shed hermit Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 hi folks firstly an apology for asking a question about a kawasaki, so here goes. my brother-in-law bought a gpz500 at the weekend and the guy says he uses a lead additive with the petrol?!? the bike is a '93 and was imported from france. i was just wondering why the previous owner was using the additive (it was him that brought the bike when he moved to ireland). my thoughts would be that a '93 bike should run on unleaded, i have heard of older cars running on unleaded but changing the timing angle to compensate for power loss and burnt valves, any ideas??? thanks
wild foamy Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 if its a 93 then it should be able to run on unleaded... does it not say on the V5C?
shed hermit Posted February 5, 2009 Author Posted February 5, 2009 dont know what it says on the log book as the full log book gets sent away over here. need to see when it comes back.
billa65t Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 Hi there, Kawasaki designed all there bikes built after 1976 to run on unleaded fuel due to alot of there machinery going to the US. I had a 79 KZ 1000 and that ran perfectly fine on unleaded fuel without any modifications,same as my old Suzuki GS hope this clears things up for you Regards Bill
shed hermit Posted February 6, 2009 Author Posted February 6, 2009 Hi there, Kawasaki designed all there bikes built after 1976 to run on unleaded fuel due to alot of there machinery going to the US. I had a 79 KZ 1000 and that ran perfectly fine on unleaded fuel without any modifications,same as my old Suzuki GS hope this clears things up for you Regards Bill cheers bill thats what i thought. i have never came across a bike needing additive before, it was that the bike came out of france i thought it may have been differant in some way like the californian cars have had 'cats' fitted to them for years due to the strict emission crontrols.
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