Engine Fogging

[rob f]

Nice. Enjoy your ride. I will be thinking of you as I gaze through the window at the 4" of snow dumped in my yard Oct13th. Crossing my fingers as the next 7 days are predicted as sunny and double digits (C). I am sure that it still will be to muddy on my country roads for the Drifter but have my V-Strom on standby.
All of Sept and half of Oct has been a write off for biking around here. Most years I can ride up until the last week of Oct. Way to early for winter to set in. Only thing to look forward to up here in Canada now is the magical day..........Oct 17th
R.

[Tfrank59]

Yeah 45 years ago, when I first started messing with motorcycles and whatnot, there was no such thing as Ethanol. Just plain old gas, of course it had lead in it . But if it makes you feel any better I can't ride 365 days a year but maybe I can push it and ride something like 250 here in western Washington, specially if I don't mind getting wet on occasion. interestingly we're having this El Nino thing going on right now which has resulted so far in about 10 straight days of sunshine woohoo!  Excuse me because right at this moment it is perfectly sunny and about 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Time to go ride!

[rob f]

Thanks for the opinions guys. i always store them with premium fuel with Seafoam. Thought I would add fogging to the menu. Been around small engines for 40 years and never fogged any of them and not exactly sure why I started now. Starting to look like a waste of time. I have seen a lot of issues caused by bad fuel getting old. Non - etha/Metho- gas is the way to go for sure.
Starting them up once in a while helps also.
Best solution would be to move way south from the Great White North, live the dream and ride 24/7, 365 days. ( you lucky Yanks)
Unfortunately that is not an option for me.
R

[OR Seedman]

I'm lucky enough to have two local gas stations that sell non-ethanol premium fuel.  that's all a run in all my toys (Drifter 1500 included) never have to worry about fuel stabilizers or "fogging" my other carbed equipment (atv, atc, various small engines on farm equipment)

[greenbarn]

I've never fogged either, but I try to add Stabil or Seafoam or something to the tank before winter, also. 

[Tfrank59]

I've never done it either, but then I'm lazy   What I do with both my bikes (both have carbs) is do my best to ride them at times even through the dead of winter.  I understand you fellas up north probably can't do that.  I also try to run non-ethanol gas during winter when I can't ride as often.  Guys on the forum for my other bike who do winterize say the main thing is to fill the tank with non-ethanol fuel, or at least put in Seafoam, and run the bike for a few miles before storing it, to keep things from gumming up in the fuel system. Just my 1.5 cents.

[Bucko]

I've never bothered but I don't think it would hurt anything (although starting in the spring might be a bit tougher).

[rob f]

Hey, anyone have any comments about fogging the engine for winter storage?
I have decided recently to do this to all my carburetor-ed bikes but had never done it before.
Easy enough to do and a can of fogging oil doesn't cost much, but does it help?
Rob