Re: A definitive winter storage thread?
What i did today................
Fuel Tank was about 50% full chucked some stabiliser in and swirled it around and ran it until the engine was warm enough to do the oil change. Then i topped it up with fuel from the jerry can until full adding stabiliser as i went and swirling it around to make sure its mixed.
Oil Changed
Checked the coolant - fine.
Put the bike up on the abba stand
Coated the chain with lube
Tyres up to PSI 40
Battery off & into the house and on the optimiser.
The bike will be meticulously cleaned and coated with ACF50 as i go. Ive got chewies replacement bolt kit for the whole bike to fit as i go round it. Lube for the moving parts. Goodridge brakelines & overhaul the brakes.
Tips: As far as oil change goes i filled it up after getting rid of the old with the bike on it's side stand. I filled it it up the normal level you would do at a oil change and started the bike again and let it run for 2 mins to let the engine suck up the oil back into all the bits it needed to. Then i levelled the bike and filled it so the whole window was full. I then started the bike for around a minute to let the extra oil fly around and quickly turned it off. I put the bike in the garage on the abba stand and topped it back up so the oil covered the oil level window again. Doing it this way there should be enough oil chucked around the gears to keep it soaked and because i havent topped it to the brim if i want to turn it over it's still an option, so no 11L of oil wasted. With it being on the stand i can hand turn the engine giving the gears a lesser chance of going dry.
Ta for the advice so far.
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Last edited by muzikill; 03-12-11 at 06:38 PM.
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