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Not Yamaha but I ran my old 1983 R80G/S on E10 for 20,000 miles in the US before it was available in Europe and apart from not running quite as smoothly I could not tell the difference and it seemed to have no adverse affect on the engine or carbs, as with when unleaded was introduced I expect the negative effects are blown somewhat out of proportion.
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Thanks for info! Did you open carb in this time?
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I quess stabilizer products will be hot seller from now, maybe som solutions that separate the ethanol. Or simply fill inn water in petrol and tap out bottom part water and ethanol combined. There will always be a way for the old and noisy!
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Thanks for info! Did you open carb in this time?
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Yes it was over 2 years and three trips with the bike stored in between, I always drained the tank and carbs when storing, put fresh petrol in on my return and it ran straight away. I did take the carbs apart sometime after returning the bike to the UK and could see nothing had deteriorated in that time.
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Yes it was over 2 years and three trips with the bike stored in between, I always drained the tank and carbs when storing, put fresh petrol in on my return and it ran straight away. I did take the carbs apart sometime after returning the bike to the UK and could see nothing had deteriorated in that time.
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From what i read around its very importan to drain carb often like you did, do the 98 octan in storage or if you want more power and milage where it is avaible. There is alot of videos that is like the one i posted, so lets see what happens in future. Btw the 98 E5 have never been added ethanol here, it was rated 0-5% ethanol and 0 it became.
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