Winter Maintenance and Storage For Your Harley-Davidson

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11-10-2017, 08:56 AM

01fxdxt

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Yeah,sure hate to have my "breaks" degrade...

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11-10-2017, 01:49 PM

Firenailer

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Here in NY I try to keep riding as long as the roads are salt and crud free. I do wash and wax the bike before the winter, and give it a Washdown after winter rides as long as it's above freezing to keep corrosion at bay. I check the tires more often and keep em at the proper psi.

If we get into one of those long periods of bad weather I fill the tank, stabilize the gas, put it up on the Jack and put the battery tender on it until a good rain washes the crap off of the roads.

So far so good - so I guess it works.

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11-12-2017, 12:12 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron750

It's 7 degrees this morning in Wisconsin. Time for Curling, not riding.
I did see a guy riding his Rushmore Ultra last night. It was 19 degrees. The roads still don't have salt on them, but that's too damn cold for me.

I never put Stabil in my bike, so I'm hoping for one last ride when it warms up to 40 next week.

Suppose to be in mid 40's here in Milwaukee on tues-wed , hopefully can get some riding in and burn of this tank of gas and put in the freshest possible before putting bike away. No stabill for me either. Put some in my quads a couple years back and did more damage than good.