Dear All,
Re dirty fuel.
We fitted inline filters and judging by the colour of it after India and Burma I think we saved the engines some grief.
If you do do Burma/Eastern India then its not so much a dirt problem its more an OCTANE problem. It can be as low as a shocking 60 octane!! You need to consider carrying octane booster. This comes in a small plastic bottle. The sign of really crap octane is the clearness of the fuel and the smell. (smells like alchohol) Also colour can hep - ie if its red and sold in bottle the side of the road then its likely to come from china and be about 90 octane... most bikes prefer 95. Another sign of crap octane is the engine makes a rattling sound as you accelerate. Answer here is to accellerate gently.. until you can find better fuel! Hope this helps and I hope you have as much fun as we did in India etc. Simon
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