View Single Post
Old February 24th, 2014, 09:28 AM   #20
jkv45
Rev Limiter
 
jkv45's Avatar
 
Name: Jay
Location: WI
Join Date: Jul 2013

Motorcycle(s): '06 SV650n, '00 Derbi GPR, '64 CA77 Dream 305, '70 CL450 Scrambler, numerous dirt bikes

Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Jun '18, Oct '16
Quote:
Originally Posted by agentbad View Post
65ish yesterday when I cleaned the carbs and adjusted the idle mix. Gas has ethanol in it.
If you can get gas without ethanol you may not need to make any adjustments. Ethanol in gas will lean the mixture in a bike with carbs, as will cold air. Just going to ethanol-free could richen it up enough to make it run better in cold temps, but it would be rich when it got warmer - so you'd need to make an adjustment then.

Overall it's a good idea to stay away from ethanol in gas if you can. A completely stock cycle will probably run better (slightly richer) with ethanol-free gas. One that has been tuned properly for gas with ethanol might need slight tuning when going to ethanol-free.
jkv45 is offline   Reply With Quote