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Did the same thing back in 2010 with my sprint st. Pulled on to the pump and started to fill up. Young lad filling his car opposite kept looking over and smiling. Eventually he came over and said nice bike mate, didn’t know that they ran on diesel though? Smiled walked off. Felt bloody stupid and it took 5 hours to get recovered and the tank pumped and filled with petrol.

 

Many years ago I ran a garage and a V8.
Obviously these things can sup some and so we had a string of customers putting petrol in diesels and it seemed a waste to just bin new fuel. I used to add a few gallons of "mixed" ( think snakebite as that does the job, albeit a different one) to half a tank of petrol to get better econonomy, £s/mile
Yes ok, the idle went to 5hit at junctions so you looked a bit of a knob revving it all the time, but it certainly cut the fuel bill somewhat even despite it being in the 1990s.

 

The irony is that if you had a Harley it wouldn't have noticed! Other than messing up the emissions crap, exhaust sensors, CAT etc and maybe oiling up the plugs I doubt diesel would seriously damage the engine. Petrol in a diesel on the other hand is a sure fire way to write off your IP and/or injectors.

 

An old biking friend, who passed away in 2017, often told me how he used to run his Triumph on TVO he got from a local farmer during the fuel shortage caused by the Suez crisis in '56. He fitted a small auxiliary tank to hold petrol for starting, then switched over to TVO when it was warm. Much like your V8, it wouldn't idle so he had to keep revving it at junctions. Another down side was it used to smoke for England! Don't try that on your Speed Triple RR!

 

Funny enough I just gave a friend, two weeks ago, a new rotary handpump for a present to use with his 45 gallon TVO barrels. Apparently you can't buy it now but he has a stash for the Grey Fergy.
Start on petrol run on TVO. It has a switch over tap a bit like an old main and reserve tap on a bike but all made out of brass.

 

Following my visit to hospital yesterday for cortisone jab in my foot I took the Thruxton out for a couple of hours. Managed reasonably ok, so things are looking positive for the seasons riding

 

Good news, we may even meet at The Fourways, who knows.

 

Good luck, and hope it has the desired effect!

 

The nasties continue here in the South California mountains. After 9' of snow a couple of weeks ago, we have had much rain. Now they are saying 2-3' of snow tonight and tomorrow. I can only ASSUME the cabin up there is still vertical . "Lola" stays parked in the workshop connected to her trickle charger. ...J.D.

 

Yes that would be good. Let me know the next time you are planning on going

 

Glad things are looking good so far, @Wessa. And that you got out for a ride…a little moto-therapy!

 

Yikes, @Wire-Wheels! When it rains it pours…and when it snows it REALLY snows! I hope your cabin is ok. And that Lola is patient.

 

Thanks @Sandi T like you say nothing better than a Moro-therapy

 

All gift wrapped and ready for Spain

 

I replaced the baffle in my exhaust today; Helmut informed me last weekend that it was nearing obnoxious. I had only removed it out of curiosity last summer, thought it was really loud and then got used to it and loved it. However I have no wish to be "that" person so have replaced it for now to see what I think. I hadn't realised quite how loud it was until I rode my Fireblade (still on an aftermarket exhaust with baffle out, so not whisper quiet) and then the Striple; when I started it it did occur to me that it was far louder than the 'blade.

 

Looks lovely Wayne.

 

That’s a beauty!

 

lol, obnoxious is such a good way to describe a noisy pipe

I put a GR Moto end can on my Yamaha last summer and saw a small child holding their ears Needless to say, it now has a DB Killer

 

I am using up annual leave this week (miscalculation issue by HR when my contract changed last year!) so got out for a few hours this morning and had a lovely blast with a brief stop for coffee at British Camp in the Malvern Hills; the sun even shone for the first hour or so .