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The_Aleman

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The oil should be mixed with gas in a gas can, from my experience. Add the oil you need to a 1, 2, 3 gallon or whatever jug, add fuel.

Put this mixture in the fuel tank. I don't recommend filling the bike's gas tank directly at a gas station. Mix the fuel and oil in a container first.

If you want to fill up your tank directly at a gas station (and smirk at people in SUVs lol), get a 4-stroke.
 

bigbutterbean

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The oil should be mixed with gas in a gas can, from my experience. Add the oil you need to a 1, 2, 3 gallon or whatever jug, add fuel.

Put this mixture in the fuel tank. I don't recommend filling the bike's gas tank directly at a gas station. Mix the fuel and oil in a container first.

If you want to fill up your tank directly at a gas station (and smirk at people in SUVs lol), get a 4-stroke.
I have an ht engine and a 2 gallon plastic tank, which i only put a gallon in at a time. i take my oil with me to the gas station (which has a ratio indicator on the bottle), pull up to the pump, walk in, prepay for a gallon, back out to the pump, pour in the desired amount of oil, then pump my gas right into the tank. I rock the bike back and forth a few times to mix up the oil and gas as good as i can, and riding takes care of the rest. I have been using this method for months with no problems at all. i laugh to myself a little whenever someone pulls up behind me and has to wait for me to put gas in my bicycle, lol. ofc, this is just how i like to do it, not saying others should or shouldnt.
 

wayne z

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I have an ht engine and a 2 gallon plastic tank, which i only put a gallon in at a time. i take my oil with me to the gas station (which has a ratio indicator on the bottle), pull up to the pump, walk in, prepay for a gallon, back out to the pump, pour in the desired amount of oil, then pump my gas right into the tank. I rock the bike back and forth a few times to mix up the oil and gas as good as i can, and riding takes care of the rest. I have been using this method for months with no problems at all. i laugh to myself a little whenever someone pulls up behind me and has to wait for me to put gas in my bicycle, lol. ofc, this is just how i like to do it, not saying others should or shouldnt.
mixing the gas in the tank was standard procedure back in the day with my '63 Allstate Puch mo-ped.
There was a small measuring cup permanantly attached to the underside of the gas cap, for just the right amount of the then recomended non detergent 30 wt motor oil.
 

The_Aleman

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Doesn't matter to me if one has never had problems using that method. It also doesn't matter to me that some mopeds used it as standard procedure.

I simply do not recommend it. Maybe it's just peace of mind. I just sincerely feel the mixture will be more uniform when mixed outside the tank.