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Flint Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks Alberta! Posts: 124	Re: fuel line/hose Reply #15 - 03/17/15 at 20:24:05 If you live near an airport use 100LL gas when possible in you bike. It takes years to go stale and of course is 100 octane with a lean mixture setting, 130 when rich.
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hotprops Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 180 fort myers fl	Re: fuel line/hose Reply #16 - 03/17/15 at 22:24:47 i have only used 100ll in all my bikes for 40 years i live in a airpark with a 10000 gal fuel farm
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Reply #17 - 03/18/15 at 03:11:33

Flint wrote on 03/17/15 at 20:24:05:

If you live near an airport use 100LL gas when possible in you bike. It takes years to go stale and of course is 100 octane with a lean mixture setting, 130 when rich.

While I do use 100LL for the winter storage....it is a bit of overkill for a bike that runs just fine on regular, and when out on the road it is not possible.

hotprops wrote on 03/17/15 at 22:24:47:

i have only used 100ll in all my bikes for 40 years i live in a airpark with a 10000 gal fuel farm Cheesy

How d I got about starting a "fuel farm"....I might want to grow my own! Roll Eyes

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Reply #18 - 03/19/15 at 09:33:03

100LL is not the perfect fuel ,and in fact it is not 100 octain its close to 95 if it was rated using the mogas formula. it also burns slower and will make the bike run leaner i always add about 20 % boat gas .
also LL or Low Lead is a misnomer it is actually very high in lead content used as a way increase octain and cushion some old stile valves.
the downside is it will cause lead fouling so a ounce or so of alcor TCP per tank helps scavenge the lead . than you have the perfect witches brew.
always carry a spare plug as it will always foul at the wrong time.
due to the plug location and a lean running bike i am thinking it might not be the perfect fuel for the savage .
i have had a few thumper bikes BSA 441 and a Triumph but my old legs could not work the kick starter anymore . these bikes loved 100LL but had easy acess to the plug .i love the starter pushbutton

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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: fuel line/hose Reply #19 - 03/19/15 at 12:12:29 My rebel loved 100ll, ran better, got more MPG, etc My S40, not so much
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: fuel line/hose Reply #20 - 03/19/15 at 18:17:20 You guys are throwing me off. 100 octane? In a bike with 8.5:1 compression? A little overkill I think.
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: fuel line/hose Reply #21 - 03/19/15 at 19:33:44 i never bought it for octane, I bought it for the lack of ethanol
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