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Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:34 pm
by GS_in_CO
Filled gas tank. Added Stabil.
Changed oil.
Removed plugs, put in an ounce of Marvel Mystery oil in the cylinders, cranked engine.
Reinstalled spark plugs.
Removed carb bowls & emptied. Reinstalled.
Removed fuel hoses from petcocks. Plugged open ends with golf tees. Ran closed hose from one petcock to the other.
Removed battery to basement where I charge it monthly.
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:42 am
by madjak30
Um...nothing...filled the fuel tank, then parked it for six months...thought I would be going for a ride before snow hit & never did...it started right up, first crank...running great. I even had the stabil on the shelf beside the bike. Oooops!!
Gotta luv modern bikes, they take the abuse & roll with it
Later.
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:43 pm
by MotoHart
Hi,
In winter I packed my bike into my garage,take out my battery, change oil , spray fogging oil on some parts of it and in the end cover up with bike cover.
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:55 pm
by pchast
The only thing I've done the same every year is to tape over the exhaust pipe ends.
Big problem here with insects like mud wasps plugging things over the 'winter'.
Prefer to fill up gas and change oil then cover the bike with a battery maintainer
plugged in. This past year I took it out for a ride in early Dec. and didn't fill it
back up. Started first time this spring.
