Fuel stabilizer

jas328sport · Post by **jas328sport** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:10 pm

Anyone got any recommendations for fuel stabilisers. I normally just lock it up over winter without caring but have spent so much time and money getting her running spot on this year that I don't want to be pulling it all apart again next year.

Teego · Post by **Teego** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:05 pm

Why not just drain the tank and run the motor till the carbs run dry?

Post by **nugget** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:25 pm

Well I suppose you could drain the tank but that didn't work for my daughter. She left her kawasaki gpz 250 with a third of a tank and when she wanted to start it up 6 months later the inside of the tank had rusted up something shocking.

jas328sport · Post by **jas328sport** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 6:21 am

Cheers nuggitt that looks just the job. Draining the tank would be a bit of a faff for me at the moment as the bike is stored in a garage away from where I am living and without tools etc.

BONLY1 · Post by **BONLY1** » Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:14 pm

nuggitt wrote: with a third of a tank and when she wanted to start it up 6 months later the inside of the tank had rusted up something shocking.

If you're going to leave it for some time, fill it to the brim with something like Shell V power and add stabilizer, otherwise condensation and then rust forms on the inside parts of the tank that aint filled with petrol. I always start my bikes at least every 6-8 weeks and give the suspension a bump back and forth which sloshes the fuel around, besides keeping the fork seals lubed.