What do I do to my bike when I put it up for the winter?
#21
RE: What do I do to my bike when I put it up for the winter?
ORIGINAL: TraumaKing
Storage!....................You should be ashamed of yourselves!
I was raised in the south (N.O.LA) and hate the cold with a passion I hibernate at below 65 but I will not under any circumstances other than accumulated snow and or ice stay off the road. ( Thats what they make winter ridding apparel for!) HELL CRISP CLEAR DAYS- NO FREGGIN BUGS what more could you ask for?
Storage!....................You should be ashamed of yourselves!
I was raised in the south (N.O.LA) and hate the cold with a passion I hibernate at below 65 but I will not under any circumstances other than accumulated snow and or ice stay off the road. ( Thats what they make winter ridding apparel for!) HELL CRISP CLEAR DAYS- NO FREGGIN BUGS what more could you ask for?
#23
RE: What do I do to my bike when I put it up for the winter?
put in fuel stabilizer.
run the bike for a few minutes to get it in the lines.
completely top off the tank
change oil
clean and wax
park on carpet or cardboard, not concrete.
connect battery tender!
cover the bike with a breathable cotton cover.
cry
pray for short winter.
run the bike for a few minutes to get it in the lines.
completely top off the tank
change oil
clean and wax
park on carpet or cardboard, not concrete.
connect battery tender!
cover the bike with a breathable cotton cover.
cry
pray for short winter.
#26
RE: What do I do to my bike when I put it up for the winter?
There in the small picture to the left, you can see all my bikes securely stored for winter....just like food, they should be frozen so as to keep them fresh. Actually that particular winter, it snowed one night...alot....and just sort of kept on snowing all winter. I had been riding just the day before. Never could move them, garage was frozen shut and snowed in, the bikes were quickly buried in snow. Then, in spring, when it melted off, to my supprize they were all fine. They all fired up just fine. That was about eight years ago. The Heritage (furthest to the back) still looks like the day I bought it, and runs perfectly. So, I have found you don't really have to do anything. Just roll it into the garage, roll it back out in the spring.
#27
RE: What do I do to my bike when I put it up for the winter?
ORIGINAL: TraumaKing
Storage!....................You should be ashamed of yourselves!
I was raised in the south (N.O.LA) and hate the cold with a passion I hibernate at below 65 but I will not under any circumstances other than accumulated snow and or ice stay off the road. ( Thats what they make winter ridding apparel for!) HELL CRISP CLEAR DAYS- NO FREGGIN BUGS what more could you ask for?
Storage!....................You should be ashamed of yourselves!
I was raised in the south (N.O.LA) and hate the cold with a passion I hibernate at below 65 but I will not under any circumstances other than accumulated snow and or ice stay off the road. ( Thats what they make winter ridding apparel for!) HELL CRISP CLEAR DAYS- NO FREGGIN BUGS what more could you ask for?
#28
RE: What do I do to my bike when I put it up for the winter?
ORIGINAL: AZ Rider
What is this winter storage you speak of?
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What is this winter storage you speak of?
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Jus' fire it up every few days, and if it ain't slick out there, then ride the beast all you can!!!
I put my Harley cover on her when it gets below 40, it breathes and keeps the frosties offa the scoot! Next day, clean and dry and ready ta ride!
#29
RE: What do I do to my bike when I put it up for the winter?
I do no winterizing, because I live in SOUTH TEXAS, there is no winter here. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. The coldest it gets here is may be in the 30's, then only for a few days and it is back up to he 70's. HA HA HA HA. This is the price we pay for 90 and 90 from April through September each year. 90 Degrees and 90% humidity. Just now getting cool enough to ride without sweating your ars off. As they say down here Winterizing, we don't need no stinking winterizing.