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Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 9:24 am**

How hard can it be getting petrol. i have been to 3 local petrol stations and no 4* am i asking for the impossible? obviously not cos you lot are running your Z'ds.
Help please.

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 9:37 am**

4* went with the dinosaurs mate. Try unleaded.

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 9:57 am**

Hi ya,

Try BP Ultimate 97 octane, Shell V-Power 98 octane. Both of these have extra cleaning agents in them.

Most super unleaded is between 97-99 octane.

I am told that Tesco's super unleaded is 99 octane but have not checked this out for myself yet.

Hope that helps.

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 9:58 am**

I use Shell V-Power - don't 'arf notice a difference, much better revs and has special detergents
that surely can only be more beneficial to valves and efficiency.

A bit more expensive, but that's because you're bike is worth it

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 10:36 am**

they were designed to run on unleaded. something like 98% of jap bikes were designed like that.

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 12:24 pm**

So the simple answer is I can use unleaded!

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 12:31 pm**

Wayne1960 wrote:So the simple answer is I can use unleaded!

the simple answer is, you should be using unleaded :wink:

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 1:04 pm**

Wayne1960 wrote:So the simple answer is I can use unleaded!

All kawasaki motorcycles since the early 1970's are designed to use un-leaded petrol. The septics were onto it a lot lot earlier than the UK

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 1:49 pm**

I tend to use super unleaded plus an anti ethanol additive, a lot of modern unleaded now has a high ethanol content has been the topic of debate on here and other forums the damage this muck causes to older machines !!!

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 1:56 pm**

I use Texaco Ultimum - no ethanol.

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 1:59 pm**

Good tip Adrian will look out for that!!!

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 4:42 pm**

Total claim that ethanol is not added to their Super Unleaded as well as their standard Unleaded,
and also have a list of their pump locations to download...

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 6:44 pm**

if you still want 4 star, here is a list of where you can still get it, not sure how old the list is, but here it is..

http://www.silverforce.co.uk/TB-UK/list.htm

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 10:33 pm**

gordon62 wrote:if you still want 4 star, here is a list of where you can still get it, not sure how old the list is, but here it is..

http://www.silverforce.co.uk/TB-UK/list.htm

there all bayford trust garages no longer in use the guy who owned the company is a classic car buff so still made 4 * but sold out head office is leeds last looked that's now gone. :shock:

Posted: **Sat May 31, 2014 11:12 pm**

FFS Guyz,

It seems you need to be an INDUSTRIAL CHEMIST to put petrol in a bike now!!

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