Husqvarna made the best bikes back in the day, nothing could come close power for weight and the suspension made all of the Japanese stuff feel more like you were bouncing on a pogo stick.
With the fuel, my mower always gets the carby emptied via the tank cock before putting it away. Last time I pulled it out it hadn't been used in 3 years and had been submerged with water over the deck (under my house is like a river when it rains, higher back yard sloping down and house raised at the front. Water gets to around 12 inches deep. We've drilled holes in the brick work at the small gate to allow it to drain). I flipped the mower over and checked the crank turned freely (after removing the plug lead) and when it did I drained the tank, put new fuel in it and it started first crank, amazing old thing made to last.
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Just as a footnote the Honda generators such as the EU20i are four stroke.
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I think everything is 4 stroke now Gary, the old oil burners are sadly a thing of the past (maybe still common in outboards I think) but to motorcyclists they were what made the eyes pop. Nothing in 4 stroke of the day could get near their equivalent capacity 2 stroke machines. When the Moto-GP changed the rules (and banned the 2 strokes possibly) the 500cc capacity got opened up to 1,000cc for the open class. Now we have lighter, higher revving, faster 4 stroke motorcycles so I guess some good came of it but the older members here who got to do some miles on the 2 stroke machines of the 70s and 80s will never forget them.
I got to enjoy several rides on my house mates Yamaha RZ350, once the tachometer hit 6,000 RPM it was hang on. I learned the scary way while leaned over in a corner at an intersection, first gear, opened it up and lifted the front wheel while still cranked right over, wife on the back. My friend used to swap it for my Honda CX500 for rides because he got booked too many times on the Yamaha. He came home from visiting his then GF riding my Honda annoyed, he got a ticket on my 500. I've never had a ticket.