Winter FJR Storage

[Fore Stroke]

Put some Sta-bil (fuel stabilizer) in your tank, run it for an hour before you put her up for the winter so you get the Sta-bil going throughout the system. And like the others said take the battery out (don't store battery directly on concrete) and put it on a battery-tender. Place bike on the centerstand, with perhaps a piece of cardboard under the front wheel.

Cover the bike, and lock her up.

Check the tire pressure every couple months and refill to 39/42psi.

Japs know how to build em - She'll be fine for 6 months without having to start her up.

I wouldn't consider draining all the fluids unless you were storing the bike for more than a year.

Gonna do all that, that Joe says - even though I'm not happy that the season may be over (yeah - move south - I know).

But also wondering: was planning to strip off all tupperware, take in house, give good cleaning, store in house in winter; and give now-exposed areas a good cleaning before long winter's nap in garage. Anybody else (all y'all from the south need not reply to this!) store their bikes this way?

Thanks,

Don

What? You're going to clean it? :blink:

Fred:

Well, I haven't cleaned it all year (I'm still trying to figure out how the bird poop got between the right lower corner of the windshield and the windshield housing - I'm thinking damn good aim), so I'm thinking this is the annual 2007/2008 bath....but then I rode today and got more crud on her......maybe you've got a point.....

Don

 

[Fred W]

Fred:
Well, I haven't cleaned it all year (I'm still trying to figure out how the bird poop got between the right lower corner of the windshield and the windshield housing - I'm thinking damn good aim), so I'm thinking this is the annual 2007/2008 bath....but then I rode today and got more crud on her......maybe you've got a point.....

Don

I was being a bit facetious. I do clean my bikes occasionally. I try not to wash them too often since it's a PITA. But I clean up the bug guts and bird poop with a spray detailer and soft cotton cloth (old tee shirts, etc.)

That said, I don't think I would ever remove all the tupperware so I could clean inside. If I happened to be doing something else in there then maybe swish a rag around, but intentionally stripping for detailing? Nah...

 

[FJRAust]

What's this winter storage thing..

Here in Sydney in the deal of winter when it's REALLY chilly (about 55F "12degC) we bear the conditions..

I do however know what your up against, I lived in Norway for some years. I feel your pain. As for me I ride near every day of the year..What a wonderful way to get to work..

 

[twistedcricket]

I had the exact same thought; clean it all. I'll probably get the gunk off, but I won't be riding until it's consistently back into the upper 60s. I'm sending my seats to Russell (great group buy!), lubing the rear spline, and several other farkles.

She's parked with 6,215 miles since May.

 

[Pierre]

Why winterrized it for

 

[Fred W]

What's this winter storage thing.. Here in Sydney in the deal of winter when it's REALLY chilly (about 55F "12degC) we bear the conditions..

I do however know what your up against, I lived in Norway for some years. I feel your pain. As for me I ride near every day of the year..What a wonderful way to get to work..

55F is primo riding season here. It's when it gets below freezing that I park my bikes for a couple of reasons.

Ice = slide = Owchy

Snow & Ice = road salt like crazy = nasty corrosion of alloy parts

 

[Fore Stroke]

Why winterrized it for

Yeah.....but don't the tire chains play hell with your suspension settings?.....

Don

 

[Old Michael]

Why winterrized it for

That plexiglass thing on the back looks like a platform for a twelve-pack. And I'm thinkin' it'd stay cold.

 

[DJB]

:yahoo: :yahoo:

Put some Sta-bil (fuel stabilizer) in your tank, run it for an hour before you put her up for the winter so you get the Sta-bil going throughout the system. And like the others said take the battery out (don't store battery directly on concrete) and put it on a battery-tender. Place bike on the centerstand, with perhaps a piece of cardboard under the front wheel.

Cover the bike, and lock her up.

Check the tire pressure every couple months and refill to 39/42psi.

Japs know how to build em - She'll be fine for 6 months without having to start her up.

I wouldn't consider draining all the fluids unless you were storing the bike for more than a year.

Gonna do all that, that Joe says - even though I'm not happy that the season may be over (yeah - move south - I know).

But also wondering: was planning to strip off all tupperware, take in house, give good cleaning, store in house in winter; and give now-exposed areas a good cleaning before long winter's nap in garage. Anybody else (all y'all from the south need not reply to this!) store their bikes this way?

Thanks,

Don

I clean it every year by removing all of the fairings and they get a hot bath to remove all of the grime from the prevous year. I then wax inside and out of them so they will clean up easier the next year. With eveything removed from the bike I then check all the rubber grommits and bits of the bike I can get to. I look for chaffed wires and loose connections and I will fix everything I can or get some of my electrical buddies that make helicopter blades to help. When I am done the fairings stay inside untill it gets warm enough for a ride then I will let them get set to the outside temp and reinstalled. The front wheel is off the ground all winter and I do not check the air until I am ready to ride again. The battery is in the house on the tender. The fuel is stabilized.