Please buy a Battery Tender Jr and some Sta-Bil and make dead battery and buggered up carb threads a thing of the past :thumb:
Thank you, Stevo
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Can't you just turn off the main fuel tank switch and run the bike until it runs out of gas so the lines and carbs are completely dry?
No. That will get most of the gas out, but not all of it. Stabil will keep the gas in the tank fresh along with those last couple drops in the bowls.
Quote from: rayshon on September 21, 2011, 08:20:50 PM
Can't you just turn off the main fuel tank switch and run the bike until it runs out of gas so the lines and carbs are completely dry?
Your tank will build up a small layer of rust which will sediment in your carbs next spring. Store your bike with a full to the brim tank of gas.
i have the best fix ever for these problems and the forum threads that follow them.
move to a place like Australia where you can ride all year round. :thumb:
Quote from: XLAR8 on September 21, 2011, 11:20:28 PM
i have the best fix ever for these problems and the forum threads that follow them.
move to a place like Australia where you can ride all year round. :thumb:
Yeah, but when do you guys get to ride snowmobiles? Kidding. I enjoy winter in an odd way. Thats when I do all the maintenance / mods.
Quote from: Big Rich on September 21, 2011, 11:40:38 PM
Quote from: XLAR8 on September 21, 2011, 11:20:28 PM
i have the best fix ever for these problems and the forum threads that follow them.
move to a place like Australia where you can ride all year round. :thumb:
Yeah, but when do you guys get to ride snowmobiles? Kidding. I enjoy winter in an odd way. Thats when I do all the maintenance / mods.
then we just ride over to the snowy mountains and have our fun on the snow, and ride back home :)
Quote from: Suzuki Stevo on September 21, 2011, 07:56:39 PM
Please buy a Battery Tender Jr and some Sta-Bil and make dead battery and buggered up carb threads a thing of the past :thumb:
Thank you, Stevo
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Good advice........
I installed a little electrical connector onto my battery (with inline fuse)..in summer this is where I get power for the GPS...In winter this is where I plug in the Battery Tender Jr. Easy...don't even have to move the seat..
Last winter I did ride pretty much once a week, maybe longest was two weeks without riding.
This year I will run a tank of aviation gas...and leave it full of aviation gas....
Aviation gas does not gum up....Has shelf life of over a year...some say unlimited...
Everybody around here uses it in lawn mowers, snow blowers etc.
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Quote from: Big Rich on September 21, 2011, 08:50:05 PM
No. That will get most of the gas out, but not all of it. Stabil will keep the gas in the tank fresh along with those last couple drops in the bowls.
Correct, that little bit left in the bowl will just turn into varnish. Bought a new Honda lawn mower back in the 80's, always ran the carb dry after every use. About the middle of the second season it started dieing and wanting choke to run. I removed the carb and blew it out with compressed air, that's when I noticed the little "Varnish Factory" of left over residual fuel at the bottom of the bowl. At that point I started using Sta-Bil and leaving the bowl full, it ran another 20 years without me having to remove the carb :thumb: