Fuel Stabilizer Recommendations?

[stupidamerican]

I took this picture of a carb bowl from a zzr400 I was servicing for a lady friend. This bike was fuelled up just before xmas a couple of years ago and left in a dry garage until beginning of March when it was started up and then decided to misfire on all cylinders and generally run like crap.
This is what you risk getting in your carbs if you leave a bike for a coupl of months without using preserver or draining the carbs. And no, it isn't caused by water ingress in the tank/carbs, it's fuel gone 'off'

This is exactly what I'm talking about. I've had this happen to me a few times with lawn mowers and what a pain to get clean and running properly. When you say - it's fuel gone 'off' - this is what I was referring to when I said the fuel turning into varnish. Basically the petrol turns into a thick liquid that smells like varnish that's used on furniture.

I stopped by the Yamaha stealership and picked up some Yamalube fuel stabilizer. After I "Ivanize" my carbs in the next couple of weeks, I'll be filling up the tanking with petrol and leaving it the rest of the winter.

I totally agree about not starting the bike up during storage. A risk causing condensation without running the bike enough to "dry" everything out.

You guys have been a big help - Thanks!