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General => Introductions => Topic started by: ruputa on April 25, 2004, 12:14:25 AM

Title: Newbe intro
Post by: ruputa on April 25, 2004, 12:14:25 AM

Hello everybody, they call me Jeff Arnett AKA-ruputa..living in the Peoria, Illinois area.. where it is getting very hard to find places to tear up some dirt..New to this forum...I have a 94 KX500, just restored. In another forum, on the site..somebody mentioned that one should NOT use aviation fuel..why???? Thanks

Title: Newbe intro
Post by: kawdude on April 25, 2004, 04:15:58 AM

Cool! another Illinoisian.  Welcome from Kawdude...Normal Il.

Title: Newbe intro
Post by: toddwunsch on April 30, 2004, 07:33:41 PM

From what I've heard, aviation fuel is designed for high altitude (Duhh!!), high RPM engine operation.  There are so many myths out there about the type of fuel you can run.  However, I run a trip down to Baja every year with some of the best riders on the planet.  Year after year, the first guy into San Felipe runs a Husaberg four stroke running 100 octane aviation fuel that he purchases at his local airstrip.  So I'm thinking, if this guy runs that on such a high compression engine as the Husagerg, it must be OK.  From that, I would support the use of aviation fuel in any 4-stroke.  However, we are talking about two strokes here.  So, I requested literature from VP Racing Fuels on all of their racing products.  Any would you guess what they recommend fo two stroke race bikes.....  110 Octane Leaded Gasoline.   Sounds alot like aviation fuel to me ????  You make the call..  I pay $6 a gallon from VP..  My father in law who owns a plane pays $3.50 a gallon for probably the same stuff at the air strip....  Go figure..

Title: aviation fuel
Post by: ruputa on April 30, 2004, 10:10:22 PM

Thanks for the info, one of these days I will get brave enough to try.