OK, I'll be smart a## on this. If you ask someone down here "What do you do with left over shrimp?"...they say...."There is no such thing!" If you ask us about how to store a bike for winter...."There is no such thing!" Now if you ask us what to do with your bike in late July/August we might say move it into the A/C.
change oil, this year i will do all fluids, good bath for the girl, take out battery and put it where i can throw the charger on about once a month. put it on a motorcycle lift and cover her up and say goodbye for a long winter in Connecticut.
Curt.....You don't need to really winterize the bike, unless you're not going to take it out every once in a while through the winter. If you do lay it up, just do a fluid change, a good wash/wax, and top of the tank with fuel stabilizer & fuel. Me, I only lay mine up during hunting season until I fill all my tags. I just pull the bike into my rec room. I have never used a tender on it, ('00 XLH), because it will typically only sit for a month or so at the most before the next ride.