Hello W650 friends.
We have in Holland a lot of fuell stations with only Euro 95 available. We all now that this fuell is not optimal for our (older) bikes. In Germany there are a lot fuell stations with klasse RON 102 available. I have found here in Holland a Firestone fuel station. This station has fuell Fireston kompetition RON 102 available. What is your experience with RON 102 fuell for our Kawasaki W 650. Is this safe or do you recommend RON 98 Fuell.
Greetings Jan

Hello Jan,

the W650 runs good even with the old 91 RON-petrol (which is unfortunaly no more available in Germany)!

Yes that is thrue perhaps.RON 91 is also not available in the Netherlands. But what do you advice me for my 2001 W650: RON 95; RON 98 or RON 102. This only to avoid carburator problems after the winter stop
Greetings Jan.

Older-Bikes???????

Doesn't anybody told you, that the W650 is just "retro" ?





Knorri

go for the cheapest :)

according to logic you will not see Carbu problems if you use fuel with a better quality.

cheers

I mean "not injectie type" Not that it is an old bike of course. But that is not the question. My question is: Do you have any experience with RON 102 fuel by a 2001 W650?

Hi Jan,

RON 95 will be fine, RON 102 makes the fuel companies richer

best regards

Stefan

Take normal fuel RON 95 with 5%Bioethanol, not with 10% Bioethanol (if there are this possibilities in the Nederlands...

Yes the Euro 95 has 5% bio-ethanol and the bike running well with this fuel. My only problem is reaction from this bio-ethanol when the bike has been stopped for a longer time (2 months and longer). Than you will have carb problems. The RON 98 and RON 102 do not have additional bio-ethanol but I do not know that this type of fuel is suitable for the W650.

It ist suitable, no problem. But it ist not necessary.
If the bike stopps for a longer time with E10 or E5 fuel, empty the carbs.

OK thanks for the info.

Hi,

the one and only gas is a mixture of 46,9 % Ethanol and 53,1% Gasoline . . .




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