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gasoline octane and fuel additives
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:25 pm
by Edmund Rowe
Good people:
First I want to say this is a great group! I got plenty of helpful
information to my questions
that have helped this newbie a lot. My KLR 650 is less than one week old
and it s my
first motorcycle ever. As I suspected when I first looked into them, I may
get something
in addition to this KLR someday but I don t plan on replacing it with
another bike.
Thank God I took (and passed) that MSF class that made me a much smarter
rider.
Okay now on to my questions:
1) What octane gas do y all recommend? I think 89 will work in it but
lower octanes may
cause pinging and higher octanes cause more carbon buildup. I was thinking
of 92 octane
for the first fillup. Which leads to my next question:
2) Anything wrong with using fuel additives? Like the STP fuel injector
cleaner stuff that
you put in every other tank?
I would look up my owner s manual but the dealer still has to ship that to
me.
Edmund sends
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gasoline octane and fuel additives
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:45 pm
by Keith Saltzer
I applaud your enthusiasm and excitement about the KLR.
Remember that the KLR is a very "Simple bike". It was made to run on
87 octane. That's just 1, of the hundreds of reasons I love them.
You don't need to run more expensive fuel in them, like most other
bikes. It won't, and you won't, notice a difference. Except your
wallet will, and these days, it REALLY will.
I personally don't see the reason to run STP either. To help keep
the carb and tank clean, ride the bike almost every single day, park
it full of gas when you can, and if you must park it for more than a
month, I would use gas treatment, or drain the whole system.
I'm just guessing here, but you sound like your going to take really
good care of this bike that you just bought.
MrMoose
A8 (Barbie and Ken special)
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Edmund Rowe" wrote:
> Good people:
>
> First I want to say this is a great group! I got plenty of helpful
> information to my questions
> that have helped this newbie a lot. My KLR 650 is less than one
week old
> and it's my
> first motorcycle ever. As I suspected when I first looked into
them, I may
> get something
> in addition to this KLR someday but I don't plan on replacing it
with
> another bike.
> Thank God I took (and passed) that MSF class that made me a much
smarter
> rider.
>
> Okay now on to my questions:
>
> 1) What octane gas do y'all recommend? I think 89 will work in it
but
> lower octanes may
> cause pinging and higher octanes cause more carbon buildup. I was
thinking
> of 92 octane
> for the first fillup. Which leads to my next question:
>
> 2) Anything wrong with using fuel additives? Like the STP fuel
injector
> cleaner stuff that
> you put in every other tank?
>
> I would look up my owner's manual but the dealer still has to ship
that to
> me.
>
> Edmund sends
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
carb feels like it surges - help...
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 5:15 am
by Mark Wilson
Sounds like you need to give it some more throttle.. Or go to a lower gear..
The KLR will lugg along at low rpm's, sometimes caused by the auto
decompression thingy..
When that happens, you need to shift down, and give it some juice..
MotorMark
KLR650 A13 Warthogg
XR250r superfly
Stone Mountain, Ga
www.angelfire.com/mo/motormark
----- Original Message -----
From: "burns1968"
To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:20 AM
Subject: [DSN_klr650] Carb feels like it surges - help...
> I took my new (1988) KLR in to get the carb cleaned out. I really
> hadn't ridden much before taking it in, so I can't say for sure that
> it wasn't doing this originally. Anyway, it seems to surge when
> trying to ride a constant speed. Say 20-24 mph in 2nd gear. It
> almost feels like something rubbing and slowing the bike down, except
> it doesn't seem to do it with the clutch in. Also runs strong under
> throttle. Idles just fine too. Is this a "normal" thing to do, in
> that it might be a lean condition? There was another thread that
> suggested a rip in the diaphram on the slide, but I don't want to
> take apart the carb unless necessary. It is a little bit annoying
> when on the trail or when trying to go down a road slowly at a steady
> speed. BTW, the engine doesn't seem to change RPM, the bike just
> lurches, again imagine a bent rotor with the brakes dragging every
> revolution ( This is what i thought it was at first, but the bike
> rolls pretty smoothly with clutch in).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Dave in Wenatchee.
>