Yeah, look at the guys in the north.... some of them put their bikes up in October and don't ride until April or May. Certainly they usually use Stabil or whatever... you might want to add some sea foam or something, just to clean it up... but it will likley turn over without issue.
Sea Foam -- I'm not a big believer in fuel and oil additives but this does seem to help a little. I use it ( about 6 oz. ) twice a year just to help keep the injector cleaned up from some of the crappy gas I get to use from this small town. If Im going somewhere, say Dallas from here, and I'm going to be on the road for an extended period of time, I like to put it in the night before when I fillup. By the time I get back and it seems to have helped the overall fuel mileage preformance somewhat and some in the general smoothness of the motor in the following tank fulls that lasts for about 4 to 5 months. I ride my 1800 everyday to and from work (70 miles) and if I leave the house anyother time I have my a$$ posted in that seat, in other words, this is my main means of transportation since the price of diesel went up to astronomical prices. Now for the down side. It does seem to shorten the life of your plugs. This is just my opinion or maybe my imagination but I didn't seem to get the mileage out of my last 2 sets of plugs. Now I did change to the Bosch 4418's before I started doing this and both sets I've had seemed to be carbon and lightly oil fouled after 6 to 8 thousand miles. As most of us know, that tells me that the plugs are too cold for this motor so I'll change back to NGK's just after I do it again and try that for a few thousand. I guess what I'm trying to say is, if you do this Sea Foam trick then have you a spare set of new plugs around to put in after a couple of hundred miles.Al, try the 4419s.
Al, try the 4419s.It calls for 4418's for my 02 model. You think the 4419's will run hotter?
