↳ 32nd Annual AVA Rally Flagstaff, AZ.↳ 33rd Annual AVA Rally Shelburne, NH.↳ 34th Annual AVA Rally Blairsville, GA.Past Rallies and Next Rally-Next Rally Is In : Blairsville, Georgia.I run ethyl-gasoline when I can't tank up with the non-oxy formula, but it goes through quickly, to be replaced with the good stuff, usually at the next fill-up. Make sure to only run non-oxygenated gasoline through it! It costs more, but it won't damage your fuel system's rubber components. It is an inexpensive preventative maintenance routine I always follow. Run SeaFoam through the gas tank, around once per month, per the instructions on the can: dissolves minor varnish deposits, throughout the fuel system absorbs small amounts of water, within the fuel system, removing it stabilizes gasoline up to two years (fantastic for moth-balling the bike during the winter season, if necessary - I don't drain the bowls, I just run it long enough to fill the bowls with treated gasoline, which evaporates, over the winter storage anyway, but no varnish!). Go through the floats, making sure they are working properly. I suggest replacing the fuel filter, preemptively. It pays to be a little pro-active on maintenance, if you tour. Haven't taken my bike into them for two years - it just runs, flawlessly! We tour on it, typically for multiple days at a time, often up to 7-9 days. I found one, and I've developed a very good rapport with the two owners/mechanics there. It pays to search for a good mechanic, who like working on older machines. Most mechanics do not wish to work on bikes older than 10 years. Being on vacation, we could not wait, as we had to be back to work within five days. Called around for mechanics in the area, but only one would work on it, and he was two weeks out! He did NOT want to work on it, his attitude was loud and clear. Fortunately, we towed our bike down, on a trailer, so once we got back to our hotel, all was good. Bike only had 70k miles on it, but it was more than old enough to drink! Rode back to our hotel in a truck, pulling our bike on a trailer, with the tow driver owner driving us. How many miles on it? The fuel pump in our 1993, died a couple of years ago, 75 miles away from our hotel, in Arkansas.
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