Precautions to Take: while bikes sitting?
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My process is to run the bike to operating temp, change the oil. Fire it up and Fog the motor (I use general NAPA fogging spray), then shut down for the season. Fill tank & add Stabil if staying on bike, drain if removing to store inside, Remove battery and occasionally run it on tender.
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I can get away with over a year gasoline storage unstablized if no alcohol in it but still the stuff decays over time so if me going through such ritual I'd eliminate gas and condensate issues by not leaving fuel in. We can not always predict when we can get back to it, going by my own and others surprises that delayed good intentions. But shoot is there another breed that can be just shut down and restarted after years of neglect?
Big_Jim59 said:
Same goes here in Florida....365 riding days a year, minus the summer thunderstorm season which cuts a few weekend days a year. Last weekend in the 40's...perfect for a 200 mile blast over the Skyway Bridge Loop around Tampa Bay....note the Skyway Bridge in the background of my avatar....quite an experience taking a bike across the span on a windy Winter morning. Great excuse to break in the new leather pants, riding boots and gauntlet gloves.
Actually, strange as it may sound, I wish we did have some winter down-time here in the south. While our less fortunate members are busy doing their winter chores getting ready for the next riding season, their southern bretheren are forging ahead without winter fixes....sometimes not a good thing....to say the least.
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cmessenk said:
I agree about the maintenance. When I was in Georgia, there wasn't much down time for the bike. After moving up to New Hampshire, we've got plenty of time up here to clean and work on things while the roads are icy and salty.
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I don't recall the exact thread, but I had the "rear view" mirrors a while back.
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cmessenk said:
I noticed you failed to mention the hurricane season...
swooshdave said:
Actually, hurricane season doesn't really play into the mix. Unless you're in the bullseye, you'd never even know that a hurricane was just on the other side of the state for example. High pressure always dominates around the storm, so Ft. Lauderdale could be getting blasted while over here in the St. Pete / Tampa area it's gorgeous. Even when you do get hit, it's a one-day event and then beautiful weather follows behind.
cmessenk said:
Yes, beautifull HOT weather when your power is out for 8 days and you're sweating like a pig trying to clean up the mess. Your poor little generator is doing all it can just to keep lights and fridge going, no AC. Phone is out, water is out, your busy fixing the water main yourself so you can get water.
But it is nice out all right. Speaking from experience after Charlie in 2004, 8 days on the generator, 28 trees down on my property (2/3 acre). What a f^&*in mess.
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