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Winterstop what do you prepare ?

John_Belgium

John_Belgium

Husqvarna
B Class
TR650 Gents,

In Belgium the winter starts and since a few weeks it is to cold for a nice weather rider like myself. No need to call me a hot shower type, I know I am and I use my car.

For the wointer I only use a batterie charger for charging the batterie during this 3 -4 months stop. But I know others do all kind of things to keep the bike sleeping.

My question:
What do you do or prepare for a 3 -4 months stop for the bike ?

Regards, John
 
My usual tactic is to just keep riding. Before it gets cold enough for the salting to begin do a couple of wet and muddy rides, cake the bike good with dirt to protect it from the salt :)

But if you decide to stable the Terra, a few months doesn't require much. To err on the side of caution, you can do an oil change, fill the tank with fresh fuel, put some extra pressure in the tires (more than you would normally be running) and as you already mentioned hook the battery up to a tender.
 
For my carbureted bike I will run some miles with heavy dose of Seafoam, then fill the fuel tank and dose again Seafoam.
What he said above about oil change and battery tender
 
I don't know what kind of fuel is available there but it you have ethanol in your fuel I would stabilize it for sure.
 
Routine service if needed, fuel additives, and to ensure that the battery becomes fully discharged

I don't know what kind of fuel is available in Belgium, in Finland we have 95 octane ethanol 10% and 98 octane ethanol 5%. Neither of those is not maintained the winter if not used fuel additives
 
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