That is absolutely ridiculous.

 

I know! Chemistry makes me laugh too.. All those wacky little do-dads flyin around other do-dads - and hey, what ARE those do-dads anyway..?
Now they're sayin those do-dads are made outta "strings" WHAAAAAT ! LOL..

Gotta go, lost a button hole..

 

Why? If I store the bike for more than a couple weeks, if I don't drain the float bowls (usually by turning the fuel petcock off and letting it run until it dies/runs out of fuel in the float bowls when I put it away), then it's extremely hard to start - sometimes I've had to drain the float bowls before it will start. Is it the ethanol in the fuel? Maybe, maybe not, but either way, the above is fact not fiction - it won't start easily, or at all, unless I've drained the float bowl when it's stored, or if I forgot to, when I go to start it after it sitting. It sounds like others have the same situation, so I'm not alone.

 

(sarc on)Perhaps that grumpy old guy who knows it all and thinks the rest of us are imbeciles expects us to send bowl samples of fuel to a lab for analysis before what we have observed is possible? OR, he is being sarcastic in a special way? Bless his soul!(sarc off)

 

I use Berryman B-12 Chemtool every so often after I fill up, per the directions on the can, helps to have a measuring glass. (for the KLX)

there is one local station that sells pure gas, no ethanol blended in, I usually stop there to get 93 octane for my sport bike, but I ran ethanol blended 87 octane in the KLX last year and still got good gas mileage.

berryman b-12 chemtool is safe to use in 2 stroke 4 stroke and watercraft motors, just be sure whatever you use, that its safe to use in a 4 stroke engine.

that being said, I put STABIL in the gas tank and carb for winter storage, but drain the carb and tank into a old gas can, and put fresh fuel in the KLX in the spring to start and run it.

I use STABIL mixed gasoline in my lawn mower......

I did however put the STABIL in my fuel injected motorcycle, and it started right up no problem.

the only problem I had starting my KLX this year, was remembering to pull the choke to start it!

replaced the spark plug anyways.....

gotta love carbureted motors!

 

I've had to drain the float bowl every time my 650 sits for more than a week since I got it in 97 with 1710 miles on it. 250 is almost as bad. I guess Ohio just gets junk fuel. The stuff I drained will only light if you hold a match on it, going out immediately when the match is removed - not too good for an IC engine now, is it?

 

I put.. Motor Wiskey.. In both bikes but I do try and run them in the winter

 

I just got my Kawi, but I had a couple '86 Honda Reflexes for 25+ years. I have four 5 gallon gas cans, I always fill with pump premium and stabil treatment. I always turn off the petcock and let the bike idle until it dies. When storing in garage for winter, I top off the tank to keep rust at bay. I put that in everything I own, lawnmower, roto-tiller, GasGas EC 200. I've never had an issue with starting in the spring.