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1980 R45 Fuel Additive?
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 9:05 pm
by BJTK
Hi. Can anyone offer their opinion on running the bike on regular unleaded? Should I be including an additive and if so, what recommendations?
Many thanks
B
Re: 1980 R45 Fuel Additive?
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:43 am
by SP250
Can of worms that question.
All you could ever want to know on the subject here:-
http://fbhvc.co.uk/legislation-and-fuel ... nformation
Re: 1980 R45 Fuel Additive?
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 10:21 am
by GerryB
I'd advise running on super unleaded from shell or bp only .
Re: 1980 R45 Fuel Additive?
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:00 pm
by JamesL
IIRC you can get hardened valve seats fitted at a price...
Or, Frost Restoration do a lead substitute:
http://www.frost.co.uk/automotive-car-b ... 500ml.html.
J
Re: 1980 R45 Fuel Additive?
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 4:56 pm
by feralworks
Don't bother! Despite what some people may tell you, your 1980 heads already have hard (ish) seats fitted. By the time you've managed to regress the seats on an old airhead, just about everything else has already worn out! I rebuilt a '78 R80 recently with well over 200,000 miles on it. It had been run on unleaded since leaded fuel disappeared & there wasn't a sniff of regression. The valve guides were completely shot though (hence the rebuild) & In that time it had used up 2 gearboxes, a final drive & 3 sets of clocks.... Make of that what you will !