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jerry
28-12-2011, 02:58 AM
If you buy a new Duacti in Thailand you will be told not to use Gasohol as it will damage the plastic tank ....thats an official statement from main dealer.
Now it may be that one has to use gasohol sometime as regular 95 and 91 RON octane fuels are not always available but then one is told to fill tank up with regular gas as soon as possible and to store the bike with regular gas and not Gasohol in the tank ....its only 5% in Thailand same as UK not the 10% stuff in USA but thats what the dealers are telling new owners.

Sales of the new Thailand made Monster 795 are booming here due to the low price only 400,000 Baht (£8,000) which is very cheap here compared to imported models that will cost up to 150% more

Gerry
28-12-2011, 09:55 AM
Well I'm going to put a gallon or so of Avgas 91ul in my tank for over winter to dilute the ethanol.

rac3r
28-12-2011, 10:19 AM
What's gasohol?

Yorkie
28-12-2011, 10:51 AM
Rac3r,

Heres a sort of explination:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ethanol_fuel_mixtures

Yorkie

jerry
28-12-2011, 11:41 AM
What's gasohol?

its what you buy at tesco 95% petrol 5% Ethanol in USA its 10% ethanol made from biomass rots plastic fuel tanks as it absorbs water.

Gerry
28-12-2011, 03:12 PM
Pah! Kemble do not do UL91 .... so I had to shove a bit of Spitfire gas in there.