Honestly, your bike is a '93. The ethanol isn't hurting it in the slightest. Top it off with fresh gas, ride it, and top it off with fresh gas again after ~100 miles or so.
You shouldn't let gas sit because it evaporates, losing all the light volatile distillates and depositing the sediment and heavier distillates that the lightweights were holding in suspension. Ethanol blended gasoline is more stable long term than non-ethanol, because the small ethanol fraction both replaces some of those heavier distillates and does not evaporate as readily as more volatile light elements. Any vehicle manufactured for sale in the United States after the early 80s is required to be fully compatible with ethanol fractions up to 15% by volume. If it were a '73 you might have issues, but not a '93. -Kurt On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: > I did put it on a Uhaul motorcycle trailer to bring it home from a shop > (because I brought it to the shop in a 14' uhaul and was lucky it did not > slide off the high slick ramp!! - Help!!) When I got it last year Feb, it > had just had something done to the carbs from a dealer (probably Seafoam) > and I've kept good gas, usually Mobil or Texaco or Shell in it since then. > > A flush sounds good and I'd like to take all fuel tank screens and bowls > off to knock any accumulations out since 1993. On a twin, taking the bowls > off is no big deal, but I really don't want to do anything with 4 carbs, > lol. > > Thanks guys for your help. She is running sweet though. > Ride Safe! > > > On Monday, June 16, 2014 5:15:57 AM UTC-7, jrhoyt0895 wrote: >> >> Some engines from that era don't handle fuel system or carb cleaner very >> well. My advice is to drain or siphon as much gas out as you can (using a >> cheap siphon pump from the auto parts store, not by sucking on a hose), >> fill it with fresh fuel, and run it long enough to get that fresh fuel into >> the whole fuel system. If you notice you have gas dripping out of the >> bottom of your carbs, you might have stuck floats. Lightly tapping on the >> carbs with a screwdriver handle might lodge them free, but if that doesn't >> work, put the bike on a trailer and take it for a drive. The trailer ride >> will likely jar the floats free. Just getting the old fuel out and running >> fresh fuel through the system will go a long way. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
