To Sea Foam or Not? That is the question. Was choking her for a warm up before my ride today & she was idling fine with choke. Shut off the choke & she idled fine then started giving her some throttle to roll & she was very rough with light throttle (haven't had this feel in years). Then gave more throttle till about 30 mph & was still not rough going. So the ride was over before it started (77 degrees today). In the past whenever this happened it always turned out being the carbs/jets gummed up. Then ran perfect after having them cleaned. So my question is, instead of me paying a shop for a cleaning again & after reading all the threads about this stuff does it really work great?

 

i work at an autoparts store here in Maine. and i cant keep that stuff on the shelf! everyone wants it especially lobster boat captains and motorcycles. another thing to look into is called Startron. It also works really good. you can also try the Lucas tune up in a bottle. But really do try the Seafoam. I actually just used some Startron in my bike as well.

 

+1 .....I throw a few ounces in roughly every 10th fill up.....keeps her nice an smooth

 

throw a little Startron in your vehicle too. friggin e-10 problems.

 

Just picked up a can of Sea Foam at Walmart for $8.67 I will try it tomorrow, only thing is I am about to hit my reserve so not sure how much to put in. Any suggestions?

 

It should say right on the can how much to use. I would just go fill her up and then add the recommended amount. It's not like it's gonna screw your bike up if you aren't exact. (hell, you can dump it directly into your carbs....)
I think they recommend like 1oz per gal or something. I just dump a half a can in each of my 2 bikes.

 

Is the stuff ok sitting in the tank & system for any length of time? I go back to work soon which means no time to ride till end of May again. So I wont be going through a full tank by then. maybe about half a tank, so can the rest sit that long?

 

My personal opinion step one 4 ounces to a gallon and run it through it hard !. Then gas up
full again add another 8 ounces and run that tank down over time. She should be
good then.......That's what I did first time out when I got the bike.....worked good for
me

 

That's 3 times more then the recommended mixture.

 

Like I said first time out run it through get the heavy deposits out
just what I did is all made a huge difference.

Hey go by the book .....just take a bit longer is all or do what Trout
does dump half in ........really the bike will not melt on the ground on ya