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A lot of the bad rep for ethanol is using it in old equipment that had been run for years on pre-ethanol gas. The vanish from the old gas builds up over the years. Ethanol is a very good solvent. It disolves that old varnish and sends it through the carb. Let it sit and bang a clogged up mess (from the old varish NOT the ethanol). My 1946 farmall H gets nothing but ethanol fuel, The fuel tank has NEVER been drained in my 15 years of ownership and prolly not before that either LOL. Sits for 9 months and mostly starts on the first grunt of the hand crank.
of my past life of “young”
I kept a quart of marine varnish fresh for a dozen years with this method. Used it every other year on the tiller and never had a "skin" on it when I opened it up.
I feel your pain. But was given no choice........... JIM!An F650 (original series) is a nice cold weather bike , your legs are warmed by the engine / body .. try it
Selling my 98 F650 5 years ago, was one of the worst decisions made.
Enjoy yours!
I beg to differ, not only had that ethanol fuel in my XS-1 turned into a turpentine foul smelling substance, but it had literally turned bright green!
Just had the float bowl off the ZTR mower, the float needle had stuck shut , it gets fed ethanol and old motorcycle tank gas, float bowl was spotless inside.
My friend who owned a small engine shop, cursed the use of fuels containing ethanol IF they were not used a a regular basis. The effects of longer term storage with ethanol was the basis for 75% of his business, so at the same time he was cursing it, he was thankful for that fuel type. When a machine came in for a no start condition, first thing he’d do is pull the gas cap and do the sniff test. Then he’d empty the tank, fill it with fresh fuel, add a new plug and many times the machines would fire right up. More serious cases ended up with a carb rebuild. On old Tecumseh engines the carb rebuild was passing a number drill through the jet at the bottom of the fuel bowl and that was it.044 , Initial attack fire saw
Very good saw. There was a full wrap (right side) handle bar available.
“Sawyer” determined where the fire line would go through the terrain and the hand tool crew followed in sequence chopping roots, clearing ground fuels to dirt, and widening the line to trail width.
056 was on board for bigger trees.
Interesting, same friend mentioned above was a Stihl dealer. He discouraged the use of the fuel but I don’t recall him denying warranty. That said, if the machine wouldn’t start and he suspected bad fuel, he’d most likely tell the customer it wouldn’t be covered under warranty.
E0 is everywhere around here. The aforementioned dealer in Georgia sold it, if I care not go elsewhere. There’s no good excuse for running ethanol.
That's not the case here unfortunately. There's exactly one station close enough to me to fill up.
) wakeup on this battery... and bike since the resto. Carbs have never been drained in all that time. Battery was a full 12.7v when I parked it... now at 11.6v. Will she wakeup? 
