Use of Marine Stabil

[old2soon]

Sez it in the lead in to my post. Near as I can recollect I have NOT been in the saddle of my Phatt Ghurl near on a year ago. I remember meeting on a Sunday in October last year some riders returning from the Mo. F C R. My gal had NOT been run or ridden since then. I wuz thinkin oops and a lot of other stuff I cain't say here.  BUT I did in fact treat my fuel prior to parking it in my garage last October. Fast forward to last night. Neighbor came over and gave me a hand bleedin the rear brake caliper. Went back out around 1800 hrs local and tried to start her up. No joy.  Went back out at 2100 hrs local and my charger had brought the battery back up to 100%. Full choke no throttle took a bit but she did in deed fire up!  After she warmed up she actually idled on her own. Reved it up a couple times with no apparent miss. After having her inspected and retagged-nudder words LEGAL-went easy til I hit the 4 lane and down the on ramp I twisted her tail Really Hard. She screamed like she's sposed to and I watched the rev counter rapidly climb. I let her hit the chip I 1st 2nd and 3d and settled into 4th and 5th and rolled off tp 75 MPH indicated. When rurning back-never got out of my city limits-I purposely hit the chip in 1st 2nd and 3d and cruised. Roll ons in 5th from 60 MPH produced the usual good results-she took off. Ran bout 70 miles burning off the old fuel. She now has a fresh load of 87 octane in her tank. Will try to git out more tomorrow with the fresh fuel. I Am SOLD on Marine Stabil. Not snake oil this stuff WORKS.  RIDE SAFE.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Dang, I didn't realize it had been that long since you last rode. Glad you were able to get out Dennis. 

[Hook#3287]

Not snake oil this stuff WORKS.

I'll second that!

Nice ride report

[Gideon]

Sez it in the lead in to my post. Near as I can recollect I have NOT been in the saddle of my Phatt Ghurl near on a year ago. I remember meeting on a Sunday in October last year some riders returning from the Mo. F C R. My gal had NOT been run or ridden since then. I wuz thinkin oops and a lot of other stuff I cain't say here.  BUT I did in fact treat my fuel prior to parking it in my garage last October. Fast forward to last night. Neighbor came over and gave me a hand bleedin the rear brake caliper. Went back out around 1800 hrs local and tried to start her up. No joy.  Went back out at 2100 hrs local and my charger had brought the battery back up to 100%. Full choke no throttle took a bit but she did in deed fire up!  After she warmed up she actually idled on her own. Reved it up a couple times with no apparent miss. After having her inspected and retagged-nudder words LEGAL-went easy til I hit the 4 lane and down the on ramp I twisted her tail Really Hard. She screamed like she's sposed to and I watched the rev counter rapidly climb. I let her hit the chip I 1st 2nd and 3d and settled into 4th and 5th and rolled off tp 75 MPH indicated. When rurning back-never got out of my city limits-I purposely hit the chip in 1st 2nd and 3d and cruised. Roll ons in 5th from 60 MPH produced the usual good results-she took off. Ran bout 70 miles burning off the old fuel. She now has a fresh load of 87 octane in her tank. Will try to git out more tomorrow with the fresh fuel. I Am SOLD on Marine Stabil. Not snake oil this stuff WORKS.  RIDE SAFE.

Life is good ! 

[Harryc]

Good report on Marine Stabil. I never used it but it sounds like it saved the day. Ride safe!

[pstelter]

I have used Stabil-Marine in my GL1200 before based on this article from the king of GL carbs...it is an interesting read.

http://www.randakksblog.com/more-on-fuel-and-fuel-additives-fear-the-corn/#more-337

I recently bought a bottle of the B-12 for the Valk and was going to run a shot of that before preparing for winter lay-up. 

Have also used Star-Tron...treated the GL1200 gas with this as part of the lay-up before my deployment (12 months)...and Sea Foam.

Can't say that I have noticed drastic differences in performance with any of the additives I have used.  I will probably switch back to Stabil-Marine once I use up the remainder of the Star-Tron.  One thing I like about Stabil is that the squeeze bottle makes it is easy to measure and dispense the necessary amount of product. 

[Bagger John - #3785]

Started using Sta-Bil Marine formula as soon as I became aware of its existence.

My carbureted bikes are always stored with a tank full of treated gas, empty float bowls and opened drain screws. At least once I've laid a bike up for two consecutive winters on the same tank; upon returning to service the bike ran just fine with the 18-month-old fuel.

Both winter bikes are fuel injected. If we're due a spate of snowy weather I make sure their tanks are filled then I add a storage amount of Sta-Bil Marine to them and hook a Battery Tender to each. Any mid-winter riders see them filled up with treated gas prior to being parked again.

As others pointed out, this stuff works well.

[Oldnick]

Title sez it all!

I assume it means the rev limiter?

HAH! If so, I used to ride a CB750 K2, with a 4-1 exhaust. Never thought much of the pipe, until one day I was dragging a mate on his CB750 and, desperate to win, kept the gear until I was over the 8000 tach redline. AT 9000 rpm, there was a surge of power trhat went through til 11000 rpm, at which point I piked out! Silly move I realise and I never did that again. But the bike was NOT rev limited......sorry...crusty old fart woolgathering.....

Nick

[old2soon]

Title sez it all!

I assume it means the rev limiter?

HAH! If so, I used to ride a CB750 K2, with a 4-1 exhaust. Never thought much of the pipe, until one day I was dragging a mate on his CB750 and, desperate to win, kept the gear until I was over the 8000 tach redline. AT 9000 rpm, there was a surge of power trhat went through til 11000 rpm, at which point I piked out! Silly move I realise and I never did that again. But the bike was NOT rev limited......sorry...crusty old fart woolgathering.....

Nick

               Brand new off the showroom floor 1973 Honda CB 500/4. Sales guy is saying blahblahblahblah etc. Out of sight and sound of the dealership 3 11500 R P M shifts one after another. One time fer yuks and giggles went to right at 13000 revs. NEVER had one lick of trouble out of the Fine Honda Machine. First winter I had it-lived just north of Chicago and a wee bit south of Wisconsin-I installed a Kirker 4 into 1 and at high revs with the megaphone with one small baffle sounded like an F-1. Not chipped or rev limited AND I NEVER needed the warranty that came with the M/C. Happy-fer this old farts sake-the Phatt Ghurl has that rev limiter thingy now cuz stupid STILL SPENDY!  RIDE SAFE.

[Oldnick]

Had a mad mate who street raced a Kwakka 900 for...20Km..and thrashed it. He did have a 605 bore and a cam, but light weight handling was what did it...and did I mention he was mad?

Yeah tough bikes. The original 750s had a bad rep for reliability, but I had 2 K2s...wrote one off and bought another. In total I reckon I rode 250,000 km of neglet  and never a trouble.

So...to get back on topic.     Our winters are mild enough that the Valk Trike never gets put away for any length of time....

Nick

[MarkT]

Similar story.  Since I got Jade 2 years ago then George last year I've been neglecting Deerslayer.  I had put a good dose of Seafoam in.  I was worried I had screwed up and now I was going to have to pull the carbs and a ton of work to freshen them up.  Last week I installed the new battery I had ordered, drained the fuel and replaced with a half tank of fresh and poured in a bottle of B-12.  Cranked her over and a little balky at first, some choke but she fired right up.  Then ran like she'd never been parked!  No miss, no problems.  Amazing!  What a machine!

[h13man]

I tried Supetech last year and the ole' girl ran better on its winter tank than normal Stabil tank did in the past. Not as sluggish but I store mine in a well insulated garage with minimal heat (heated as needed) temps no getting any lower than 35 degrees. I use aluminum panels (south facing) on two 36" square windows for passive solar heat to keep warm w/o additional heat @ 1500 sq. ft.

[Oldnick]

I tried Supetech last year and the ole' girl ran better on its winter tank than normal Stabil tank did in the past. Not as sluggish but I store mine in a well insulated garage with minimal heat (heated as needed) temps no getting any lower than 35 degrees. I use aluminum panels (south facing) on two 36" square windows for passive solar heat to keep warm w/o additional heat @ 1500 sq. ft.

Sorry to drift OT. I am happy to go to PM if that is preferred by the forum.

Tha Al panels, how does that work? Do they act as "double glazing"? I would be interested.

Nick

[Tailgate Tommy]

I've put in both Marine Stabil and SeaFoam over the winter for years without issues. Also some Techron in the spring.