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Do I have to winterize my motorcycle?

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I live in an apartment, so I park my bike in a underground parking garage.
If I can manage to turn on the bike every week and ride it for a few minutes inside the garage (about 15-17km/h in second gear), can I skip the winterize process?
or is it better to winterize it and leave her alone until spring?
Thanks!!!
 
Better to let it sit unused than to start it up for only a few minutes (different if the bike actually gets up to full temp/oil reaches operating temperature). If you are in a condo, fill tank, put stabilizer in, run engine to get stabilized fuel into the lines, pull battery and put the bike up on stands or place something under the tires. Cover bike, and hope for an early spring.

Note if you have carbs, then I think there is more, but all my bikes have had FI.
 
Yes ;) Like conundrum posted there's not much to it.
 
conundrum said:
Better to let it sit unused than to start it up for only a few minutes (different if the bike actually gets up to full temp/oil reaches operating temperature). If you are in a condo, fill tank, put stabilizer in, run engine to get stabilized fuel into the lines, pull battery and put the bike up on stands or place something under the tires. Cover bike, and hope for an early spring.

Note if you have carbs, then I think there is more, but all my bikes have had FI.
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If you are in a condo:
1. Park the bike
2. Make sure you have a $0 deductible.
3. Bike will be stolen
4. get insurance money
5. Buy a new bike in the spring.


That is how you winterize a bike in a condo
 
The battery power you use to start your bike will require you to ride at over 3k rpm for 20 mins in order to replenish the battery.

Starting and idling just depletes your battery. Starting and riding in 2nd at 15kph for about 20 mins might be ok, maybe a little dangerous in the underground parking though. As conundrum stated it may be best to leave her to sleep, and spend more quality time with the girlfriend.
 
Run 91 octane, park bike, pull battery. If you can put on a stand. If not push the bike a foot every month or two at most. Use a cover to help keep it clean ish.
 
I lived in a condo for many years, I used to let the bike be and just ride it around the condo garage once a week, I did make sure the bike stayed on enough to get to temperature, once the fan went on, I would turn it off and repeat the same next year, never an issue.

It was also nice to ride even if it was in the garage and I always took it out for a ride on those 1 crazy warm days during the winter. Plus the bike was always ready during the spring.
 
what's with this crap? I had my bike in a condo for 5 years and it was right where I left it at the end of the winter.

People are so dumb
Boots said:
Don't bother winterizing your bike it will be gone before spring time.
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ZX600 said:
what's with this crap? I had my bike in a condo for 5 years and it was right where I left it at the end of the winter.

People are so dumb
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And I'm sure there are people out there who have smoked for 50 years and haven't gotten lung cancer.

Chill bro. You got lucky.
 
Boots said:
And I'm sure there are people out there who have smoked for 50 years and haven't gotten lung cancer.

Chill bro. You got lucky.
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I don't remember the OP asking if his bike was going to be stolen so you are just causing ****.

By the way, Most people and I would say most is probably over 95 percent of everyone that owns a SS (if I think of everyone I know that owns one) and parks in a condo does not have their bike stolen.


I think you are the one that needs to chill and stop responding with stupid posts and examples trying to scare the guy.
 
What do you guys suggest putting the bike on in a gravel garage? I was thinking a sheet of chip board or something.

Don't want it in gravel for the winter that's for sure.
 
Drennan57 said:
What do you guys suggest putting the bike on in a gravel garage? I was thinking a sheet of chip board or something.

Don't want it in gravel for the winter that's for sure.
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If you can find a Styrofoam plank that's what I parked my bike on.
 
Drennan57 said:
Why Styrofoam if you don't mind me asking.
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It didn't cause any flat spots on the tire for me so there wasn't the need to roll the bike every once in a while. And I also specifically did it because I remember reading that parking your bike on a garage floor could degrade the tire. If I find the link to that I'll post it.
 
I don't know but it seems to be a lot easier to just winterize it. I can't be bothered freezing my ass 20 minutes a week to ride it around the parking lot.

I love these threads

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daisoman said:
I don't know but it seems to be a lot easier to just winterize it. I can't be bothered freezing my ass 20 minutes a week to ride it around the parking lot.

I love these threads

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I think at the end of the day it all depends on your bike and how it's been running and the life and type of the battery etc.

I didn't winterize my bike for one year and it started up in spring time without any hicups. As soon as I hit the ignition button it came to life as quick as it did if the bike were warm on a hot sunny day.
 
Heated garages
daisoman said:
I don't know but it seems to be a lot easier to just winterize it. I can't be bothered freezing my *** 20 minutes a week to ride it around the parking lot.

I love these threads

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I have lived in the same apartment building on the edge of downtown Toronto for 20 years.
There is heated underground parking. I have never winterized (except for stabilizer) and my motorcycles have never been stolen.
Once a week I start it up, take it to the top of the entrance ramp and let it run for 20 minutes outside at 2000 rpm.
I will then do 5 laps of the garage.
Come the spring I start it up and go on my way.

If you do not have heated parking, I would follow the advice listed above.
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