Can anyone help me out here. My fella's 2006 XL1200R is suffering from carb icing during the really cold weather here in the UK. Does anyone know of anything we can do or is there something we can put in the fuel (an additive?) to stop it happening?

The bike is pretty standard apart from drag pipe slip ons. No stage 1 as yet but that is planned for the new year.

Thanks in advance for any advice

Sadie

 

Methyl hydrate in the gas tank will absorbe the water and prevent carb icing.
Another thing you could try is making a kind of a baffel around the carb & up to the front cylinder to trap some heat.

 

Drill a small hole in the air cleaner, and buy a pocket can of WD-40. Just squirt some oil down the throat of the carb, and it will run for hours until it dries out, or you stop and it gets cold.

http://www.wd40.com/products/handy-can/

Works well for vaporlock in the summer too.

BTW Cupcake, when I first saw yer sig, I muttered "Wow"

 

Exactly what I used to do with mine in Germany. Little dry gas should fix it right up.

 

Thanks for the suggestions. Someone mentioned Silkolene Pro FST on a Google search. Anyone know of it/tried it?

 

I haven't seen or heard of it on this side of the pond, but it looks like it should do the job. This is from their website:

"PRO FST protects against cold start wear and fuel system corrosion and helps to remove deposits from injectors, intake systems and carburettors ensuring optimum performance. It is very effective against carburettor icing in low temperature environments, and combats starting problems, stalling and rough running at low engine revs.
PRO FST may be used in leaded and unleaded fuel, for 2 and 4-stroke engines. It reduces the incidence of pre-ignition and also enhances the fuel’s octane rating to a small extent.

Recommended mix ratio:- 1 to 2% of PRO FST in fuel. (100 parts fuel:1 part oil to 50 parts fuel:1 part oil)."

 

best cure I know of is move to az/ca/fl or such

 

Don't ride when it's really cold out LOL! sorry had to say it. Seafoam fuel treatment should help with that as well and a little bit goes along way. Like 1-2 cap fulls in a full tank.

 

We'd love to, but these things aren't always possible

 

Hi
think i'm having the same problem off to Halfords tomorrow to get Wynns Dry Fuel
seems it is good, here is the link to Halfords page with it on.
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...0#BVQAWidgetID
If the link don't work just type in Wynns Dry Fuel on theier site www.halfords.com