Laying my SV up for 6 Months

Guys,
would like some advice. Am of to Afghanistan for 6 months shortly, and am going to have to lay my Pointy up for the time that i'm away, I have a rear paddock stand and cover, but am wondering what else I will need to do? should i disconnect the battery, cover the bike in WD40 etc? any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers ! Jon

yep, disconnect the batery, put it on a inteilgent trickle charge. Drain the fuel. Give it a good clean then WD40 or AC50 (called somthing like that, does what WD40 does but better)

Im sure others will be along to say other things you should do.

ACF-50, after you have given it a good clean and polish.

Cover it up and up on a stand for the time you are away.

Or you could leave it at RAF Northolt and I'll give it a quick spin now and again for you...........

[Biker Biggles]

The main things are to lube everything up,drain the fuel and find some way of looking after the battery.If it is going to sit on its wheels I would also put an extra 20 psi in the tyres to prevent flatting.

Originally Posted by soldiermp

would like some advice. Am of to Afghanistan for 6 months

Keep your head down!

Advice over...

Why don't you ride it out?

I thought twas better to leave it brimmed and put one of those additives in?

Geezers, thanks very much for the advice !!! tiz allways appreciated !!

Regards Smudger !!

When I did something similar a year or two back (the laying up not the going to Afghanistan!) I put the bike up on front + rear paddock stands, and just before I ran it so the tank was mostly empty. I also put it on an optimate - didn't need to take the battery out for that, as long as it's charging it, it can stay on the bike using the supplied connectors.

From what you've written I'd just get a front paddock stand and charger - sounds like you need the charger anyway, and the front paddock stand is useful on occasion outside of this use.

Btw when it came to start it again I bought 5 or 10 litres of fuel and transported it in a jerry can back to the bike - it started after filling it with that, as the gone-off fuel in the tank mixed with the fresh fuel (this was why I emptied it out as much as possible, so I didn't get too much gone-off fuel and have to drain it out).