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Originally Posted by tedmagnum
Has anybody else had major running problems with their bikes in Brazil ??
The fuel here is just crap. Its 30% alcohol and my bike (XT600E) keeps cutting out and leaves me dead at the side of the road. Its really dangerous and I dont know if I should keep going.
Im going to play with the carb a little and see if it helps but all advice and information is gratefully recieved !!
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Fortunately petrol is not as bad as it was 2o years ago when the octanage was only 65, apart from the 30 %+ of alcohol. I had a XT500 than. What i did is , I went to airfields and bought some airplane fuel. (pure petrol, 110 octan) and mixed it for about half half with the shite fuel of the petrolstations (as 110 would be too ' dry' for a bike). The bike was running like a train again.
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