Fuel additives

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by 5th_bike

No, kerosene = kerosine.


USA vs. Europe spelling, I think.

Yup, spelled different in scientific and industrial usage in some countries. Wiki Wiki. :2tup:

[PimpS]

I use additive from the brand STP. Don't know how the bike goes roughly on the gasoline, since i've added stp's thingy already during the winter, before my first ride. The bike goes smoothly, and the top speed was achieved 2 or 3 times about 110 km/h... Even though i like going 90km/h, more seems a bit unstable, possibly because of the wind we have here in this period of the year.
Don't know how the wind is affecting heavier bikes, possibly less affected by wind, haven't rode any motorbike in this kind of weather though...

PimpS

[alantf]

Originally Posted by 5th_bike

No, kerosene = kerosine.


USA vs. Europe spelling, I think.

In England it's called paraffin.

Just checked in the (English) dictionary. Kerosene is the spelling, but kerosine is the spelling when used commercially. Never knew there was different spelling for domestic versus commercial of the same stuff. Confusing or what?

[Road_Clam]

"Kerosene " is an old skool chemical for "stabilizing" fuel from varnishing. Never prooved the fact myself, as I prefer Startron especially with the extremely short shelf life of the newer E10 based fuel. Stabil Marine also works well.

[5th_bike]

Originally Posted by alantf

Confusing or what?

Quite so. It's a mix of different hydrocarbons, that comes out of the cracker (refinery equipment that turns the long heavy crude oil molecules into smaller ones) after gasoline. It does not have the the "light" molecules (with less carbon atoms in them) that gasoline has.
More info:
http://www.discoverysciences.com/chr...&discipline=GC

[alantf]

Well.... just filled up at 209km. Can't say I noticed any better MPG,but it's not an exact science since I can't be absolutely sure that I filled up to EXACTLY the same level. All I can say is that with nearly 5 years of listening to it, the bike SOUNDS better, & the engine SEEMS sweeter. No scientific evidence, just how the bike feels.

[Water Warrior 2]

Can't be a bad thing if the bike sounds happy with it's special treat.

[mrlmd1]

You sure you didn't drink that stuff?