And here's another move you don't want to do.

I wasn't sure when it was finally going to be the last day and time to put the bike away for the winter. I was going out for a ride most November evenings, and then on the way home I would fill the tank.

I had put it away in the shed, added my Stabil and was going out to check on it on one of those 10 degree Celsius January days. As I opened the lock I could smell the gas. I freaked! Dashed in thinking that I had maybe left the little bleeder scews open when bleeding the carb bowls. No nothing there. I went to the other side and the gas has puddled on the floor and is pouring out of the side of the cap. I flew into the house, grabbed the turkey baster and sucked the level on down.

I guess that since the tank was cold when I filled it, put a little too much in, then the couple of tablespoons of Stabil, then the temperature change and voila.... a freakin mess!!

So when the say fill the tank.... it doesn't mean like your car. Leave some room for expansion. Live and learn.