Honda CBR400RR NC23 Leaded or unleaded petrol?
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Honda CBR400RR NC23 Leaded or unleaded petrol?
The previous owner of my NC23 said he used Unleaded petrol, I ran it like that had over fueling problems
My mechanic sync my carburetter and clean my fuel pump out, he said to run leaded petrol, the friend with her GSXR400 runs leaded and my cousin nc23 ran leaded. So ran leaded but bike became really sluggish getting (145km/h in 6th gear @ 10rpm not moving)... So going back to unleaded petrol/gas
Just wanted to get your input?
Model(nc23 or nc29) :
Year :
Unleaded or leaded :
Top speed :
My mechanic sync my carburetter and clean my fuel pump out, he said to run leaded petrol, the friend with her GSXR400 runs leaded and my cousin nc23 ran leaded. So ran leaded but bike became really sluggish getting (145km/h in 6th gear @ 10rpm not moving)... So going back to unleaded petrol/gas
Just wanted to get your input?
Model(nc23 or nc29) :
Year :
Unleaded or leaded :
Top speed :
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Re: Honda CBR400RR NC23 Leaded or unleaded petrol?
Unleaded dude...There is not one person on here (apart from the odd racer running avgas) that is running their 400 on leaded fuel.
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Re: Honda CBR400RR NC23 Leaded or unleaded petrol?
tanuki wrote:Unleaded dude...There is not one person on here (apart from the odd racer running avgas) that is running their 400 on leaded fuel.

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Re: Honda CBR400RR NC23 Leaded or unleaded petrol?
Surprised you can even still get it on the forecourt, it's long-since banned in the UK.
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Re: Honda CBR400RR NC23 Leaded or unleaded petrol?
Lol!
That 4 you, South Africa dude! Governments waiting till 2012 to think GREEN

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Re: Honda CBR400RR NC23 Leaded or unleaded petrol?
Japan has also been unleaded since the 80s so not quite sure why your mates are running leaded, the bikes are designed to run unleaded.
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