Just fill your tank up and forget about the Stabil unless your parking it for longer then 6 months. I've never used it and I've never had any problems in the spring starting the bike.

 

+1 on the short ride

 

Yep, in Minnesota, it may well be six months :-(

 

wut ya talking about i ride till the salt hits the road.......that could be jan or feb now days...........i use sea foam not stabil.......where ya from patriotmc

 

For 5 bucks why take a chance...what aggravation is a carb rebuild or plugged injectors?...Could never figure out when a guy drops 20 plus K on a bike and is concerned about a few bucks here and there.

 

Just follow the directions....

 

I've gone through too many lawn mowers by not caring for them, I'll loose a few bucks to keep from gumming up my bike. Use the stabilizer and work it into the engine for a few minutes.

 

Put it in at the gas station, fill it up, ride home, put it away.
You need to get it in the fuel intake (carb or efi) so it won't varnish up.

 

That used to be fairly safe but depending on where you live, possibly not any more. I'm between Chicago & Milwaukee and the reformulated crap around here forms stuff in a carb bowl in less than two months. It's so bad I keep a 5 gal can of Stabil-mixed gas on hand at all times and that's what I fill the lawn mower with and use for making 2-stroke mix to use in my chainsaw, weed-whacker, etc.
Fuel-injected bikes are a little more forgiving since you have fuel pressure from a pump instead of engine vac and gravity to move fuel. I fog my jetski carbs every fall and keep a Stabil mix in the gas tank. Since it's a plastic tank and there's a water trap I don't leave much gas in the tank. For a metal tank I fill it up all the way for winter to avoid rust forming in the tank. In spring I siphon most of it out and pour it into my truck where it's diluted and not able to go directly into the lines. That lets me put a few gallons of fresh gas in the bike before I fire it up.