SV650.org - SV650 & Gladius 650 Forum - View Single Post - Not really a hibernation, more of a just not riding it.

daveangel · 28-12-10, 04:09 PM

I never run my SV once it has been put away for winter, unless you get it properly hot by riding it a few miles all you are doing is filling the engine/exhaust with condensation. Keep the battery charged up and if the bad weather continues give it a good clean, dry it out as best you can without taking it out on the salt coated roads, then a light coating of ACF50 or WD40, whatever your choice to protect it.

28-12-10, 04:09 PM	#16
daveangel Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Kent, Outside the Moat (M25) Posts: 52	Re: Not really a hibernation, more of a just not riding it. I never run my SV once it has been put away for winter, unless you get it properly hot by riding it a few miles all you are doing is filling the engine/exhaust with condensation. Keep the battery charged up and if the bad weather continues give it a good clean, dry it out as best you can without taking it out on the salt coated roads, then a light coating of ACF50 or WD40, whatever your choice to protect it. __________________ 'carried away by a Moonlight Shadow. . . ' OOII SHIRLEY!! '99 'curvy' SV650S, R&G Bobbins, Renegade Endcan, no anodised bling. .