Ethanol fuel destroyed the carburetor on my lawn mower, and on my son's TTR 125. I hate it. I recently purchased clear gas from a local station who is now selling it from 5 gallon cans to get around the new "mandate" from our lovely government. It is still available.
High octane is almost wholly unnecessary in two stroke bikes. Not sure of the compression ratio on Gas Gas, but Husqvarna two strokes have 6:1 compression.
You will make more power with lower compression anyway, as long as the bike doesn't detonate, you don't need higher octane.
There are plenty of reasons to run race gas, and my EC 250 had a steady diet of the stuff, even at $8.50 a gallon, mostly for consistency in fuel quality. It also smells awesome, and helped my attitude...
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Mike Sheetz
OMRA #21AA
What will I be riding next? Christini GG 300?
'15 KTM 300 XC-W
'08 EC 250 (Gone to new happy owner)
Gran Prix Cycle
LTR Suspension
RB-Designs
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