Motorbike and car hints & tips
Published on under Motorbikes. Tags: fuel, fuel system, gas, motorcycles, petrol, winter storage
This is by no means an exhaustive list of steps for long term motorcycle (or car for that matter) storage, but a few tips I have picked up along the way. The most commonly known issue with bikes in storage is bad or stale fuel, which I have described the causes of in a previous [...]
Published on under Motorbikes. Tags: fuel, fuel storage, oxidation, petrol, stale, storage, vapour pressure
When stored correctly, high quality gasolene should continue to be stable forever (well almost!). There are few factors that contribute to the degradation of petrol with the two primary concerns being oxidisation and water. Oxidation If petrol is not stored in an air tight container then the process of oxidation occurs. Fuel that has been [...]
