viewdvb
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I remember that there was a discussion about the effect the latest fuels containing various percentages of ethanol might have on the S10. Well the un-elected EU beaurocrats (someone get us out of the EU please!!!) have mandated that fuel manufacturers must offer fuel with up to 10% ethanol content, known as E10, and that fuel is now being forced on us in the UK. Something about ecology and global warming though, in our present arctic weather, we could do with a bit of global warming! Oops - sorry - as there is now no global warming to match predictions, it is renamed climate change. There is obviously no connection here with fuel company profits or the disastrous effect increased corn prices are having on the third world. I digress.... Because this is a new measure in the UK, there has been some publicity about which vehicles are suitable for this E10 fuel. Yamaha Europe has stated that all bikes after 1990 model year are suitable and unaffected by 10% ethanol addition. If you are interested, there is a definitive website that lists all Euro manufacturers' statements on E10 fuels http://www.acem.eu/index.php/policy-access/environment/e10. While there are differences in detail specs between European and NA models, I can't see any technical differences that would make NA models unsuitable for ethanol fuels. Whether you want to use it is another thing entirely. Since manufacturers are quoting "from model year so and so", we can presume that, if you are a classic bike fan, you'd better steer clear of it. Maybe a re-run of the kind of problems that removing lead from fuel caused for old bikes.