spenaroo

Gday, been reading the forum for a week or two when I get a few minutes free. Ive recently started learning to fly, hoping to achieve an RPC (just interested in small single and two seaters - figured this would be the cheaper/easier option) I am about 3 hours into it. so far find it relaxing, but at the same time a bit unnerving as I get used to it all. A lot to get the feel for and learn. A little about me, I'm a 27 single male (dateless) and have a background in motorcycles - both working in the industry as a parts interpreter, and riding them as a hobby. I also play with Jet-skis having rebuilt an older Kawasaki stand-up always had an interest in anything mechanical and had toyed with the idea of flying ultralights a few times, but always dismissed it as too expensive. Had a change this year. With a job that gives me every second Thursday off (time), and completed paying off my current toys (money). Discovering Trent Palmer's videos, and the realization I couldn't justify the time/expense to start motorcycle racing (which I'd been budgeting for) was the tipping point that got me into a trial flight.

yep, your not wrong. these bikes we pick up and service from storage before the owners use them again. It used to be as simple as draining the fuel, blow the lines out, and filling with fresh stuff. but currently the stuff is eating through tank linings and destroying fuel lines. never seen so much damage done so quickly. used to be practice to store the tanks with a full tank of fuel in it to stop moisture build-up and rust. but these days its doing just as much if not more damage. as for the carbon build-up, that's what the old Italian tune-up is for

interesting topic. Ive worked in the motorcycle industry for years. the engines being high performance are sensitive to fuel. we steer clear of 98, it goes off too quick, usually sits in the servo tank longer, and is so full of additives/detergents that it causes rough running of bikes. (especially shell, our version of the IT turn it off and on again, is to drain the shell and refill with BP) 98 also causes cold starting issues. recently we've had a bad run (think one a week) of bikes coming in with the tank rusted and the fuel pump destroyed from fuel sitting in tanks for 12 months. had one sit for 18 months and the fuel turned to a tar like substance, never seen it before. not like the old varnish you'd find in carbies fuel has changed alot in the last 10 years, for starters there is no-longer any refineries in Australia