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Anyone who uses methanol in a race bike when they’re not supposed to, or does not display the correct warning signs when they do, should be banned for life.
Methanol burns invisibly, so in the event of any crash they’d be putting themselves, other riders, and marshall’s in very real danger.
Anyone who does that has no place on a track.
Fast Eddie
Invisible fire is indeed very dangerous. When my 850 monoshock was putting out good power - it started overheating. Methanol was the only solution. But not wanting to take the invisible fire risk - I found that you could add 25% racing fuel (up to about 30%) without having it fall out of suspension (it would not separate from the methanol). This way there was still color and smoke when it burned. The race gas also prevented the corrosion usually associated with straight methanol.
Ken
The thin spot at the pocket is where it burns through and yes it can burn through the exhaust side as well and that's what happened with your Omega pistons. I don't know the Omega pocket layout on a shortstroke. But with the current JE layout the intake pocket is closer to the top ring than the exhaust pocket. Even though it seems like the exhaust pocket should get hotter - the thin spot on the intake side seems to go 1st (with 13+ to 1 compression on gas etc). Or the area between the top ring and the deck will soften and distort.
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