healthy doses of LEAD..!)
the GeePeeX750 ('85 on) was an unleaded beast..no problem
that is the problem solution...we know
cheers
yoda
Re: Leaded or Unleaded
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 am
by MickLC
Smitty wrote:[...
AFAIK...the first decent Kwaka to accept the ULP brew
was the late GpZ750 circa 1983/4 (not the aircool version)...
So are you saying my z650 is indecent?
Like I said, they were making them with hardened valve seats for the US market and delivering them around the world for years before unleaded was introduced in Australia. I'm sure Gos can give specific models and dates, but definitely before the 83/84 GPZ.