draining

Short of removing the fuel tank, is there any way to drain the fuel from the tank. This is the first spring my '13HS has not fired right up with a freshly charged battery. I'm wondering if the gas in the tank(probably less than a couple of liters)which I treated last fall is preventing the...

I need to prep my bike to be crated and shipped to the continental US. That includes draining (but not purging) the fuel and disconnecting the battery. Has anyone here pulled the fuel tank, drained it, and run the fuel system dry? I've already used a siphon on it, but there seems to be...