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Posted by Tfrank59
- October 13, 2018, 15:43:41 PMYeah 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!
Posted by rob f
- October 13, 2018, 12:48:55 PMThanks 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
Posted by OR Seedman
- October 11, 2018, 20:24:32 PMI'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)
Posted by greenbarn
- October 11, 2018, 18:38:43 PMI've never fogged either, but I try to add Stabil or Seafoam or something to the tank before winter, also.
Posted by Tfrank59
- October 11, 2018, 11:30:47 AMI'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.
Posted by Bucko
- October 11, 2018, 01:50:27 AMI've never bothered but I don't think it would hurt anything (although starting in the spring might be a bit tougher).
Posted by rob f
- October 10, 2018, 22:35:57 PMHey, 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