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FBHVC clarification on introduction of E10 petrol for historic vehicles.
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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Dinsdale" data-source="post: 137948" data-attributes="member: 58"><p>I took my Shadow (8:1 pistons) to the International in 2019. The bike hated the E10 fuel that was available in Belgium and yes I was careful and didn't use the even higher ethanol content option. Cold starting was suddenly a problem and it was spitting out the carbs and struggling to tickover until the bike warmed up and even then appeared to be down on power. When we got to the 2nd stage in Austria I noticed the Shadow ran fine on the Austrian E10 almost as well as it runs in UK on E5. So not all E10 appears to be the same and I hope we are not going to have to retune the carbs every time we fill up with a different manufacturer / source of fuel.</p><p></p><p>This was only for a two week period so I cannot comment on dissolved carbs etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Dinsdale, post: 137948, member: 58"] I took my Shadow (8:1 pistons) to the International in 2019. The bike hated the E10 fuel that was available in Belgium and yes I was careful and didn't use the even higher ethanol content option. Cold starting was suddenly a problem and it was spitting out the carbs and struggling to tickover until the bike warmed up and even then appeared to be down on power. When we got to the 2nd stage in Austria I noticed the Shadow ran fine on the Austrian E10 almost as well as it runs in UK on E5. So not all E10 appears to be the same and I hope we are not going to have to retune the carbs every time we fill up with a different manufacturer / source of fuel. This was only for a two week period so I cannot comment on dissolved carbs etc. [/QUOTE]
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