V-Power / Super Unleaded

[Dave20046]

supermarket fuels have more additives in then texico, bp etc but are cheaper and you probably won't have any illeffects unless you run a harley or something stupid.
I've only ever topped mine up with super when I was picking it up and it had been stood 18 months. Started and ran lovely. You could always mix super and regular if you wanted.

Originally Posted by charlie13

i've no scientific evidence to back up my claims, but my curvy seems to suffer less from carb icing when it's filled with super unleaded.

Aye, that is the assumption as it does contain addictives but I personally use Silkolene Pro FST.

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave

Aye, that is the assumption as it does contain addictives but I personally use Silkolene Pro FST.

Is there a fuel sniffing problem in the Asylum? ...Silkolene gives a better hit?

Some places in the NT have to put up with Opel fuel because the locals can't get wasted on it like the regular stuff. It makes a bike run like crap.

Cheers

Originally Posted by MattCo

Is there a fuel sniffing problem in the Asylum? ...Silkolene gives a better hit?

Whoop's, secrets out.... I meant additive. But considering the OP has a Pointy (K6), this isn't really relevant.

bang the cheapest stuff in.

Originally Posted by charlie13

i've no scientific evidence to back up my claims, but my curvy seems to suffer less from carb icing when it's filled with super unleaded.

+1

my curvy was coughing all over the place when started up in mildly cold weather, so I put in some expensive go juice and seemed to solve the problem. Always a chance that there were other factors (weather, bad fuel before). But now I'm always putting in the red stuff, just out of superstition.

I think I'll go back to normal when its warm!

Cheers for the replies guys. I run V Power in the car because of the fuel map, but I'm more than happy to go with the regular for the bike.