Winterizing Thread.

NONE_too_SOFT · 10-29-2008, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

Don't forget to change the oil and clean the bike really well.

yea definatly after i take the plastics off i'll give her a good rub down.

I forgot to mention oil changing though. personally mine needs changed anyways, so i'll be sure to take care of it... i dont want dirty oil sediment building up in my engine. just be sure to cycle your oil every couple of weeks by starting it up and letting it run.

Rider · 10-29-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

yea definatly after i take the plastics off i'll give her a good rub down.

I forgot to mention oil changing though. personally mine needs changed anyways, so i'll be sure to take care of it... i dont want dirty oil sediment building up in my engine. just be sure to cycle your oil every couple of weeks by starting it up and letting it run.

Don't do that... You will let condensation in the motor. It's better to just let it sit. A tip I got from Gas Man a couple years back.

JoJoYZF · 10-29-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

Don't do that... You will let condensation in the motor. It's better to just let it sit. A tip I got from Gas Man a couple years back.

Thats what I keep hearing too. I didnt start mine at all last winter and it ran perfect once I started it in the spring and no issues since, so thats what Im doing again this year.

NONE_too_SOFT · 10-29-2008, 02:05 PM

how is condensation gonna get in your motor if you keep your tank full and your exaust covered when not in use?

Rider · 10-29-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

how is condensation gonna get in your motor if you keep your tank full and your exaust covered when not in use?

If you let it run, the heat cycle in the engine going from cold to hot then back to cold will cause condensation when the temperature outside is cold.

NONE_too_SOFT · 10-29-2008, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

If you let it run, the heat cycle in the engine going from cold to hot then back to cold will cause condensation when the temperature outside is cold.

hrmmm, good point. but condensation occurs when a hot air (with water vapor) meets a cold surface, and although that WOULD happen in the engine as it heated it would be expelled by the exhaust.

i gotta look more into this.

BobTheBiker · 10-29-2008, 03:33 PM

may as well lube the chain before you store it, so those O rings dont dry out and disappear on you.

I dont get the removing the battery from the bike to keep a tender on it though.you could do that while its still in there.

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10-29-2008, 02:05 PM	#4
NONE_too_SOFT Chopstix / \ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Akron OH Moto: 03 CBR RR Posts: 5,350	how is condensation gonna get in your motor if you keep your tank full and your exaust covered when not in use?

10-29-2008, 03:33 PM	#7
BobTheBiker too much time on my hands Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: the northern district of god damn Moto: 01 ZX6R, looking for more now. Posts: 1,802	may as well lube the chain before you store it, so those O rings dont dry out and disappear on you. I dont get the removing the battery from the bike to keep a tender on it though.you could do that while its still in there.