Hi Chris, Ethanol was introduced to the UK in 2005/6. South East corridor first. Nasty stuff then and no place in our motorcycles now. No issues with long time stored E0 and E0 leaded. Thanks for the reply. Mk3 owner.
Chris, thanks for the quick response on the bike price. I did buy your book and enjoyed it. I believe all 850s have the vacuum takeoffs. I did a complete 73 850 mk1 restoration. Do you have a site where I can send you a picture of my pride & joy? I did all mk3 upgrades and a large number of Colorado Norton Works additions.
Thanks, Stephen. The best place to post some photos of your bike etc is on the Facebook page that goes with the manual: 'Norton Commando Restoration Manual Updates'. You'll need to join the group to post. 👍
It might be ethanol residue, but a couple of things to consider: this bike wasn't run at all for 10 years - before ethanol was generally introduced, I believe. Also when I rebuilt my '76 Z900 the carbs were completely full /blocked with gunge (much, much worse than this) and that bike had been sitting for over 20 years - again before ethanol was introduced. So, I think that whilst ethanol may well leave gunge residue, so does ethanol free petrol, if left standing long enough.
Hi Chris, Ethanol was introduced to the UK in 2005/6. South East corridor first. Nasty stuff then and no place in our motorcycles now. No issues with long time stored E0 and E0 leaded. Thanks for the reply. Mk3 owner.
Chris, thanks for the quick response on the bike price. I did buy your book and enjoyed it. I believe all 850s have the vacuum takeoffs. I did a complete 73 850 mk1 restoration. Do you have a site where I can send you a picture of my pride & joy? I did all mk3 upgrades and a large number of Colorado Norton Works additions.
Thanks, Stephen. The best place to post some photos of your bike etc is on the Facebook page that goes with the manual: 'Norton Commando Restoration Manual Updates'. You'll need to join the group to post. 👍
That gunge left in the float bowl was caused my ethanol, not stale petrol . Of that I am certain.
It might be ethanol residue, but a couple of things to consider: this bike wasn't run at all for 10 years - before ethanol was generally introduced, I believe. Also when I rebuilt my '76 Z900 the carbs were completely full /blocked with gunge (much, much worse than this) and that bike had been sitting for over 20 years - again before ethanol was introduced. So, I think that whilst ethanol may well leave gunge residue, so does ethanol free petrol, if left standing long enough.
Sorry, Mk3 keeper !!!!!!!!!