Silkolene Pro FST

[ELIMINATOR]

Where's the cheapest place to buy this, My Yamama Diversion suffers from carb icing at this time of year. It runs better with this in the tank, I just don't like paying £12.95 for a litre.

I doubt if it will get any cheaper than my local bike shop who retail it at £14 But if I buy a minimum of 6, he'll let me have it for £11 a bottle.

I'm in Eastleigh, just outside Southampton, so if it's cheap and miles away, it isn't worth telling me, there again it might be useful info for others.

Main ingredient is Isopropanol, dunno if that can be bought anywhere?

 

[ELIMINATOR]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IPA-ISOPROPYL...Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET?hash=item20ae150147
I'm wondering if this would do the job?

 

[Owen Snell]

It does make good screen wash additive to stop it freezing - when I lived in Germany and it was very cold, a chemist friend used to liberate the odd bottle from the lab for me.

 

[ELIMINATOR]

I'll find out soon, it should be delivered to my workplace this week.

 

[DutchBryn]

Hi Elliminator, Sorry just seen this. Maybe Miller Oils have an alternative.
They are the favoured additive of Honest John (from the Tottygraph).

http://www.millersoils.net/1_Millers_frame_AUTO_RETAIL.htm



AND.. They have a new super-dooper gear-oil (with nano-tech. particles!)
I do believe I can start my very own oil thread.

 

[Pukmeister]

Thank gawd for fuel injection, you have my sympathy mate.

I swore by ProFST when I had a Yamaha Thundercat due to carb icing, but haven't seen any for sale locally in ages. I used to pay about £12 a litre bottle which didn't last long, but riding the bike without it was a deathtrap expecially when opening the throttle after coasting up the M27 sliproad at Fareham exit..

I guess you'll just have to pay the going rate.

The only other product that 'Cat owners raved about for preventing carb icing was Wynns Dryfuel which I believe is sold at Halfrauds.

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Just about to finish off the last of the proFST, then it will be on to the Isopropanol.

 

[Keith Chapman]

I understand that surgical spirit makes a good replacement for FST.