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I use Regular Unleaded gas. I try to come home with a full tank of gas and add a gas additive. Amsoil makes a gas additive called P.I. Performance Improver. One bottle of P.I. Performance Improver can treat up to 160 gallons. So all I do is add a couple of squirts of the additive. Basically one $8.00 bottle can treat about 37 tanks of gas. Obviously I don't add it everytime I gas up, just when I get the bike back home.

The P.I. Performance Improver is great for fuel-injected and carbureted systems. It dissolves and removes fuel system deposits and other contaminants for improved power and overall performance. It will reduce PCV and EGR system deposits and reduces exhaust emissions. It also helps keep the gas stabilized, and helps with keeping the small gas filter from being gummed up.

I travel for work a lot and the bike sits for several weeks (or longer) at a time and this really helps ensure the bike will start when I get back home. When I travel for 3 weeks or more I also drain the carb bowls.

Tom