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I find it reasonabley hard to believe that sitting for 5 months would be any problem at all. Gas is formulated to last a year, and a lot of us midwesterners have to garage a bike for about that long. All I ever do is change the oil in the spring and change out the gas, and I think that I'm being overly nitpicky. I don't know that any of my buddies even do that much.



Gas will no longer last a year. Oxygination and Ethanol have made gas very unstabil and I've read articles in several motorcycle journals that estimate 3 months max. Not only that, Oxyginated and Ethonal cause corrosion in your carbs. Untreated gas will attack your float needles and clog your jets with oxide build-up. If you haven't had problems to date you're lucky. Ask your dealer how many carbs they've cleaned this year. My dealer tells me their carb cleanings have tripled in the last year or two.

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