I've never had that issue. I ride year-round. My Deere get's the Stabil and fires right up when the wee...ur uh grass needs mowing again.

Most are now formulated to keep that corn at bay, as well as the H2O.

 

While I know this is a popular thing to do… I think it’s a bad idea.
Unless you’re going to take it for a ride and let it heat all the way up to operating temps.

Warm it up, get the moisture out by riding it…
I know many like to start it up a couple times just to hear it run. Letting it sit until ready to ride is better than a couple minutes of idling and rapping the throttle.

I agree with fill the tank as much as you can and put it on a tender.

 

There's crazy car guy on youtube, Scotty Kilmer. He's been working on car's for 50+ years. He has strong opinions on fuel additives, he says Seafoam is an old fashioned product that doesn't do much. But he likes Stay-Bil. For what it's worth!

I'm donning my Flack Jacket!

 

IMO...that video's more of a fuel murder/mystery episode that anything...purely entertainment. Unless your bike just rolled off the assy line - there's going to be some microscopic form of gunk/impurities so add, or don't add anything. Your bike/your call & I've used everything from Heet in the 70's w/ my 350 Kawasaki dirt bike to Sta-Bil 360 just yesterday in my 2020 Heritage. From MN winters to NE spring, they've always started.

 

I am a firm believer in adding either stabil or seafoam, however my favorite is startron. One year I forgot to winterize the fuel in my bike and it was a mess. Everything had to come apart. Now that was a carb bike vs. fuel injection but It takes really no extra effort and it is just a good piece of mind. I do this for both my 08 ultra and my 87 sportster. Last year(2020) I was diagnosed with leukemia and was admitted to the hospital from August to October. I was sent home late October and could not physically winterize my bikes but because both tanks were relatively full all I did was add some stabilizer and let the bikes run for about 10 minutes shut them down and closed the shed doors. I opened the doors in the spring probably mid April and both fired right up. I really wasn't able to ride like I love to because I am physically not strong enough yet but did manage to get about 750 miles in this pass season. Bikes stay on a tender when not in use and will continue to have fuel treatment added as long as I own them.

 

What if I let it run and get up to the operating temps, which I believe is 240 degrees? Would there be any harm of doing that without riding the bike? I mean, I could start her up every week and let her purr....I actually wouldn't mind at all. lol

 

Im near Houston so we dont have much of a winter but I've never used any additives in any of my engines. When its time to start up everything is fine. With that being said i have several gallons of reserve gas for emergencies and i habe stabil in them. I usually try to use one set when i mow to keep them rotated. Some of it has been sittin since March and works just fine.

 

I never had any problems with a fuel stabilizer.

 

Depends on if you’re using the right kind of oil…
At least it won’t sump or transfer…

(there, I said it…lol)

 

It's never a good idea to short run a motorcycle engine during the off season. You can cause more damage with repeatedly short running the engine over the winter than just leaving it sit. Just bringing it up to operating temps does not burn off all the condensation created in a short run. I wouldn't go as far as a minimum 10 mile ride I have heard recommended, but I wouldn't fire a bike up without going for a good ride. It's not uncommon to see a half gallon of water to come out of a car's exhaust after it has idles for awhile.

Edit: This motorcycle made a few trips to the shop. He later found in the ECM logs the most trips were very short on a daily bases.

Edit 2: Here's where he found the run logs.