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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 :blink:

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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

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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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