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Re: Crash Happy



I have been in a lot of car shops and did not find fuels stabilizer over
here in Belgium.
I mentioned earlier to use stabilizer next winter but am still searching for
the stuff.
Other listers in the cold parts of Europe must have the same problem, I can
not imagine that every ST rider has installed the carbon fiber snow chains
:)
What do they do when stalling the bike for a longer period?
I recently read that an iron tank should be filled up totally to prevent it
from rusting.
A polymere tank should be as EMPTY as possible because otherwise the toxic
elements of fuel would start 'eating' the tank.

Thanks for the reply.

Ludo, Belgium
Red 99 'Bird of Prey' ST

- ----- Original Message -----
From: <TrmpetDave@xxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: Crash Happy


>
> In a message dated 2/16/00 1:44:37 AM, steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> << Bit late reading the digest and Ludo's problem. I would reckon to
> be fuel, most petrol seems to go stale inside 3-4 weeks and over
> a space of months it will horrid. Leastways that seems to be the
> case in the UK. Whether our fuel is worse than that in other EU
> countries I'm not sure, but we do seem to get this problem a lot >>
>
> Don't you have fuel stabilizer in the UK? In the US we have some stuff
called
> Stabil, and others as well, which when added to the tank, and run enough
to
> get into the carburettors, works quite well to prevent varnish build-up.
We
> used to see varnish in the new Triumphs shipped here, after their factory
> start-up test, with unstabilized fuel-often requiring a carburettor
overhaul
> bofore being sold, but haven't heard so much about it lately.
>
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