06 will start but no go
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:24 pm
without riding the bike for some time. That s kinda how I see it based on information I read long ago; not exactly, but the bottom line is the same. In my experience you can get the bike to high enough temperature if you idle it long enough. But..... for a bike with a carburetor idling does not efficiently burn the fuel/air mixture. Thus .. not fully burned gases mess up your oil ,exhaust system and who knows what else. I believe you have to take the bike on a ride of ten miles to make sure bad stuff doesn t collect and do harm. I make a point to take such a ride at least once a month in the winter. If I m out of town and can t do that I put in Stabil which has worked fine for me. I think I'll try Seafoam base on list recommendations. Bogdan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]> > > Contrary to your mechanic's suggestion (environment specific), cough, > I wonder how long it is going to reach operating temps when the OAT > is +10F or less for weeks at a time. For the conditions here, I > don't think that suggestion is really a good idea as the operating > temps will not get high enough to displace condensation in the oil