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I would go along with its ethanol. Doing what it does best,

That's sad times. I saw that happen to an almost new Kawasaki once. Hadn't been run for a while and he started it up and let it idle to long and with no moving air and low oil pressure from low rpms for to long it fried that engine. When I start a cold engine I don't let it idle for more...

Well, I am almost 76. Thought by some to be the oldest teenager in town. Think I started riding in 65. Have owned a lot of bikes, and still do. Latest being a 2013 Bonneville SE. I have 10 bikes licensed, and 2 mid seventies Honda 400Fs that need the carbs cleaned. There are 7 brands of bikes...

Where I live some of the gas stations sell both pure gas and ethanol gas. Some of these stations warn their clerks not to knock ethanol and in some cases will fire them if they are caught doing it, because it sells so much more gas.

It seems like a lot of people get by using ethanol on newer bikes trouble free, at least for a while, only loosing a lot of mileage. Had a Harley 1200 Sportster that dropped mileage by 33%, highway riding, and have a 2013 Bonneville that had ethanol in it when new, and gained 11 MPG by the 4th...

Ride every nice day I can. Lots of 150 to 250 mile loops. Often will ride a couple of hundred miles, go home, eat supper and go for a ride. 50 years down, and looking at 20 more. I am only 75, but age is only just a number...