MOPED ARMY

I got Tomos, but I’ve never done this. Just fill up the gas tank all the way and start the bike once a month for 15 to 20 minutes.

that's real dumb and why wouldnt it just wind up filling the pipe or case anyway

no. dont do that. I mean maybe you would run through a slug of oil if you wanna overcoat everything or something? I've had great success with just ignoring any sort of preparation and just leaving it as-is for months.

Them Austrians and their maintenance antics.

I worked in an outboard shop and when I winterized the 40 plus engines from 2 to 25hp after I changed all the oils, tuned up and made sure they ran well I would always run Lucas upper cylinder lube, Startron stabilizer in the tanks they came in and always blasted Fogg oil in them until they started to bog out and toss them on the storage rack. This is just what a factory trained tech would do I guess? In the spring just toss em back in the tank and run until the oil was gone and give back to the customer.

I hadn’t heard of fogging oil before, looked it up, that makes sense. Sounds like a good option if I’m worried about it, or could try and run it every now and then during a warmer winter day.

You don't need to do that, fogging oil if it is going to sit a long time will not hurt, don't go overboard. What I have found to be the best to ensure spring start up is to fill the tank with stabilized pre-mix, not as necessary if you have non-ethanol fuel, CLOSE PETCOCK, and run the engine until it quits, then try and start it until it will no longer even pop. Been doing this since well, forever, and have never had a moped fail to start in the spring.

That’s a good thought Stephen. I run my other small engines with the fuel line off till dry so why not the moped too. Definitely was going to keep the fuel topped off for winter. I use the amsoil Sabre, so it says it has stabilizers in there which should be good.